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23 February 2008
Bentley Wins 24-hour Race at Le Mans
With a thrilling roar and the clash of Bendix pinions 41 self-starters come to use, and 40 engines spring to life. All, that is, with the exception of poor Montier's wonderfully speeded-up Ford, which splutters and bangs and will not start until half a dozen depressions of the starter button, when he rushes gamely off in the rear of the procession... Duff on the other hand, pulls his hood, secures in like lightning to the screen pillars and roars off in a babel of warm-heated applause...
With a thrilling roar and the clash of Bendix pinions 41 self-starters come to use, and 40 engines spring to life. All, that is, with the exception of poor Montier's wonderfully speeded-up Ford, which splutters and bangs and will not start until half a dozen depressions of the starter button, when he rushes gamely off in the rear of the procession... Duff on the other hand, pulls his hood, secures in like lightning to the screen pillars and roars off in a babel of warm-heated applause... Continued...
