1937 24 Hours of Le Mans

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24 Hours of Le Mans: 1937

Last Edit: 01/08/2020

The 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 14th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 19 and 20 June 1937.

This race was marred by a massive 6-car accident at Maison Blanche which claimed the lives of 2 drivers. On the eighth lap of the race, the inexperienced French amateur driver René Kippeurt lost control of his Bugatti T44 and it rolled several times, coming to rest in the middle of the road. German Fritz Roth, who closely followed, lost control of his BMW 328 #30, went off of the road and somersaulted. Kippeurt's body was thrown clear from his car, and was lying about 100 metres from the wreck. In an attempt to avoid Roth's car, Briton Pat Fairfield crashed into Kippeurt's Bugatti. Fairfield's car was subsequently rammed by the Delahaye 135CS of Jean Trémoulet which in turn was hit by the Talbot T150C driven by an Argentine count who raced under the pseudonym "Raph", and by the Riley TT Sprite of Raoul Forestier. An Adler driven by an unspecified German driver, was also involved in the accident. Kippeurt was killed instantly, Fairfield died in a hospital 2 days later and Trémoulet was injured, as was Raph.

Where we have not had a model of the car as raced through the business I've added another example of the car as an illustration (where I have one)

Pos	Car	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Engine	Laps
1		2	Roger Labric	Jean-Pierre Wimille Robert Benoist	Bugatti Type 57G Tank	Bugatti 3.3L I8	243
2	(example)	14	Joseph Paul	Joseph Paul Marcel Mongin	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	236
3	(example)	10	Ecurie Bleue	René Dreyfus Henri Stoffel	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	231
4	(example)	19	Société R.V.	Jacques de Valence de Minardiere Louis Gérard	Delage D6-70	Delage 3.0L I6	215
5	(example)	37	J.M. Skeffington	J.M. Skeffington R.C. Murton-Neale	Aston Martin 1½ Ulster	Aston Martin 1.5L I4	205
6	Still Looking	33	Adler	Peter Graff Orssich Rudolf Sauerwein	Adler Super Trumpf Rennlimousine	Adler 1.7L I4	205
7	(example)	26	Émile Darl'mat	Jean Pujol Marcel Contet	Darl'mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	203
8	(example)	25	Émile Darl'mat	Charles de Cortanze Maurice Serre	Darl'mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	203
9	Still Looking	34	Adler	Otto Löhr Paul von Guilleaume	Adler Super Trumpf Rennlimousine	Adler 1.7L I4	202
10	(example)	27	Émile Darl'mat	Daniel Porthault Louis Rigal	Darl'mat DS	Peugeot 2.0L I4	197
11	(example)	31	C.T. Thomas	Mortimer Morris-Goodall Robert P. Hichens	Aston Martin Speed Model	Aston Martin 2.0L I4	193
12	(example)	48	Just-Emile Vernet	Just-Emile Vernet Suzanne Largeot	Simca-Fiat 6CV	Fiat 1.0L I4	171
13	(example)	36	A.C. Scott	Archie Scott Ted Halford	HRG 1500 Le Mans	Meadows 1.5L I4	163
14	Still Looking	42	M.K.H. Bilney	M.K.H. Bilney Joan Richmond	Ford Ten GB	Ford 1.1L I4	161
15	Still Looking	49	H. Lesbros	Dimitri Calaraseano H. Lesbros	Adler Trumpf Junior	Adler 1.0L I4	160
16	(example)	54	Capt. G.E.T. Eyston	Dorothy Stanley-Turner Joan Riddell	MG PB Midget	MG 0.9L I4	154
17	(example)	59	Gordini	Jean Viale Albert Alin	Simca-Fiat Cinq	Fiat 0.6L I4	145
DNF	Still Looking	41	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Yves Giraud-Cabantous Charles Rigoulot	Chenard et Walcker	Chenard et Walcker 1.1L I4	151
