1928 24 Hours of Le Mans

1928 24 Hours of Le Mans

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The 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 6th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 16 and 17 June 1928.

Bernard Rubin, co-driver of the winning Bentley 4½ Litre (nicknamed "Old Mother Gun") alongside Bentley director Woolf Barnato, was the first Australian born driver to win Le Mans, and the first driver born in the Southern Hemisphere to win the race.

Winners Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin

Official results

Le Mans in 1928

Class winners are denoted with bold.

Pos	Class	No.	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps	Distance/Retired
1	5.0	4	Bentley Motors Limited	Woolf Barnato Bernard Rubin	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	154	2,669.272 km (1,658.609 mi)
2	5.0	1	Societe de Carrosserie Weymann	Éduoard Brisson Robert Bloch	Stutz Model BB Blackhawk	Stutz 4.9L I8	153	+1 lap
3	5.0	8	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Henri Stoffel André Rossignol	Chrysler Six 72	Chrysler 4.1L I6	144	+10 laps
4	5.0	7	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Jean Cantacuzino Gheorghe Cantacuzino	Chrysler Six 72	Chrysler 4.1L I6	139	+15 laps
5	5.0	3	Bentley Motors Limited	Sir Henry Birkin Jean Chassagne	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	135	+19 laps
6	1.5	27	Alvis Car & Engineering Company	Maurice Harvey Harold Purdy	Alvis FA12/50	Alvis 1.5L I4	132	+22 laps
7	1.1	32	Bollack, Netter et Cie	Michel Doré Jean Treunet	B.N.C. Type H Monza	B.N.C. 1.1L I4	131	+23 laps
8	2.0	12	Itala SA Fabbrica Automobili	Robert Benoist Christian Dauvergne	Itala Tipo 65 S	Itala 2.0L I6	130	+24 laps
9	1.5	28	Alvis Car & Engineering Company	Sammy Davis Bill Urquhart-Dykes	Alvis FA12/50	Alvis 1.5L I4	130	+24 laps
10	1.1	35	Societe des Moteurs Salmson	Georges Casse André Rousseau	Salmson Grand Sport	Salmson 1.1L I4	127	+27 laps
11	2.0	16	Lagonda Motor Company	Andre d'Erlanger Douglas Hawkes	Lagonda 2 Litre Speed Model	Lagonda 2.0L I4	126	+28 laps
12	1.5	29	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Maurice Benoist Louis Balart	Tracta Type A	S.C.A.P. 1.5L I4	121	+33 laps
13	1.1	37	Automobiles Lombard SA	Lucien Desvaux Pierre Goutte	Lombard AL3 Grand Air Sport	Lombard 1.1L I4	116	+38 laps
14	1.1	36	Établissements Henri Precioux	Guy Bouriat Pierre Bussienne	E.H.P. Type DU	CIME 1.1L I6	115	+39 laps
15	2.0	19	Societe des Applications à Refroidisssements par Air	Gaston Duval Gaston Mottet	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I6	114	+40 laps
16	1.1	31	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Roger Bourcier Hector Vasena	Tracta Gephi	S.C.A.P. 1.1L I4	110	+44 laps
17	1.1	42	SA des Automobiles Tracta	Jean-Albert Grégoire Fernand Vallon	Tracta Type A	S.C.A.P. 1.1L I4	108	+46 laps
DNF	1.5	24	Societe des Construction Automobile Parisienne	Henri Guilbert André Lefebvre	S.C.A.P. Type O	S.C.A.P. 1.5L I4	95	Oil
DNF	1.1	39	Societe des Construction Automobile Parisienne	Lucien Lemesle Henry Godard	S.C.A.P. Type M	S.C.A.P. 1.1L I4	91
DNF	1.5	26	Aston Martin Limited	Jack Besant Cyril Paul	Aston Martin International	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	82
DNF	5.0	2	Bentley Motors Limited	Dr. Dudley Benjafield Frank Clement	Bentley 4½ Litre	Bentley 4.4L I4	71	Radiator hose, oil
DNF	5.0	5	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Cyril de Vere Louis Chiron	Chrysler Six 72	Chrysler 4.1L I6	66	Clutch
DNF	1.1	41	Societe des Automobile Ariès	Fernand Gabriel Louis Paris	Ariès CC4	Ariès 1.1L I4	51
DNF	2.0	14	Itala SA Fabbrica Automobili	Louis Charavel 'Christian'	Itala Tipo 65 S	Itala 2.0L I6	50
DNF	1.5	21	Automobiles Luart-Poniatowski-Hougardy Ingenieurs	Henri De Costier Sosthene de la Rochefoucauld	Alphi LM	Alphi 1.5L I4	45
DNF	1.5	25	Aston Martin Limited	Bert Bertelli George Eyston	Aston Martin International	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	32	Rear axle casing
DNF	1.1	30	Societe des Moteurs Salmson	Jean Hasley Albert Perrot	Salmson Grand Sport	Salmson 1.1L I4	30
DNF	2.0	20	Societe des Applications à Refroidisssements par Air	Emile Maret Gonzaque Lécureul	S.A.R.A. SP7	S.A.R.A. 1.8L I6	25
DNF	2.0	18	Lagonda Motor Company	Clive Gallop E.J. Hayes	Lagonda 2 Litre Speed Model	Lagonda 2.0L I4	23	Contact
DNF	1.1	40	Societe des Automobile Ariès	Arthur Duray Roger Delano	Ariès CC4	Ariès 1.1L I4	22
DNF	2.0	15	Lagonda Motor Company	Francis Samuelson Frank King	Lagonda 2 Litre Speed Model	Lagonda 2.0L I4	13	Gearbox, contact
DNF	5.0	6	Grand Garage Saint-Didier Paris	Freddie Zehender Jacques Ledure	Chrysler Six 72	Chrysler 4.1L I6	5	Radiator
DNF	3.0	9	Societe des Automobile Ariès	Robert Laly Louis Rigal	Ariès Type S GP2 Surbaissée	Ariès 3.0L I4	3	Engine
DNS	3.0	11	Boris Ivanowski	Boris Ivanowski Attilo Marinoni	Alfa Romeo 6C-1500 Super Sport	Alfa Romeo 1.6L Supercharged I6	–
Sources:

Statistics

• Fastest Lap: #3 Bentley Motors Limited – 8:07
• Distance: 2,669.272 km (1,658.609 mi)
• Winner's average Speed: 111.219 km/h (69.108 mph)

Trophy winners

• 4th Biennial Cup: #35 Georges Casse/André Rousseau
• Index of Performance: #35 Georges Casse/André Rousseau

Further reading

Spurring, Quentin. Le Mans 1923-29: The Official History Of The World's Greatest Motor Race. 2005. ISBN 978-1-910505-08-3.