Pierre Levegh, French race car driver (born 1905)

Pierre Levegh

French racing driver (1905–1955)

Pierre Eugène Alfred Bouillin was a French sportsman and racing driver. He took the racing name Pierre Levegh in memory of his uncle Alfred Velghe, a pioneering driver who died in 1904. Levegh died in the 1955 Le Mans disaster which also killed 81 spectators during the 1955 24…