...the Circuit de la Sarthe, the site of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, is a “historical” venue, hosting this most famous race on “public” roads that anybody can drive upon for 50 weeks of the year. Notwithstanding this fact, it is most reasonable for racers to expect, if not demand, that there is no opportunity to hit a stationary object (such as a tree) at any reasonable rate of speed. Thus, it is most likely that the “painted” blue stripe caused Allan’s car to become out of control, however it is the sudden impact with an immovable object (mature tree) that imparted tremendous deceleration injuries to Allan’s body that ultimately caused his death. Of course it does not go unnoticed that the armco was repaired in front of the tree and the race continued. Could there have been a second death at that turn? The rain persisted on and off throughout the entire event, as did the blue paint, and the tree…