VII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1929
Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France

 

Date: June 15-16 Track Length (m): 16 340
Attendance:   Fastest Lap: Henry Birkin, Bentley, 7'21" = 133.551 km/h
Entries: 50 Pole Position:  
Practiced:   Distance (km): 2843.830
Starters: 25 Average Speed (km/h): 118.492
Classified: 10    

 

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, GBR
Bentley Speed Six		 Captain Woolf 'Babe' Barnato, RSA/GBR
Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GBR		 6597 6 8.0
2843.830		  
2 2 9 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre		 Jock Lawson "Jack" Dunfee, GBR
Glen Kidston, GBR		 4398 4 5.0
2729.378		 Clive Dunfee ?
3 3 10 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre		 Dr. John Dudley Benjafield, GBR
Baron André d'Erlanger, FRA		 4398 4 5.0
2598.367		  
4 4 8 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre		 Frank Clement, GBR
Jean Chassagne, FRA		 4398 4 5.0
2564.867		  
5 5 5 Stutz Paris, F
Stutz DV 32 (Black Hawk ?)		 Guy Bouriat, FRA
"Georges Philippe" (Philippe de Rothschild), FRA		 5267
s/c		 8 8.0
2504.568		  
6 6 14
Chrysler 75		 Henri Stoffel, FRA
Robert Benoist, FRA		 4086 6 5.0
2489.798		  
7 7 12
Chrysler 77		 Cyril de Vere, FRA
Marcel Mongin, FRA		 4093 6 5.0
2434.917		  
8 8 21
Lea Francis Hyper Sport 'TT' - Meadows		 Kenneth 'Kim' Peacock, GBR
Sammy Newsome, GBR		 1495
s/c		 4 1.5
2221.939		  
9 9 26 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive)		 Louis Balart, FRA
Louis Debeugny, FRA		 985
s/c		 4
2-str.		 1.1
2091.636		  
10 10 27 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive)		 Jean-Albert Grégoire, FRA
Fernand Vallon, FRA		 984
s/c		 4
2-str.		 1.1
2060.323		  
                   
11 DNF 6 Colonel Warwick Wright, GBR
Stutz DV 32 'Bear-Cat'		 Capt. George E.T. Eyston, GBR
Richard 'Dick' Watney, GBR		 5260
s/c		 8 8.0 104
1701.440		 Fuel tank
12 DNF 20 Bollack, Netter et Cie, FRA
B.N.C. (Montlhery ?)		 Lucien Desvaux, FRA
Auguste Garalp, FRA		 1496 4 1.5 88
1439.680		  
13 DNF 7
Invicta S-type - Meadows		 A.C. Saunders-Davies, GBR
C.W. Fiennes, GBR		 4459   5.0 78
1276.080		 Engine
14 DNF 19
S.A.R.A. SP7		 W.R. Hutchinson, GBR
R.F. Turner, GBR		 1806   2.0 73
1194.280		  
15 DNF 25 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive)		 Lucien Lemesle, FRA
Maurice Benoist, FRA		 993
sc		 4
2-str.		 1.1 70
1145.200		 Fuel pipe
16 DNF 4 C. T. Weymann, FRA (Édouard Brisson ?)
Stutz DV 32 'Bear-Cat'		 Édouard Brisson, FRA
Louis Chiron, MON		 5267
sc		 8 8.0 65
1063.400		 Fire, petrol hose / Clutch
17 DNF 24 Pierre Fenaille, FRA
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front wheel drive)		 Roger Bourcier, FRA
Tribaudot,		 999
sc		 4
2-str.		 1.1 43
703.480		 Engine
18 DNF 16 Fox & Nichol, GBR
Lagonda OH		 Tim Rose-Richards, GBR
Hon. Brian E. "Bug" Lewis (Lord Essendon), GBR		 1954   2.0 29
474.440		 Head gasket
19 DNF 29 Bollack, Netter et Cie, FRA
B.N.C. (Montlhery ?)		 Jean Lajeune, FRA
Maurice Faure, FRA		 999   1.1 24
392.640		  
20 DNF 18
S.A.R.A. SP7		 Gaston Mottet, FRA
Douglas Hawkes, GBR		 1806   2.0 22
359.920		  
21 DNF 22
Alvis (Front Wheel Drive)		 Cyril Paul, GBR
William 'Bill' Urquhart Dykes, GBR		 1484
sc		   1.5 21
343.560		 Engine
22 DNF 2
Du Pont Model G Speedster Le Mans - Continental		 Alfredo Luis Miranda, FRA
Charles 'Chas' Moran Jr, USA		 5277 8 8.0 20
327.200		 Transmission
23 DNF 30
B.N.C.		 Michel Doré, FRA
Jean Treunet, FRA		 995   1.1 15
245.400		  
24 DNF 31
D'Yrsan - Ruby		 Trillaud, FRA
Henri Lachner, FRA
DNS Marquis Raymond Siran de Cavanac, FRA		 749 4 1.1 9
147.240		  
25 DNF 11 Bentley Motors Ltd, GBR
Bentley 4½ Litre		 Bernard Rubin, GBR
Lord Howe (5th Earl Howe, Edward Richard Francis Assheton, (Viscount Curzon)), GBR		 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, GBR
Leon Cushman, GBR		 1484
s/c		 8 1.5    
28 DNS  
Oakland		            
29 DNS  
Tracta		            
30 DNS  
D'Yrsan		            
31 DNS  
Du Pont G8- Continental		            

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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