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Event: Sixiemes Grand Prix d'Endurance de 24 Heures du MansDate: 17.6.1928
Track: Circuit Permanent de la Sarthe (France), 17.262 kmsOrganiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:16/6 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:49
Practiced:34
Qualified:33
Started:33
Finished:17
Classified:17
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 8000000
Sports 5000985
Sports 3000110
Sports 2000773
Sports 1500883
Sports 1100996
Sports 750000
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Pre-race sessions:
practice session held
Winners:
Overall:4Bentley 4 ½ LitreBarnato / Rubin
Sports 2000:12Itala Tipo 65 SBenoist / Dauvergne
Sports 1500:27Alvis FA12/50Harvey / Purdy
Sports 1100:32B.N.C. Type H MonzaDoré / Treunet
Fastest Laps:
Overall:3Bentley 4 ½ LitreHenry Birkin (GB)8:07.0000127.6040 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:42Tracta Type AJean-Albert Grégoire (F)
Sports 5000:8Chrysler Six Series 72André Rossignol (F)
Sports 3000:9Ariès Type S GP2 SurbaisséeRobert Laly (F)
Sports 2000:20S.A.R.A. SP7Émile Maret (F)
Sports 1500:29Tracta Type ALouis Balart (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Chrysler (4), Bentley (3), Lagonda (3), Tracta (3), Ariès (3)
Top engines by numbers:S.C.A.P. (5), Chrysler (4), Bentley (3), Lagonda (3), Ariès (3)
Top car types by numbers:Chrysler Six (4), Bentley 4 ½ Litre (3), Lagonda 2 Litre (3)
Driver nationalities:F (42), GB (17), RO (2)
Team nationalities:F (21), GB (10), I (2)
Most used colours:blue (32%), darker (22%), dark (12%), green (9%), lighter (8%), light (6%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Average engine size:2186 cc (with regard to 3% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2212 cc)
Oldest known drivers:Fernard Gabriel (50), Augustus Cesare Bertelli (48), Arthur Duray (47)
Youngest known drivers:Louis Chiron (29), Woolf Barnato (33), Robert Benoist (33)

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