Tour de France 1969 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: Tour de France		Date: 26.9.1969
Track: Tour de France (France), unknown length	Organiser: unknown
Tour de France
Non championship race

Weather:	unknown
Start time:	18/9
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	unknown
Attendance:	unknown

Entered:	unknown
Practiced:	unknown
Started:	106
Finished:	unknown
Classified:	49

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group 6 - Prototypes +2000	3	3	2
Group 6 - Prototypes 2000	10	10	2
Group 6 - Prototypes 1300	5	5	3
Group 5 - Special Touring +2000	4	4	1
Group 5 - Special Touring 2000	9	9	3
Group 5 - Special Touring 1600	3	3	1
Group 5 - Special Touring 1300	4	4	2
Group 4 - Sports +2000	3	3	0
Group 4 - Sports 1300	1	1	0
Group 2 - Touring 2000	2	2	2
Group 2 - Touring 1600	1	1	1
Group 2 - Touring 1300	2	2	0
Group 1 - Serial Touring +2000	9	9	4
Group 1 - Serial Touring 2000	9	9	5
Group 1 - Serial Touring 1600	9	9	7
Group 1 - Serial Touring 1300	8	8	6

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results

Winners:
Overall:	181	Porsche 911 R	Larrousse / Gélin
Group 6 - Prototypes +2000:	193	Morgan Plus 8	Lamoral / Savoye
Group 6 - Prototypes 1300:	154	Alpine - Renault	Hoepfner / Soukry
Group 5 - Special Touring +2000:	93	Ford Capri 2300 RS	Piot / Behra
Group 5 - Special Touring 2000:	84	Porsche 911	Chasseuil / Baron
Group 5 - Special Touring 1600:	69	Alfa Romeo GTA	Verrier / Pompannon
Group 5 - Special Touring 1300:	57	Mini Cooper S	Hopkirk / Nash
Group 2 - Touring 2000:	83	Porsche 911	Lemaître / Cherruy
Group 2 - Touring 1600:	70	BMW 1600 TI	Chevalley / Burlet
Group 1 - Serial Touring +2000:	44	Chevrolet Camaro	"Beaumont" / Dubosc
Group 1 - Serial Touring 2000:	31	BMW 2002	Koob / Kridel
Group 1 - Serial Touring 1600:	24	Alfa Romeo GTV	Junguenet / Desagnat
Group 1 - Serial Touring 1300:	10	Mini Cooper S	Vernaeve / Michielsen
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (22), Alfa Romeo (14), Alpine (14), BMW (12), Ford (10)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (22), Renault (18), Alfa Romeo (14), BMW (12), Ford (10)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 911 (15), Alpine A110 (12), BMW 2002 (6)
Engine positions:	front-engined (50%), rear-engined (40%), mid-engined (10%)
Average engine size:	2006 cc
Oldest known drivers:	Henri Greder (40), Nicolas Koob (39), Paddy Hopkirk (36)
Youngest known drivers:	Jean-Claude Lagniez (22), Christine Beckers (24), Tim Schenken (26)
Female drivers:	"Marie-Claude Beaumont", Christine Beckers, Françoise Brun, Colette Burlet, Nadine Chevalley, Ginette Derolland, Michele Dubosc, Marie-Pierre Palayer, Francine Warein

Official Race Programme:

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