The Bisiluro, literally twin-torpedo, was a ridiculous-looking monster when it rolled up to the starting line at the 1955 Le ...
According to Sven Voelker's book Go Faster, it was American driver Briggs Cunningham who ushered in the era of the "go-faster stripe" when he put two of them on his white Le Mans racer in the fifties.
In 1954, the racing vehicle was the "team lead" at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Stirling Moss and co-driver Peter Walker steered the motor to victory following their successful second place finish the ...