1927 Le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results
5émes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1927
Circuit Permanente de la Sarthe

 

Date:June 18-19, rain at nightTrack Length (m):17 262
Attendance: Fastest Lap:Frank Clement, Bentley, 8'46" = 118.142 km/h
Entries: Pole Position: 
Practiced: Distance (km):2369.807
Starters:22Average Speed (km/h):98.740
Classified:7  

 

PosClas-
sific.
#Team / Entrant
Car - Engine
Drivers, NationalityEngine
Vol
(cc)
Engine
Type
GroupLaps
Km
Hour
Reason Out / Notes
113Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Sport 3 Litre ('old No 7')
Dr John Dudley Benjafield, GB
Sammy Davis, GB
294143.02369.807 
2225
Salmson GS
André de Victor, F
J Hasley, F
109441.12019.999 
3323
Salmson GS
Georges Casse, F
André Rousseau, F
109441.12002.173 
4415
S.C.A.P. 1.5 Litre
Lucien Desvaux, F
Fernand Vallon, F
149341.51915.211 
5526Etablissements Henri Precioux, F
E.H.P. DS - CIME
Guy Bouriat, F
Pierre Bussienne, F
109441.11874.510 
6621
S.A.R.A. BDE
André Marandet, F
Gonzaque Lécureul, F
109941.11844.844 
7720
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front Wheel Drive)
Jean-Albert Gregoire, F
Lucien Lemesle, F
DNS Pierre Fenaille, F
109941.11687.394 
          
8NC16
S.C.A.P.
Henri Guilbert, F
Albert Clément, F
148041.5? 
          
9DNF4
Ariés Surbaissée 3-litre
Robert Laly, F
Jean Chassagne, F
295743.0122
2226.798
Ignition
10DNF8
Fasto A3S
Raymond Leroy, F
Pierre Mesnel, F
1996 2.096
1657.152
 
11DNF10
Fasto A3S
Michel Doré, F
Roger Hellot, F
1996 2.075
1294.650
 
12DNF9
Fasto A3S
Brosselin
Frédéric Thelluson, F
1996 2.072
1242.864
 
13DNF14
S.A.R.A. SP7
Gaston Mottet, F
Emile Maret, F
149861.550
863.100
 
14DNF22
S.A.R.A. ATS
Henri Armand, F
Gaston Duval, F
109941.142
725.004
 
15DNF1Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4 ½ Litre
Frank Clement, GB
Leslie Callingham, GB
DNS Capt. Clive Gallop, GB
437945.035
604.170
Accident
16DNF12
Theo Schneider 25 SP
Jacques Chanterelle, F
René Schiltz, F
195442.034
586.908
Accident
17DNF2Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Sport 3 Litre
Baron André d'Erlanger, F
George Duller, GB
299543.034
586.908
Accident
18DNF11
Theo Schneider 25 SP
Robert Poitier, F
Pierre Tabourin, F
195442.026
448.812
Accident
19DNF29
Ariés 8-10 CV
Fernand Gabriel, F
"Michel Paris", (Louis Paris),F
108841.123
397.026
Accident
20DNF24
Salmson GS
Lionel de Marmier, F
Pierre Goutte, F
109441.121
362.502
Starter motor
21DNF28
Ariés 8-10 CV
Arthur Duray, F
Roger Delano, F
108841.116
276.192
Camshaft
22DNF27Etablissements Henri Precioux, F
E.H.P. DS - CIME
Henri De Costier, F
Georges Guignard, F
109441.18
138.896
Cooling
          
23DNS 
Tracta
Fenaille
Boussod
  1.1  
          
24DNA 
Rolland-Pillain
      
25DNA 
Rolland-Pillain
      
26DNA 
Rolland-Pillain
      
27DNA 
Ariés
      
28DNS 
GM
      
29DNA 
GM
      
30DNA 
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)
      
31DNA 
Steyr
      

 

Class Winners:

3rd Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup)
G. Casse / A. RousseauSalmson
Prix le Saint-Didier (50 000 F in cash)A. de Victor / J. HasleySalmson
2000 - 3000 ccJ.D. Benjafield / S.C.H. DavisBentley
1100 - 1500 ccL. Desvaux / F. VallonSCAP
750 - 1100 ccA. de Victor / J. HasleySalmson