TEAM QUAIL AT LE MANS

6èmes Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1928

Circuit de la Sarthe

Date:

June 16-17

Track Length (m):

17 262

Attendance:

Fastest Lap:

Henry Birkin, Bentley, 8'07" = 127.604 km/h

Entries:

50

Pole Position:

 N/AN/AN/A

Practiced:

Distance (km):

2669.272

Starters:

33

Average Speed (km/h):

111.219

Classified:

17

First year for a Greatest Distant Award

Pos

Clas-
sific.

#

Team / Entrant
Car - Engine

Drivers, Nationality

Engine
Vol.
(cc)

Engine
Type

Group

Laps
Km
Hour

Reason Out / Notes

1

1

4

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre

Captain Woolf 'Babe'Barnato, ZA/GB
Bernard Rubin, GB
DNS Dr.J. Dudley Benjafield, GB

4392

4

5.0

2669.272

2

2

1

C.T. Weymann, F
Stutz DV16 Black Hawk 'Bearcat'

Édouard Brisson, F
Robert Bloch, F
DNS Anderson,

4888

8

5.0

2656.594

3

3

8

Chrysler 72 'Six'

Henri Stoffel, F
André Rossignol, F

4076

6

5.0

2493.853

4

4

7

Chrysler 72 'Six'

Prince Jean Ghica Cantacuzino, R
G Ghica Cantacuzino, R

4083

6

5.0

2412.187

5

5

3

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre

Sir Henry 'Tim' Birkin, GB
Jean Chassagne, F
DNS C Bloch,

4392

4

5.0

2335.351

6

6

27

Alvis TA (FA ?) FWD

Major Maurice Harvey, GB
Harold Purdy, GB

1482

4

1.5

2286.382

7

7

32

B.N.C.

Michel Doré, F
Jean Treunet, F

1099

4

1.1

2270.066

8

8

12

Itala 65 S 2000

Robert Benoist, F
Christian Dauvergne, F

1991

6

2.0

2258.171

9

9

28

Alvis TA (FA ?) FWD

S.C.H. 'Sammy' Davis, GB
William 'Bill' Urquhart-Dykes, GB

1482

4

1.5

2246.016

10

10

35

Salmson GS

Georges Casse, F
André Rousseau, F

1095

4

1.1

2208.444

11

11

16

F.E. Metcalfe, GB
Lagonda OH 2L Speed

Baron André d'Erlanger, F
Douglas Hawkes, GB

1954

4

2.0

2178.259

12

12

29

Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)

Maurice Benoist, F
Louis Balart, F

1481

4

1.5

2 .455

13

13

37

Lombard AL 3

Lucien Desvaux, F
Pierre Goutte, F

1095

4

1.1

2016.707

14

14

36

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

Guy Bouriat, F
Pierre Bussienne, F

1094

6

1.1

1996.891

15

15

19

S.A.R.A. SP 7

Gaston Duval, F
Gaston Mottet, F

1806

6

2.0

1974.190

16

16

31

Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)

Roger Bourcier, F
Hector Vasena, RA

1099

4

1.1

1905.147

17

17

42

Pierre Fenaille, F
Tracta - S.C.A.P. (FWD)

Jean-Albert Grégoire, F
Fernand Vallon, F

1085

4

1.1

1870.739

18

DNF

24

S.C.A.P.

Henri Guilbert, F
André Lefebvre, F

1495

4

1.5

95
1639.890

Oil

19

DNF

39

S.C.A.P.

