years death_place death_date championships birth_place races nationality points birth_date wins poles article_title podiums
1950 -- 1951 le mans , france 11 june 1955 0 paris , france 6 fra french 0 22 december 1905 0 0 pierre levegh
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pierre levegh

pierre eugène alfred bouillin -lrb- 22 december 1905 in paris , france -- 11 june 1955 in le mans , france -rrb- was a french sportsman and racing driver .
he took the racing name pierre levegh -lrb- pronounced le-veck -rrb- in memory of his uncle , a pioneering driver who died in 1904 .
levegh is mainly remembered for a disaster that killed him and 83 spectators during the 1955 24 hours of le mans automobile race .
