Classic Car Catalogue

24 Heures du Mans
1930

24 Hours of Le Mans
21-22 June 1930
Circuit Permanent de la Sarthe

France

Entries:
No.   Drivers: Car: Engine:   Entrant: Group:  
1 Rudolf Caracciola / Christian Werner Mercedes Benz SS 7068.5 cc L6 s/c R. Caracciola 8.0  
2 Clement / Watney Bentley Speed Six 6597 cc L6 Team Bentley 8.0  
3 Sammy Davis / Clive Dunfee Bentley Speed Six 6597 cc L6 Team Bentley 8.0  
4 Woolf Barnato / Glen Kidston Bentley Speed Six 6597 cc L6 Team Bentley 8.0  
5 Éduoard Brisson / Louis Rigal Stutz DV 32 Bearcat 5355 cc L8 4v DOHC E. Brisson 8.0  
6 Philippe de Rothschild / Edmond Bourlier Stutz DV 32 Bearcat 5355 cc L8 4v DOHC Richard Averell Parke 8.0  
7 Boris Harcourt-Wood / Jack Dunfee Bentley 4½-Litre Blower 4389 cc L4 s/c Team Honorable Miss D. Paget 5.0 dns
8 Dr. Dudley Benjafield / Giulio Ramponi Bentley 4½-Litre Blower 4389 cc L4 s/c Team Honorable Miss D. Paget 5.0  
9 Sir Henry Birkin / Jean Chassagne Bentley 4½-Litre Blower 4389 cc L4 s/c Team Honorable Miss D. Paget 5.0  
15 Brian Lewis / Hugh Eaton Talbot AO90 2276 cc L6 Fox & Nichols 3.0  
16 Johnny Hindmarsh / Tim Rose-Richards Talbot AO90 2276 cc L6 Fox & Nichols 3.0  
20 Charles Charrier / 'Jouclas' B.N.C. Vedette AER 1.5L I4 Bollack, Netter et Cie 1.5 dns
23 Earl Howe / Leslie Callingham Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 1752 cc L6 s/c Lord E. Howe 2.0  
24 Kenneth Peacock / Sammy Newsome Lea Francis Hyper S 1496 cc L4 (s/c?) Automobiles Léa Francis 1.5  
25 Marguerite Mareuse / Odette Siko Bugatti T40 1496 cc L4 Mme Mareuse 1.5  
26 Roger Bourcier / Louis Debeugny Tracta A28 S.C.A.P. 986 cc L4 Automobiles Tracta 1.1  
27 Jean-Albert Grégoire / Fernand Vallon Tracta A28 S.C.A.P. 986 cc L4 Automobiles Tracta 1.1  
28 Murton-Neale / Hicks MG Midget M 847 cc L4 Mrs. Huskinson & Fane 1.1  
29 Francis Samuelson / Fred Kindell MG Midget M 847 cc L4 F. Samuelson 1.1  
      Bentley 4½-Litre   Team Bentley 8.0  
      Nacional Pescara         dna
      Alvis         dna
      Nacional Pescara         dna
      Nacional Pescara         dna
      Scotsman-SARA         dna
    Juan Zanelli Nacional Pescara         dna
      Alvis         dna
      Lagonda         dna

 

Results:

Position: No. Driver: Car: Distance: Speed: Group pos.:
1st 4 Woolf Barnato / Glen Kidston Bentley Speed Six 2930.663 km 122.111 km/h 8.0 1st
2nd 2 Clement / Watney Bentley Speed Six 2832.483 km 118.652 km/h 8.0 2nd
3rd 15 Brian Lewis / Hugh Eaton Talbot AO90 2651.977 km 110.499 km/h 3.0 1st
4th 16 Johnny Hindmarsh / Tim Rose-Richards Talbot AO90 2625.494 km 109.395 km/h 3.0 2nd
5th 23 Earl Howe / Leslie Callingham Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS 2607.661 km 108.652 km/h 2.0 1st
6th 24 Kenneth Peacock / Sammy Newsome Lea Francis Hyper S 2291.886 km 94.495 km/h 1.5 1st
7th 25 Marguerite Mareuse / Odette Siko Bugatti T40 2164.701 km 90.195 km/h 1.5 2nd
8th 27 Jean-Albert Grégoire / Fernand Vallon Tracta A28 2102.879 km 87.619 km/h 1.1 1st
9th 26 Roger Bourcier / Louis Debeugny Tracta A28 2013.593 km 83.899 km/h 1.1 2nd
dnf 8 Dr. Dudley Benjafield / Giulio Ramponi Bentley 4½-Litre Blower 2355.840 km   5.0 -
dnf 9 Sir Henry Birkin / Jean Chassagne Bentley 4½-Litre Blower 2257.680 km   5.0 -
dnf 1 Rudolf Caracciola / Christian Werner Mercedes Benz SS 1357.800 km   8.0 -
dnf 28 Murton-Neale / Hicks MG Midget M 1341.520 km   1.1 -
dnf 6 Philippe de Rothschild / Edmond Bourlier Stutz DV 32 Bearcat 687.120 km   8.0 -
dnf 5 Éduoard Brisson / Louis Rigal Stutz DV 32 Bearcat 556.240 km   8.0 -
dnf 29 Francis Samuelson / Fred Kindell MG Midget M 458.080 km   1.1 -
dnf 3 Sammy Davis / Clive Dunfee Bentley Speed Six 343.560 km   8.0 -
Fastest lap: Henry Birkin (Bentley Blower) 6m 48.000s = 144.362 km/h

Rudge-Whitworth Cup results:

Position: No. Driver: Car:
1st 4 Woolf Barnato / Glen Kidston Bentley Speed Six
2nd 2 Clement / Watney Bentley Speed Six
3rd 27 Jean-Albert Grégoire / Fernand Vallon Tracta A28
4th 24 Kenneth Peacock / Sammy Newsome Lea Francis Hyper S
5th 26 Roger Bourcier / Louis Debeugny Tracta A28