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Bol D'Or post-WWII

Started by Egon Thurner , Jul 14 2002 17:35

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#1 Egon Thurner

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Posted 14 July 2002 - 17:35

Who can contribute the exate dates and the track-length of all Bol D'Or races in the years 1947 - 1955? Thank You.

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#2 Egon Thurner

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Posted 14 August 2005 - 13:10

14. Sept. 1947
16. Mai 1948
3. Apr. 1951
21. June 1953

I'm still missing the dates of 1954 and 1955.

Who is so kind and helps me?

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#3 David McKinney

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Posted 14 August 2005 - 13:14

1954 - 29/30 May
1955 - apparently no race (replaced by the Paris 24hrs)
Can't help with track distances, sorry

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#4 Egon Thurner

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Posted 14 August 2005 - 13:25

Wow, that I call fast. Thanks, David.

Monkhouse/King-Fallow have listed the Bol'd Or in 1955, but for 2L-cars for the first time. Seems a bit odd. As winners they give Veuillet / Olivier (Porsche).

Was that the race you refrred to as "Paris 24hrs"? I can't find any 24 hours Paris race for 1955 in my lists.

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#5 Roger Clark

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Posted 14 August 2005 - 13:34

The 1954 event was run over a 6.238 km variant of Montlhery (Autocourse).

The 1955 event, which Autocourse referred to as both the XXV11e Bol d'Or and the Grand Prix de 24 Heures de Paris was run an the 14/15 May. Autosport, which called it the 24 Hours of Paris, successor to the late Bol d'Or, said that it was run on an 8 km version of Montlhery.