The 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race for sports cars, staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 24 and 25 June 1950. It was the...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the town of Le Mans, France. It is widely...
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This is a list of records in the 24 Hours of Le Mans since 1923. This page is accurate up to and including the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans. Note: The first...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de...
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1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 10 and 11 June 1972. It was the 40th running of the 24 Hours...
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The 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 21st Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 13 and 14 June 1953, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France)...
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The 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans was a motor race for Sports cars and Grand Touring cars staged at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France on 10 and 11...
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The 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 19th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 23 and 24 June 1951. It was won by Peter Walker and Peter Whitehead...
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The 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans was a race for Sports Cars which took place on 12 and 13 June 1954, at the Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans, France. It was the...
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The 1949 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 17th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 25 and 26 June 1949. Luigi Chinetti won the race for a third time...
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considered to be one of the three legs of the informal Triple Crown of endurance racing along with the 24 Hours of Le Mans and 24 Hours of Daytona. The track...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de...
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(male) and Mancelles (female). Since 1923, the city has hosted the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest active endurance sports car race. The event is...
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Mathieson bought a 2-litre Frazer Nash Le Mans in which he scored a class victory in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans together with Richard "Dickie" Stoop....
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(1925–1928) and the Formula One World Championship (1950–1960). The 24 Hours of Le Mans was part of the World Sportscar Championship (1953–1992 except...
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Luigi Chinetti (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
drove in 12 consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans races, taking three outright wins there and taking two more at the Spa 24 Hours race. Chinetti owned the...
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Régine Gordine (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
on 20 May 2012 in Breteuil, Eure. 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans, teammate Germaine Rouault, Simca-Gordini, retired 1950, teammate Germaine Rouault, Simca 8...
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Raymond Sommer (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
1950) was a French racing driver. He raced both before and after WWII with some success, particularly in endurance racing. He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans...
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B. S. Cunningham Company (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
hill-climb, planning to enter it in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans. The Fordillac was rejected by the Le Mans organizers due to its engine swap, so instead...
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Rocky Agusta (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
development of the Venturi 400 into a racing car, entering one for himself in the 1993 24 Hours of Le Mans and four cars in the 1994 24 Hours of Le Mans. He drove...
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Briggs Cunningham (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
including the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Cunningham was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on 19 January 1907. The family were long-time residents of the Cincinnati...
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José Froilán González (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
laps, and 72 1⁄7 points. He won the 1951 Coppa Acerbo, in 1954 the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Maurice Trintignant, and the Portuguese Grand Prix for Ferrari...
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Ferrari 195 S (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
the 166 MM Berlinetta Le Mans The Ferrari 195 S was a sports racing car produced by Ferrari in 1950, as a improved version of the 166 MM. The 195 S won...
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Allard J2 (section J2X Le Mans)
third place in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans.They achieved this even though the first and second gears of the 3-speed gearbox were broken Of 313 documented...
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Cadillac Northstar LMP (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
series of Le Mans Prototypes built by Cadillac for use in the American Le Mans Series as well as an attempt to return Cadillac to the 24 Hours of Le Mans since...
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Lance Macklin (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
was made a reserve driver for Le Mans and raced at the Spa 24 Hours, finishing fifth. He finished fifth at Le Mans in 1950 alongside teammate and HWM owner...
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Ken Miles (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
at the 24 Hours of Le Mans but retired with gearbox trouble. Earlier in the year, also with McLaren, he had finished second at the 12 Hours of Sebring...
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Cunningham C-1 (category Cars of the United States)
Cunningham Company in 1950. American sportsman Briggs Cunningham entered two cars based on the Cadillac Series 61 in the 1950 24 Hours of Le Mans. Brothers Cowles...
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Cunningham C-5R (category 24 Hours of Le Mans race cars)
racing debut at the 1953 24 Hours of Le Mans. Cunningham had been coming to the Sarthe with his racing cars regularly since 1950 for long-distance races...
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Louis Rosier (category 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers)
Grand-Prix de l'Albigeois and the 24 Hours of Le Mans with his son Jean-Louis Rosier. Rosier owned the Renault dealership of Clermont-Ferrand. In 2016, in...
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