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25 February 2008

The Le Mans 24-Hour Race

This year the race took on an entirely fresh character. So far Bentleys have had it all their own way for a number of years. The result was that few foreign makes could be persuaded to race against them, and a sort of inferiority complex germinated in the minds of the French, although the race was held in their country. "Why enter," they would ask, "when Bentleys are sure to win? They are unbeatable on the Sarthe circuit!"

The Le Mans 24-Hour Race
Published in "The Motor", June 24, 1930

This year the race took on an entirely fresh character. So far Bentleys have had it all their own way for a number of years. The result was that few foreign makes could be persuaded to race against them, and a sort of inferiority complex germinated in the minds of the French, although the race was held in their country. "Why enter," they would ask, "when Bentleys are sure to win? They are unbeatable on the Sarthe circuit!"   Continued...

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First published in the June 24, 1930 issue of "The Motor"
Posted here on Feb 25, 2008