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1929 Le Mans 24 Hours Competitors & Results |
7èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1929
Circuit de la Sarthe |
| Date: |
June 15-16 |
Track Length (m): |
16 340 |
| Attendance: |
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Fastest Lap: |
Henry Birkin, Bentley, 7'21" = 133.551 km/h |
| Entries: |
50 |
Pole Position: |
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| Practiced: |
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Distance (km): |
2843.830 |
| Starters: |
25 |
Average Speed (km/h): |
118.492 |
| Classified: |
10 |
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| Pos |
Clas-
sific. |
# |
Team / Entrant
Car - Engine |
Driver, Nationality |
Engine
Vol
(cc) |
Engine
Type |
Group |
Laps
Km
Hour |
Reason out /
Notes |
| 1 |
1 |
1 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Speed Six |
Captain Woolf 'Babe' Barnato, ZA/GB
Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GB |
6597 |
6 |
8.0 |
2843.830 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
9 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre |
Jock Lawson "Jack" Dunfee, GB
Glen Kidston, GB |
4398 |
4 |
5.0 |
2729.378 |
Clive Dunfee ? |
| 3 |
3 |
10 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre |
Dr. John Dudley Benjafield, GB
Baron André d'Erlanger, F |
4398 |
4 |
5.0 |
2598.367 |
|
| 4 |
4 |
8 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre |
Frank Clement, GB
Jean Chassagne, F |
4398 |
4 |
5.0 |
2564.867 |
|
| 5 |
5 |
5 |
Stutz Paris, F
Stutz DV 32 (Black Hawk ?) |
Guy Bouriat, F
"Georges Philippe" (Philippe de Rothschild), F |
5267
s/c |
8 |
8.0 |
2504.568 |
|
| 6 |
6 |
14 |
Chrysler 75 |
Henri Stoffel, F
Robert Benoist, F |
4086 |
6 |
5.0 |
2489.798 |
|
| 7 |
7 |
12 |
Chrysler 77 |
Cyril de Vere, F
Marcel Mongin, F |
4093 |
6 |
5.0 |
2434.917 |
|
| 8 |
8 |
21 |
Lea Francis Hyper Sport 'TT' - Meadows |
Kenneth 'Kim' Peacock, GB
Sammy Newsome, GB |
1495
s/c |
4 |
1.5 |
2221.939 |
|
| 9 |
9 |
26 |
Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive) |
Louis Balart, F
Louis Debeugny, F |
985
s/c |
4
2-str. |
1.1 |
2091.636 |
|
| 10 |
10 |
27 |
Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive) |
Jean-Albert Grégoire, F
Fernand Vallon, F |
984
s/c |
4
2-str. |
1.1 |
2060.323 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 11 |
DNF |
6 |
Colonel Warwick Wright, GB
Stutz DV 32 'Bear-Cat' |
Capt. George E.T. Eyston, GB
Richard 'Dick' Watney, GB |
5260
s/c |
8 |
8.0 |
104
1701.440 |
Fuel tank |
| 12 |
DNF |
20 |
Bollack, Netter et Cie, F
B.N.C. (Montlhery ?) |
Lucien Desvaux, F
Auguste Garalp, F |
1496 |
4 |
1.5 |
88
1439.680 |
|
| 13 |
DNF |
7 |
Invicta S-type - Meadows |
A.C. Saunders-Davies, GB
C.W. Fiennes, GB |
4459 |
|
5.0 |
78
1276.080 |
Engine |
| 14 |
DNF |
19 |
S.A.R.A. SP7 |
W.R. Hutchinson, GB
R.F. Turner, GB |
1806 |
|
2.0 |
73
1194.280 |
|
| 15 |
DNF |
25 |
Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive) |
Lucien Lemesle, F
Maurice Benoist, F |
993
sc |
4
2-str. |
1.1 |
70
1145.200 |
Fuel pipe |
| 16 |
DNF |
4 |
C. T. Weymann, F (Édouard Brisson ?)
Stutz DV 32 'Bear-Cat' |
Édouard Brisson, F
Louis Chiron, MC |
5267
sc |
8 |
8.0 |
65
1063.400 |
Fire, petrol hose / Clutch |
| 17 |
DNF |
24 |
Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive) |
Roger Bourcier, F
Tribaudot, |
999
sc |
4
2-str. |
1.1 |
43
703.480 |
Engine |
| 18 |
DNF |
16 |
Fox & Nichol, GB
Lagonda OH |
Tim Rose-Richards, GB
Hon. Brian E. "Bug" Lewis (Lord Essendon), GB |
1954 |
|
2.0 |
29
474.440 |
Head gasket |
| 19 |
DNF |
29 |
Bollack, Netter et Cie, F
B.N.C. (Montlhery ?) |
Jean Lajeune, F
Maurice Faure, F |
999 |
|
1.1 |
24
392.640 |
|
| 20 |
DNF |
18 |
S.A.R.A. SP7 |
Gaston Mottet, F
Douglas Hawkes, GB |
1806 |
|
2.0 |
22
359.920 |
|
| 21 |
DNF |
22 |
Alvis (Front Wheel Drive) |
Cyril Paul, GB
William 'Bill' Urquhart Dykes, GB |
1484
sc |
|
1.5 |
21
343.560 |
Engine |
| 22 |
DNF |
2 |
Du Pont Model G Speedster Le Mans - Continental |
Alfredo Luis Miranda, F
Charles 'Chas' Moran Jr, USA |
5277 |
8 |
8.0 |
20
327.200 |
Transmission |
| 23 |
DNF |
30 |
B.N.C. |
Michel Doré, F
Jean Treunet, F |
995 |
|
1.1 |
15
245.400 |
|
| 24 |
DNF |
31 |
D'Yrsan - Ruby |
Trillaud, F
Henri Lachner, F
DNS Marquis Raymond Siran de Cavanac, F |
749 |
4 |
1.1 |
9
147.240 |
|
| 25 |
DNF |
11 |
Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre |
Bernard Rubin, GB
Lord Howe (5th Earl Howe, Edward Richard Francis Assheton, (Viscount Curzon)), GB |
4398 |
4 |
8.0 |
7
114.520 |
Ignition |
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| 26 |
DNS |
|
Stutz DV 32 'Bear-Cat' |
-
- |
5267
s/c |
8 |
8.0 |
|
|
| 27 |
DNS |
|
Alvis (Front Wheel Drive) |
S.C.H. 'Sammy' Davis, GB
Leon Cushman, GB |
1484
s/c |
8 |
1.5 |
|
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| 28 |
DNS |
|
Oakland |
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| 29 |
DNS |
|
Tracta |
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| 30 |
DNS |
|
D'Yrsan |
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| 31 |
DNS |
|
Du Pont G8- Continental |
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Class Winners:
5th Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge-Whitworth Trophy) |
W. Barnato / H.R.S. Birkin |
Bentley |
| 5001 - 8000 cc |
W. Barnato / H.R.S. Birkin |
Bentley |
| 3001 - 5000 cc |
J. Dunfee / G. Kidston |
Bentley |
| 1101 - 1500 cc |
K.S. Peacock / S.H. Newsome |
Lea-Francis |
| 751 - 1100 cc |
L. Balart / L. Debeugny |
Tracta |
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