1959 Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori dies, 23 days after teammate Carroll Shelby (video)

Race car driver Roy Salvadori died on Sunday, June 3, at the age of 90. He was best known in the U.S. as the teammate of Carroll Shelby, the automotive impresario who was Salvadori's co-driver when they won Le Mans in 1959. Shelby died just weeks earlier, succumbing to complications from pneumonia. Salvadori's cause of death was not mentioned in the announcement issued by the British Racing Drivers' Club, of which Salvadori was a Life Member.

Salvadori was better known overseas, where he competed in Formula One in the 1950s and 1960s, for factory teams including Cooper, Aston Martin, Vanwell, BRM and Connaught.



Autoblog, 1959 Le Mans winner Roy Salvadori dies, 23 days after teammate Carroll Shelby (video)