The race when Bob McLean and 4 spectators died - 1966 Sebring 12 Hours of Endurance - March 26, 1966

Описание: In this 228 lap race that had the winning team travel 1908.0380 kms to win, Horst Kroll paired up with driver Jacques Duval to drive a Porsche 904 GTS. The team placed 16th.
60,000 people attended this race. Both Dan Guerney and Ken Miles set race records.

Tragic notes on the race:
"What happened mid-race at Sebring is both a mystery and a tragedy. Eyewitnesses give varying accounts: that the car veered sharply, as if suffering from a mechanical failure such as a broken caliper, or a failure of the right front suspension. Others point out that the car had just left the pits, and was chasing another GT40 on cold tires and cold brakes. Some unpublished research exists to indicate that the door of McLean's GT40 was being opened, as if fuel had spilled into the cabin—the GT40s had fuel fillers on their roof —and he was fighting off the fumes," wrote Brendan McAleer in a Road & Track article called Remembering Bob McLean, the Man Who Died Racing the First Ford GT40 Chassis.
"Theories abound, but the facts are brutal. Chassis P1000 left the track and rolled, eventually hitting a utility pole. Later crash testing would show just how dangerous the GT40 was, with every driver sitting in a magnesium pontoon boat filled with fuel. The tanks ruptured, the car caught fire, and McLean's chance at glory became a funeral pyre. The ill-equipped track marshals couldn't fight the blaze. Four more people would die that day when a Porsche 906 collided with Mario Andretti's spinning Ferrari and went into the crowd."

Timeline:
2:30 Dan Gurney / Ron Bucknum / Graham Hill / Paddy Hopkirk / Bob Tullius / Phil Hill interviews
3:28 Chris Economaki and Bob Holbert talk about the race
6:50 race begins with Gurney stalling as he tries to start
9:15 Jo Bonnier and Phil Hill's car is losing oil and has to pit
10:14 car off track
10:39 both Chaparral Cars Inc. cars are out, driven by Jo Bonnier and Phil Hill as well as Hap Sharp and Jim Hall
11:22 Jim Hall interview
13:48 Dave Despain, host of Glory Days speaks of the tragedies that happened that day
14:40 Mike Parkes interview
15:10 Bob McLean of Vancouver dies, communications were knocked out for 10 minutes
15:55 Chris Economaki and Bob Holbert talk about the race
17:48 Mike Parkes and Bob Bondurant's Ferrari 330 P3 is out
18:40 Mario Andretti driving another Ferrari is in the pit after a crash. The team tries to installs lights but an electrical fire end his race
20:30 race finished as Gurney pushes his car across the line
21:46 Ken Miles and Lloyd Ruby interview as race winners
23:08 Dan Gurney interview