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<body> <Table Width="550" border="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" cellpadding="0"><TR><TD Width="35"><IMG SRC="//www.totalmotorsport.com/images/spacer.gif" WIDTH="35" HEIGHT="1"></td><td> <CENTER><Table border="0" width="100%"> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="5">LE MANS</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2">18/01/2001</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="4">John Winter</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><B><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="3">A Sad End</FONT></B></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><img border="1" src="Storage/1985.jpg"></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="center"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="1">  </FONT></TD></TR> <TR><TD width="100%" align="left"><FONT FACE="Tahoma" SIZE="2"> Pascal Thebault has discovered the sad news that Louis Krages (alias John Winter) has committed suicide in Atlanta, Georgia. A shotgun was apparently involved.<BR> <BR> He had the unique record of only winning two major races – the Daytona and Le Mans 24 Hour events. His Florida victory came in 1991, driving the Joest 962 with Frank Jelinski / Henri Pescarolo / Hurley Haywood and Bob Wollek.<BR> <BR> He was victorious at Le Mans six years earlier, when it has to be said that his co-drivers carried out the bulk of the work. Klaus Ludwig and Paolo Barilla came home three laps ahead of Palmer / Weaver / Lloyd in the Canon Porsche – now there’s a link to the present, with Weaver currently driving the Lloyd-prepared Bentley.<BR> </FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE><BR> </CENTER> <BR><CENTER><font size="1" color="#808080" face="Tahoma">Copyright ©2000-©2023 TotalMotorSport</font></CENTER> </td> </tr> </table> </body>