He tried to ease his car out of the way ... t be extinguished with water. The race continued as medics and police tended to the injured and dead. John Fitch was stood at his Mercedes pit box ...
That race car became known internally as Project XP ... Entered into the 1957 race and driven by John Fitch and Piero Taruffi, Corvette’s debut racecar had a stronghold on 6th place but was ...