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1930 Le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results |
8èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1930
Circuit Permanente de la Sarthe |
| Date: |
June 21-22, hot & sunny, rain on Sunday afternoon |
Track Length (m): |
16 340 |
| Attendance: |
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Fastest Lap: |
Sir Henry Birkin, Bentley, 6'48" = 144,362 km/h |
| Entries: |
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Pole Position: |
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| Practiced: |
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Distance (km): |
2930.663 |
| Starters: |
18 (lowest ever) |
Average Speed (km/h): |
122.111 |
| Classified: |
9 |
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| Pos |
Clas-
sific. |
# |
Team / Entrant
Car - Engine |
Drivers, Nationality |
Engine
Vol.
(cc) |
Engine
Type |
Group |
Laps
Hour
Km |
Reason Out /
Notes |
| 1 |
1 |
4 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Speed Six "Old Number 1" |
Captain Woolf 'Babe' Barnato, ZA/GB
Glen Kidston, GB |
6597 |
6 |
8.0 |
2930.663 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
2 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Speed Six |
Frank Clement, GB
Richard 'Dick' Watney, GB |
6597 |
6 |
8.0 |
2832.483 |
|
| 3 |
3 |
15 |
Arthur W. Fox & Charles Nicholl Ltd, GB
Talbot AO 90 |
Hon. Brian E. "Bug" Lewis (Lord Essendon), GB
Hugh Eaton, GB |
2276 |
4 (6?) |
3.0 |
2651.977 |
|
| 4 |
4 |
16 |
Arthur W. Fox & Charles Nicholl Ltd, GB
Talbot AO 90 |
Johnny Hindmarsh, GB
Tim Rose-Richards, GB |
2276 |
4 (6?) |
3.0 |
2625.494 |
|
| 5 |
5 |
23 |
Lord Howe, GB
Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS |
Lord Howe (5th Earl Howe, Edward Richard Francis Assheton, Viscount Curzon), GB
Leslie Callingham, GB |
1752
sc |
6 |
2.0 |
2607.661 |
|
| 6 |
6 |
24 |
Lea Francis, GB
Lea Francis Hyper S |
Kenneth 'Kim' Peacock, GB
Sammy Newsome, GB |
1496
sc |
4 |
1.5 |
2291.686 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
25 |
Mme Marguerite Mareuse, F
Bugatti T40 |
Mme Marguerite Mareuse, F
Mme Odette Siko, F |
1496 |
4 |
1.5 |
2164.701 |
|
| 8 |
8 |
27 |
Tracta, F
Tracta A 28 (A 29 ?) - SCAP |
Jean-Albert Grégoire, F
Fernand Vallon, F |
986 |
4 |
1.1 |
2102.879 |
|
| 9 |
9 |
26 |
Tracta, F
Tracta A 28 - SCAP |
Roger Bourcier, F
Louis Debeugny, F |
986 |
4 |
1.1 |
2013.593 |
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| 10 |
DNF |
8 |
Hon. Miss Dorothy Paget, GB
Bentley C "Blower" |
Dr. Dudley Benjafield, GB
Giulio Ramponi, I |
4389
sc |
4 |
5.0 |
144
2355.840 |
Engine |
| 11 |
DNF |
9 |
Hon. Miss Dorothy Paget, GB
Bentley C "Blower" |
Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GB
Jean Chassagne, F |
4389
sc |
4 |
5.0 |
138
2257.689 |
Engine |
| 12 |
DNF |
1 |
Rudolf Caracciola, D
Mercedes Benz SS |
Rudolf Caracciola, D
Christian Werner, D |
7069
sc |
6 |
8.0 |
85
1357.800 |
Flat battery |
| 13 |
DNF |
28 |
Mrs Huskinson & Fane, GB
MG Midget M |
R.C. Murton-Neale, GB
Jack Hicks, GB |
847 |
4 |
1.1 |
82
1341.520 |
Lubrication |
| 14 |
DNF |
6 |
Parke
Stutz DV 32 Bearcat |
"Georges Philippe"(Philippe de Rothschild), F
Edmond Bourlier, F |
5355 |
8 |
8.0 |
42
687.120 |
Rear axle |
| 15 |
DNF |
5 |
Édouard Brisson, F
(C.T. Weymann, F ?)
Stutz DV 32 Bearcat |
Édouard Brisson, F
Victor/Louis Rigal, F
DNS Parke, |
5355 |
8 |
8.0 |
34
556.240 |
Fire |
| 16 |
DNF |
29 |
Francis Samuelson, GB
MG Midget M |
F.H.B. Samuelson (Sir Francis), GB
Freddy Kindell, GB |
847 |
4 |
1.1 |
28
458.080 |
Lubrication/
oil filter |
| 17 |
DNF |
3 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Speed Six |
Sammy Davis, GB
Clive Dunfee, GB |
6597 |
6 |
8.0 |
21
343.560 |
Accident |
| 18 |
DNF |
|
Bollack, Netter et Cie, F
B.N.C. (Montlhery ?) |
|
|
4 |
|
0 |
Car failed to start |
| |
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| 19 |
DNS |
7 |
Hon. Miss Dorothy Paget, GB
Bentley C "Blower" |
Beris Harcourt Wood, GB
Jock Lawson 'Jack' Dunfee, GB |
4389
sc |
4 |
5.0 |
|
WD: Fuel (Benzole) overheating |
| 30 |
DNS |
|
Alvis |
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| 31 |
DNS |
|
Alvis |
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| 32 |
DNS |
|
Nacional Pescara |
Juan Zanelli, RCH/CH
- |
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| 33 |
DNS |
|
Nacional Pescara |
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| 34 |
DNS |
|
Nacional Pescara |
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| 35 |
DNS |
|
Nacional Pescara |
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| 36 |
DNS |
|
Scotsman-SARA |
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| 37 |
DNS |
|
Aston Martin |
|
1481 |
4 |
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Class Winners:
| Index of Performance |
B. Lewis / H.S. Eaton |
Talbot |
6th Biennial Cup
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup) |
W. Barnato / G. Kidston |
Bentley |
| 5001 - 8000 cc |
W. Barnato / G. Kidston |
Bentley |
| 2001 - 3000 cc |
B. Lewis / H.S. Eaton |
Talbot |
| 1501 - 2000 cc |
Lord Howe / L.C. Callingham |
Alfa Romeo |
| 1101 - 1500 cc |
K.S. Peacock / S.H. Newsome |
Lea-Francis |
| 751 - 1100 cc |
J.A. Gregoire / F. Vallon |
Tracta |
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