[citation needed] American-based series such as IndyCar, NASCAR, and SCCA have traditionally utilized rolling starts.[2][3] IndyCar dropped the procedure after the 2014 season, due to numerous start aborts and a start-line crash at the 2014 Grand Prix of Indianapolis.Britain's RAC prohibited the use of the Le Mans start in English racing in late summer 1962 precisely for this reason.Minutes later, John Woolfe died after crashing in the first lap, at the Maison Blanche curve, because he did not fasten his seat belt.The drivers are behind the wheel already, but the co-drivers are equipped with flags approximately 250 metres (0.25 km; 820 ft) from their cars on the entrance to pit lane.
The Le Mans-style start of the 1949 Coppa Intereuropa, held at
Monza