1929 24 Hours of Le Mans

1929 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1929 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 7th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 15 and 16 June 1929.

Prior to the event, the ACO modified the course near the actual town of Le Mans so that it did not enter as far into the suburbs. The shortcut was built at the ACO's expense, and shortened the track length by approximately a kilometer.

Official results

Le Mans in 1929

Winners Woolf Barnato and Henry Birkin

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1	8.0	1	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Woolf Barnato Henry Birkin	Bentley Speed Six "Old Number One"	Bentley 6.6L I6	174
2	5.0	9	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Jack Dunfee Glen Kidston	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	167
3	5.0	10	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Dr. Dudley Benjafield André d'Erlanger	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	159
4	5.0	8	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Frank Clement Jean Chassagne	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	156
5	8.0	5	Stutz Paris	Guy Bouriat Philippe de Rothschild	Stutz DV32	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	153
6	5.0	14	No Team Name	Henri Stoffel Robert Benoist	Chrysler 75	Chrysler 4.1L I6	152
7	5.0	12	No Team Name	Cyril de Vere Marcel Mongin	Chrysler 77	Chrysler 4.1L I6	149
8	1.5	21	No Team Name	Kenneth Peacock Sammy Newsome	Lea-Francis Hyper TT	Meadows 1.5L Supercharged I4	135
9	1.1	26	Pierre Fenaille	Louis Balart Louis Debeugny	Tracta	S.C.A.P 1.0L Supercharged I4[1]	128
10	1.1	27	Pierre Fenaille	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta	S.C.A.P. 1.0L Supercharged I4[1]	126

Did Not Finish

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
11	8.0	6	Colonel Warwick Wright	Capt. George E.T. Eyston Richard Watney	Stutz DV32	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	104
12	1.5	20	Bollack, Netter et Cie (B.N.C.)	Lucien Desvaux Auguste Garalp	B.N.C.	B.N.C. 1.5L I4	88
13	5.0	7	No Team Name	A.C. Saunders-Davies C.W. Fiennes	Invicta S-Type	Meadows 4.5L I6	78
14	2.0	19	No Team Name	W.R. Hutchinson R.F. Turner	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I4	73
15	1.1	25	Pierre Fenaille	Lucien Lemesle Maurice Benoist	Tracta	S.C.A.P. 1.0L Supercharged I4[1]	70
16	8.0	4	C.T. Weymann	Éduoard Brisson Louis Chiron	Stutz DV32	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	65
17	1.1	24	Pierre Fenaille	Roger Bourcier "Tribaudot"	Tracta	Cozette 1.0L Supercharged I4 (2-Stroke)[1]	43
18	2.0	16	Fox & Nichol	Tim Rose-Richards Brian E. Lewis	Lagonda OH	Lagonda 2.0L I4	29
19	1.1	29	Bollack, Netter et Cie (B.N.C.)	Jean Lajeune Maurice Faure	B.N.C.	B.N.C. 1.0L I4	24
20	2.0	18	No Team Name	Gaston Mottet Douglas Hawkes	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I4	22
21	1.5	22	No Team Name	Cyril Paul William Urquhart Dykes	Alvis 12/75	Alvis 1.5L Supercharged I4	21
22	8.0	2	No Team Name	Alfredo Luis Miranda Charles Moran Jr.	Du Pont Model G Speedster Le Mans	Continental 5.3L I8	20
23	1.1	30	No Team Name	Michel Doré Jean Treunet	B.N.C.	B.N.C. 1.0L I4	15
24	750	31	No Team Name	"Trillaud" Henri Lachner	D'Yrsan	Ruby 0.7 I4	9
25	5.0	11	Bentley Motors Ltd.	Bernard Rubin Lord Howe	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I6	7

Statistics

• Fastest Lap – #1 Bentley Motors Ltd. – 7:21
• Distance – 2843.83 km
• Average Speed – 118.492 km/h

Trophy Winners

• 5th Biennial Cup – #1 Bentley Motors Ltd.
• Index of Performance – #1 Bentley Motors Ltd.

Notes and sources

1. "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1929 (salon [Oct] 1928) (Paris: Histoire & collections). Nr. 84s: Page 80. 2006.