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.

Gallery

The circuit used in 1929

Winners Woolf Barnato and Henry Birkin after the race

Official results

Class winners are denoted with bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Distance/Retired
1	8.0	1	Bentley Motors Limited	Woolf Barnato Henry Birkin	Bentley Speed Six Old Number One	Bentley 6.6L I6	174	2,843.830 km (1,767.074 mi)
2	5.0	9	Bentley Motors Limited	Jack Dunfee Glen Kidston	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	167	+7 laps
3	5.0	10	Bentley Motors Limited	Dr. Dudley Benjafield André d'Erlanger	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	159	+15 laps
4	5.0	8	Bentley Motors Limited	Frank Clement Jean Chassagne	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	156	+18 laps
5	8.0	5	Automobiles Elite Paris	Guy Bouriat Philippe de Rothschild	Stutz Model M Blackhawk	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	153	+21 laps
6	5.0	14	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Henri Stoffel Robert Benoist	Chrysler Six 75	Chrysler 4.1L I6	152	+22 laps
7	5.0	12	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Cyril de Vere Marcel Mongin	Chrysler Six 77	Chrysler 4.1L I6	149	+25 laps
8	1.5	21	K.S. Peacock	Kenneth Peacock Sammy Newsome	Lea-Francis S-Type Hyper	Meadows 1.5L Supercharged I4	135	+39 laps
9	1.1	26	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Louis Balart Louis Debeugny	Tracta Type A	S.C.A.P. 1.0L Supercharged I4^[1]	128	+46 laps
10	1.1	27	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta Type A	S.C.A.P. 1.0L Supercharged I4^[1]	126	+48 laps
DNF	8.0	6	Colonel Warwick Wright	Capt. George Eyston Dick Watney	Stutz Model M Blackhawk	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	104	Fuel tank
DNF	1.5	20	Bollack, Netter et Cie	Lucien Desvaux Auguste Garalp	B.N.C. Acacias	B.N.C. 1.5L I4	88
DNF	5.0	7	C.W. Fiennes	Owen Saunders-Davies Cecil Wingfield Fiennes	Invicta LC 4½ Litre	Meadows 4.5L I6	78	Engine
DNF	2.0	19	Societe des Applications à Refroidisssements par Air	W.R. Hutchinson R.F. Turner	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I4	73
DNF	1.1	25	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Lucien Lemesle Maurice Benoist	Tracta Type A	S.C.A.P. 1.0L Supercharged I4^[1]	70	Fuel pipe
DNF	8.0	4	Societe de Carrosserie Weymann	Éduoard Brisson Louis Chiron	Stutz Model M Blackhawk	Stutz 5.3L Supercharged I8	65	Fire, fuel hose, clutch
DNF	1.1	24	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Roger Bourcier 'Tribaudot'	Tracta Speciale	Cozette 1.0L Supercharged I4 (2-Stroke)^[1]	43	Engine
DNF	2.0	16	PERR/Fox & Nicholl	Tim Rose-Richards Brian Lewis	Lagonda 2 Litre Speed	Lagonda 2.0L I4	29	Head gasket
DNF	1.1	29	Bollack, Netter et Cie	Jean Lajeune Maurice Faure	B.N.C. Type 527	B.N.C. 1.0L I4	24
DNF	2.0	18	Societe des Applications à Refroidisssements par Air	Gaston Mottet Douglas Hawkes	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I4	22
DNF	1.5	22	Alvis Car & Engineering Company	Cyril Paul Bill Urquhart-Dykes	Alvis FA8/15	Alvis 1.5L Supercharged I4	21	Engine
DNF	8.0	2	Du Pont Motor Company	Alfredo Miranda Jr. Charles Moran Jr.	Du Pont Model G Speedster	Continental 5.3L I8	20	Transmission
DNF	1.1	30	Bollack, Netter et Cie	Michel Doré Jean Treunet	B.N.C. Type 527	B.N.C. 1.0L I4	15
DNF	750	31	Cyclecars D'Yrsan	'Trillaud' Henri Lachner	D'Yrsan Grand Sport	Ruby 0.7 I4	9
DNF	5.0	11	Bentley Motors Limited	Bernard Rubin Earl Howe	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I6	7	Ignition
DNS	1.5	23	Alvis Car & Engineering Company	Sammy Davis Leon Cushman	Alvis FA8/15	Alvis 1.5L Supercharged I4	–
Sources: ^[2]

Statistics

Fastest Lap: #1 Bentley Motors Limited – 7:21
Distance: 2,843.830 km (1,767.074 mi)
Average Speed: 118.492 km/h (73.628 mph)

Trophy winners

5th Biennial Cup: #1 Bentley Motors Limited
Index of Performance: #1 Bentley Motors Limited

References

1 2 3 4 "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1929 (salon [Oct] 1928). Paris: Histoire & collections. Nr. 84s: Page 80. 2006.
↑ "Le Mans 24 Hours 1929 - Race Results - Racing Sports Cars". www.racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 2018-02-12.

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1929 24 Hours of Le Mans
Previous: 1928	Next: 1930
Index: Races \| Winners

1929 24 Hours of Le Mans

Gallery

Official results

Statistics

Trophy winners

References

Further reading