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Event: 7emes Grand Prix d'Endurance de 24 Heures du MansDate: 16.6.1929
Track: Circuit Permanent de la Sarthe (France), 16.340 kmsOrganiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race
Weather:unknown
Start time:15/6 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:32
Practiced:26
Qualified:26
Started:25
Finished:10
Classified:10
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 8000552
Sports 5000775
Sports 3000000
Sports 2000330
Sports 1500431
Sports 1100662
Sports 750110
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Pre-race sessions:
unofficial practice sessions held the week before (on public roads)
Winners:
Overall:1Bentley Speed SixBarnato / Birkin
Sports 5000:9Bentley 4 ½ LitreKidston / Dunfee
Sports 1500:21Lea-Francis S-Type HyperPeacock / Newsome
Sports 1100:26Tracta Type ABalart / Debeugny
Fastest Laps:
Overall:1Bentley Speed SixHenry Birkin (GB)7:21.000133.551 km/h
Pole Positions:
Overall:31D'Yrsan Grand SportTrillaud (F)
Sports 8000:6Stutz Model M BlackhawkGeorge Eyston (GB)
Sports 5000:14Chrysler Six Series 75Robert Benoist (F)
Sports 2000:19S.A.R.A. SP7W. R. Hutchinson (GB)
Sports 1500:22Alvis FA8/15Cyril Paul (GB)
Sports 1100:29B.N.C. Type 527Jean Lajeune (F)
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Bentley (5), Tracta (4), Stutz (3), B.N.C. (3), Chrysler (2), S.A.R.A. (2)
Top engines by numbers:Bentley (5), Stutz (3), Meadows (3), S.C.A.P. (3), Ruby (3)
Top car types by numbers:Bentley 4 ½ Litre (4), Stutz Model M (3), Tracta Type A (3)
Driver nationalities:F (26), GB (20), USA (2)
Team nationalities:F (14), GB (10)
Most used colours:blue (31%), green (20%), dark (16%), light (10%), darker (9%), black (4%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Average engine size:2985 cc (with regard to 40% supercharged cars an applicable size is 3462 cc)
Oldest known drivers:Dudley Benjafield (42), Robert Benoist (34), Louis Chiron (30)
Youngest known drivers:Jack Dunfee (19), Brian Lewis (26), Philippe de Rothschild (27)

Official Race Programme:

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