7èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1929

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7th LeMans Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1929


Le Mans 1938
Le Mans
Le Mans 1962

Circuit Permanenthe de la Sarthe
Date: June 15th and 16th, 1929


Starters: 25 (from 50 entries)
Track Length: 16,340 metres
Track Distance: 2843.830 km
Fastest Lap: Henry Birkin, Bentley, 7'21" = 133.551 km/h
Average Speed: 118.492
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
Please Note: You can sort this listing by simply clicking on the column heading
Team / Entrant
Car - Engine
Driver, Nationality
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
-
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
Trans
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, GB
4398
4
8.0
7
114.520
Ignition
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
-
-
28
DNS
-
-
Oakland
-
-
-
-
-
-
29
DNS
-
-
Tracta
-
-
-
-
-
-
30
DNS
-
-
D'Yrsan
-
-
-
-
-
-
31
DNS
-
-
Du Pont G8- Continental
-
-
-
-
-
-
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