This is a vintage photo taken during the 1938 running of the Le Mans 24 hours, showing the privately entered Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Touring of Clemente Biondetti & Raymond Sommer before the car got a puncture, crashed as a result of that and overrevved the engine in the process but not after having set the fastest lap at 5:13.8, averaging 154.783 km/h...
The photo measures approximately 18 x 15 cm or 7 x 6 inches.
This is vintage print i.e. printed at around the time that the photo was taken, NOT a modern print !
The race was won by Eugéne Chaboud and Jean Trémoulet in their Delahaye 135 CS with a total of 3180 km to their name.
For the full results of this race, please see 24 Heures du Mans results 1938.
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