Lucien Lemesle, F
Henry Godard, F

1087

4

1.1

91
1570.842

20

DNF

26

Aston Martin Ltd / Lord Charnwood, GB
Aston Martin International

Jack Bezzant, GB
Cyril Paul, GB

1491

4

1.5

82
1415.484

21

DNF

2

Bentley Motors Ltd, GB
Bentley 4½ Litre

Frank Clement, GB
Dr Dudley Benjafield, GB
DNS Jean Chassagne, F

4392

4

5.0

71
1225.602

Radiator hose / oil

22

DNF

5

Chrysler 72

Cyril de Vere, F
Louis Chiron, MC
DNS Henri Stoffel, F

4099

6

5.0

66
1139.292

Clutch

23

DNF

41

Ariés 8-10 CV

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

1086

4

1.1

51
880.36

24

DNF

14

Itala 65 S 2000

"Jean Sabipa" (Louis Charaval), F
Christian,
DNS Charrier,

1991

6

2.0

50
863.100

25

DNF

21

A.L.P.H.I. (Alphi ?)

Henri De Costier, F
Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld, F
DNS Bernard,

1500

1.5

45
776.790

26

DNF

25

Aston Martin Ltd / Lord Charnwood, GB
Aston Martin International

A.C. (Augustus Cesare) 'Bert' Bertelli, GB
Capt. George E.T. Eyston, GB

1492

4

1.5

32
552.384

Rear axle casing

27

DNF

30

Salmson GS

J Hasley, F
Albert Perrot, F
DNS George Newman, GB

1096

4

1.1

30
517.860

28

DNF

20

S.A.R.A. SP7

Emile Maret, F
Gonzaque Lécureul, F
DNS Chanterelle, F

1806

6

2.0

25
431.550

29

DNF

18

F.E. Metcalfe, GB
Lagonda OH 2L Speed

Capt. R. Clive Gallop, GB
Major E.J. Hays, GB
DNS W C Handley, GB

1954

4

2.0

23
397.026

Accident

30

DNF

40

Ariés 8-10 CV

Arthur Duray, F
Roger Delano, F

1086

4

1.1

22
379.764

31

DNF

15

F.E. Metcalfe, GB
Lagonda

F.H.P. Samuelson (Sir Francis), GB
Frank King, GB
DNS Bert Hammond, GB

1954

4

2.0

13
224.406

Gearbox / Accident

32

DNF

6

Chrysler 72

Goffredo "Freddie" Zehender, I
Jérôme Le Dur, F
DNS Mario Lepori, CH

4083

6

5.0

5
86.310

Radiator

33

DNF

9

Ariés Surbaissée 3-litre

Robert Laly, F
Louis Rigal, F

2957

4

3.0

3
51.786

Engine

34

DNS

F.E. Metcalfe, GB
Lagonda OH 2L Speed

Bert Hammond, GB
Major E.J. Hayes, GB
W C Handley, GB

1954

4

35

DNA

Marendaz Special

Captain Donald M K Marendaz, GB
P L Densham, GB

1500

1.5

36

DNA

Ariés

1086

4

1.1

37

DNA

Ariés

2957

4

3.0

38

DNA

Aston Martin

1481

4

1.5

39

DNA

Alfa Romeo 6C 1500

Boris Ivanowski, F/RUS
Attilio Marinoni, I
Rachevsky

1500

1.5

Reserve entry

40

DNA

Lombard

1093

1.1

41

DNA

Lombard

1093

1.1

42

DNA

Lombard

1093

1.1

43

DNA

Lombard

1093

1.1

44

DNA

Lombard

1093

1.1

45

DNA

D'Yrsan K Sport - Ruby

Simas,
Ego,

1098

4

1.1

46

DNA

D'Yrsan K Sport - Ruby

Marquis Raymond Siran de Caranac, F
de Soussay,

1098

4

1.1

47

DNA

?

48

DNA

?

49

DNA

?

50

DNA

?

4th Biennial Cup - Index of Performance
(Rudge Whitworth Cup)

G Casse / A Rousseau

Salmson

3000 - 5000 cc

W Barnato / B Rubin

Bentley

1500 - 2000 cc

R Benoist / C Dauuvergne

Itala

1100 - 1500 cc

C M Harvey / H W Purdy

Alvis

750 - 1100 cc

M Doré / J Truenet

BNC