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Event: Les 24 Heures du MansDate: 19.6.1938
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.492 kmsOrganiser: Automobile Club de l'Ouest

Le Mans 24 Hours
Non championship race
Weather:sunny, light drizzle on sunday morning
Start time:18/6 16:00
Grid:unknown
Distance:24 hours
Attendance:unknown
Entered:56
Practiced:42
Qualified:42
Started:42
Finished:15
Classified:15
Classes:PractStartClass
Sports 8000000
Sports 500015154
Sports 3000220
Sports 2000552
Sports 1500552
Sports 110013135
Sports 750222
Photo GalleryEntered CarsTechnical DataAppearanceRace Results
Winners:
Overall:15Delahaye 135 CSChaboud / Trémoulet
Sports 2000:24Peugeot 402 DS Darl'Matde Cortanze / Contet
Sports 1500:33Adler Trumpf RennlimousineLöhr / von Guilleaume
Sports 1100:46Singer Nine Le Mans Replica Savoye SpécialSavoye / Savoye
Sports 750:51Simca CinqAimé / Plantivaux
Fastest Laps:
Overall:19Alfa Romeo 8C 2300B TouringRaymond Sommer (F)5:13.8000154.7830 km/h
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:Simca (9), Delahaye (7), Talbot-Lago (6), Peugeot (3), Adler (2), Singer (2), MG (2), Alfa Romeo (2), Riley (2)
Top engines by numbers:Fiat (10), Delahaye (7), Talbot-Lago (6), Peugeot (3), Adler (2), Singer (2), MG (2), Alfa Romeo (2), Riley (2)
Top car types by numbers:Simca 8 (6), Delahaye 135 CS (5), Peugeot 402 (3), Talbot-Lago T150C (3)
Driver nationalities:F (59), GB (14), I (4), D (4)
Team nationalities:F (31), GB (6), I (3), D (2)
Most used colours:blue (63%), green (9%), darker (4%), white (4%), lighter (4%)
Engine positions:front-engined (100%)
Average engine size:2241 cc (with regard to 4% supercharged cars an applicable size is 2276 cc)
Oldest known drivers:André Morel (54), Albert Divo (43), Philippe Etancelin (42)
Youngest known drivers:T.A.S O. Mathieson (30), Roger Loyer (31), Eugène Chaboud (31)
Female drivers:Marjorie Fawcett, Anne Itier, Suzanne Largeot, Germaine Rouault, Fernande Roux, Elsie Wisdom

Official Race Programme:

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