Starting Grid of the Le Mans 24 Hours 1959… # 5 is the winning Carroll Shelby/Roy Salvadori Aston Martin DBR1/300, # 4 the Stirling Moss/Jack Fairman sister car, and # 3  the Innes Ireland/Masten Gregory Jaguar XK’D’ Type, both DNF. 1959 was the only Aston Martin Le Mans victory so far, Astons’ also won the … Continue reading Le Mans 1959: Aston Martin DBR1/300…