TEAM QUAIL AT LE MANS

 

 

 

5émes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1927

Circuit de la Sarthe

 

Date:

June 18-19, rain at night

Track Length (m):

17 262

Attendance:

 

Fastest Lap:

Frank Clement, Bentley, 8'46" = 118.142 km/h

Entries:

 

Pole Position:

 N/A

Practiced:

 

Distance (km):

2369.807

Starters:

22

Average Speed (km/h):

98.740

Classified:

7

 

 

 

Pos

Clas-
sific.

#

Team / Entrant
Car - Engine

Drivers, Nationality

Engine
Vol
(cc)

Engine
Type

Group

Laps
Km
Hour

Reason Out / Notes

1

1

3

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Sport 3 Litre ('old No 7')

Dr J. Dudley Benjafield, GB
Sammy Davis, GB

2941

4

3.0

2369.807

 

2

2

25


Salmson GS

André de Victor, F
J Hasley, F

1094

4

1.1

2019.999

 

3

3

23


Salmson GS

Georges Casse, F
André Rousseau, F

1094

4

1.1

2002.173

 

4

4

15


S.C.A.P. 1.5 Litre

Lucien Desvaux, F
Fernand Vallon, F

1493

4

1.5

1915.211

 

5

5

26

Etablissements Henri Precioux, F
E.H.P. DS - CIME

Guy Bouriat, F
Pierre Bussienne, F

1094

4

1.1

1874.510

 

6

6

21


S.A.R.A. BDE

André Marandet, F
Gonzaque Lécureul, F

1099

4

1.1

1844.844

 

7

7

20


Tracta - S.C.A.P. (Front Wheel Drive)

Jean-Albert Gregoire, F
Lucien Lemesle, F
DNS Pierre Fenaille, F

1099

4

1.1

1687.394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

NC

16


S.C.A.P.

Henri Guilbert, F
Albert Clément, F

1480

4

1.5

?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

DNF

4


Ariés Surbaissée 3-litre

Robert Laly, F
Jean Chassagne, F

2957

4

3.0

122
2226.798

Ignition

10

DNF

8


Fasto A3S

Raymond Leroy, F
Pierre Mesnel, F

1996

 

2.0

96
1657.152

 

11

DNF

10


Fasto A3S

Michel Doré, F
Roger Hellot, F

1996

 

2.0

75
1294.650

 

12

DNF

9


Fasto A3S

Brosselin
Frédéric Thelluson, F

1996

 

2.0

72
1242.864

 

13

DNF

14


S.A.R.A. SP7

Gaston Mottet, F
Emile Maret, F

1498

6

1.5

50
863.100

 

14

DNF

22


S.A.R.A. ATS

Henri Armand, F
Gaston Duval, F

1099

4

1.1

42
725.004

 

15

DNF

1

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4 ½ Litre

Frank Clement, GB
Leslie Callingham, GB
DNS Capt. Clive Gallop, GB

4379

4

5.0

35
604.170

Accident

16

DNF

12


Theo Schneider 25 SP

Jacques Chanterelle, F
René Schiltz, F

1954

4

2.0

34
586.908

Accident

17

DNF

2

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley Sport 3 Litre

Baron André d'Erlanger, F
George Duller, GB

2995

4

3.0

34
586.908

Accident

18

DNF

11


Theo Schneider 25 SP

Robert Poitier, F
Pierre Tabourin, F

1954

4

2.0

26
448.812

Accident

19

DNF

29


Ariés 8-10 CV

Fernand Gabriel, F
"Michel Paris", (Louis Paris),F

1088

4

1.1

23
397.026

Accident

20

DNF

24


Salmson GS

Lionel de Marmier, F
Pierre Goutte, F

1094

4

1.1

21
362.502

Starter motor

21

DNF

28


Ariés 8-10 CV

Arthur Duray, F
Roger Delano, F

1088

4

1.1

16
276.192

Camshaft

22

DNF

27

Etablissements Henri Precioux, F
E.H.P. DS - CIME

Henri De Costier, F
Georges Guignard, F

1094

4

1.1

8
138.896

Cooling

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

DNS

 


Tracta

Fenaille
Boussod

 

 

1.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

DNA

 


Rolland-Pillain

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

DNA

 


Rolland-Pillain

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

DNA

 


Rolland-Pillain

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

DNA

 


Ariés

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

DNS

 


GM

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

DNA

 


GM

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

DNA

 


Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

DNA

 


Steyr

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class Winners:

3rd Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge-Whitworth Cup)

G. Casse / A. Rousseau

Salmson

Prix le Saint-Didier (50 000 F in cash)

A. de Victor / J. Hasley

Salmson

2000 - 3000 cc

J.D. Benjafield / S.C.H. Davis

Bentley

1100 - 1500 cc

L. Desvaux / F. Vallon

SCAP

750 - 1100 cc

A. de Victor / J. Hasley

Salmson

 

 

 

 

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