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Event: Les 24 Heures du MansDate: 20.6.1937
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.492 kmsOrganiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race
Weather:warm, rain on saturday night
Start time:19/6 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:50000
Entered:63
Practiced:51
Qualified:51
Started:49
Finished:17
Classified:17
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 8000000
Sports 500015143
Sports 3000221
Sports 200011116
Sports 1500552
Sports 110013124
Sports 750551
Photo GalleryEntered CarsTechnical DataAppearanceRace Results
Winners:
Overall:2Bugatti Type 57 G TankWimille / Benoist
Sports 3000:19Delage D6-70de Valence de Minardière / Gérard
Sports 2000:33Adler Super Trumpf RennlimousineOrssich / Sauerwein
Sports 1500:37Aston Martin 1 ½ UlsterSkeffington / Murton-Neale
Sports 1100:48Simca-Fiat 6CVVernet / Largeot
Sports 750:59Simca Cinq FiatViale / Alin
Fastest Laps:
Overall:2Bugatti Type 57 G TankJean-Pierre Wimille (F)5:13.0000155.1790 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Delahaye (7), Bugatti (4), Adler (4), Simca (4), Singer (4)
Top engines by numbers:Delahaye (7), Fiat (6), Bugatti (4), Adler (4), Singer (4)
Top car types by numbers:Delahaye 135 CS (7), Adler Trumpf (4), Singer Nine (4)
Driver nationalities:F (52), GB (27), D (7), I (3)
Team nationalities:F (29), GB (14), D (3)
Most used colours:blue (43%), green (18%), dark (12%), white (10%), red (4%), orange (4%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Average engine size:2023 cc (with regard to 4% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2055 cc)
Oldest known drivers:Roger Labric (44), Robert Benoist (42), Amedée Gordini (38)
Youngest known drivers:Huschke von Hanstein (26), "Raph" (27), Pat Fairfield (30)
Female drivers:Marjorie Eccles, Anne Itier, Suzanne Largeot, Kay Petre, Joan Richmond, Joan Riddell, Dorothy Stanley-Turner

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