DNF	(example)	9	Louis Villeneuve	Louis Villeneuve André Vagniez	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	147
DNF	(example)	46	Gordini	Amédée Gordini Philippe Maillard-Brune	Simca-Fiat Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	137
DNF	(example)	32	Eddie Hertzberger	Eddie Hertzberger Albert Debille	Aston Martin Speed Model	Aston Martin 2.0L I4	136
DNF		1	Roger Labric	Roger Labric Pierre Veyron	Bugatti Type 57G Tank	Bugatti 3.3L I8	130
DNF	(example)	50	R.H. Eccles	Mrs. Marjorie Eccles Freddie de Clifford	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica	Singer 1.0L I4	121
DNF	(example)	8	André Parguel	André Parguel Robert Brunet	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	100
DNF	(example)	18	Raymond de Saugé Destrez	Raymond de Saugé Destrez Genaro Léoz Abad	Bugatti Type 57S	Bugatti 3.3L I8	99
DNF	(example)	53	Jacques Savoye	Jacques Savoye Pierre Pichard	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica "Savoye Special"	Singer 1.0L I4	93
DNF	(example)	52	Team Autosports	G.H. Boughton F.H. Lye	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica	Singer 1.0L I4	91
DNF	(example)	58	Gordini	Adrien Alin Athos Querzola	Simca-Fiat Cinq	Fiat 0.6L I4	77
DNF	(example)	57	Austin	Charles Dodson Bert Hadley	Austin 7	Austin 0.7L I4	74
DNF	(example)	55	R. Marsh	Kay Petre G. Mangan	Austin 7	Austin 0.7L I4	72
DNF	(example)	51	Team Autosports	Norman Black John Donald Barnes	Singer Nine Le Mans Replica	Singer 1.0L I4	72
DNF	(example)	45	Gordini	Jacques Blot Henri Ferrand	Simca-Fiat Huit	Fiat 1.1L I4	55
DNF	(example)	29	Frazer Nash	Harold John Aldington A.F.P. Fane	Frazer Nash-BMW 328	BMW 2.0L I6	43
DNF	Still Looking	35	Mme Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier	Anne-Cécile Rose-Itier Fritz Huschke von Hanstein	Adler Trumpf Rennlimousine	Adler 1.5L I4	40
DNF	(example)	15	Jacques Seylair	Jacques Seylair Paul Bénazet	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	36
DNF	(example)	56	John Carr	Charles Goodacre Dennis Buckley	Austin 7	Austin 0.7L I4	32
DNF	Still Looking	40	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	Charles Cotet Charles Roux	Chenard et Walcker	Chenard et Walcker 1.8L Supercharged I4	32
DNF	(example)	3	Arthur W. Fox	Johnny Hindmarsh Charles Brackenbury	Lagonda LG45	Meadows 4.5L I6	30
DNF	(example)	39	Ecurie Eudel	Jean Trévoux Guy Lapchin	Riley Sprite TT	Riley 1.5L I4	11
DNF	(example)	4	Raymond Sommer	Raymond Sommer Giovanni Battista Guidotti	Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A Spider	Alfa Romeo 2.9L Supercharged I8	11
DNF	(example)	12	Eugéne Chaboud	Eugéne Chaboud Jean Trémoulet	Delahaye 135CS	Delahaye 3.6L I6	9
DNF	Still Looking	7	André M. Embiricos	Nicholas S. Embiricos Raphaël Béthenod de las Casas	Talbot T150C	Talbot 4.0L I6	9
DNF	(example)	38	Ecurie Eudel	Raoul Forestier Roger Caron	Riley Sprite TT	Riley 1.5L I4	8
DNF	(example)	30	BMW	Fritz Roth Uli Richter	BMW 328	BMW 2.0L I6	8
DNF	(example)	28	David Murray	David Murray Pat Fairfield	Frazer Nash-BMW 328	BMW 2.0L I6	8
DNF	(example)	20	René Kippeurt	René Kippeurt René Poulain	Bugatti Type 44	Bugatti 3.0L I8	8
DNF	Still Looking	21	Luigi Chinetti	Luigi Chinetti Louis Chiron	Talbot T150C	Talbot 4.0L I6	7
DNF	(example)	44	Gordini	Marino Zanardi Angelo Molinari	Simca-Fiat 508 S Ballila	Fiat 1.0L I4	?

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