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[Lothar]

Hello

where can I find results of endurance racing for motorcycles at Montlhery like Bol d`Or and 24 h world record attempts? Are there any books are internet sites? Thank You! Lothar

[jgr]

You might try this for starters:

http://racingmemo.fr..... sommaire.htm

Jim

[T54]

That's going to be tough because the last of the old days Bol d'Or at Monthlery was in 1960 (won by Maucherat and Vasseur on a BMW R60), and only came back in 1969 when Rougerie-Urdich won with the new Honda CB750R if I recall correctly.

So, there were no endurance races in the whole of France between these years, the only one being a yearly 6-hour one-driver endurance contest for the 50cc "Sport" class on a road circuit south-west of Paris, called "Les 6 Heures de la Petite Cylindree".

As far a world records (endurance and others), there were plenty of attempts at Monthlery during the 1960s, but mostly for... 50cc bikes. Kreidler, VAP, Mondial...

On the Monthlery track a french team, beat the 12 hour record now averaging 113 km/h.
Engine : Vap Sachs. Driver: Jean Pierre Beltoise.

November 64 at the Monthlery 2,5 km oval, Kreidler turns up with a strong team, determined to set new records.
Drivers: Hans Georg Anscheidt, Rudolph Kunz, Cees VanDongen, and spare Claude Vigreux, who was needed when Kunz chrashed during practice.
The bikes had special fairings and the dual carb GP- engine was optimised for high speed.
They went home with 8 new records, some of them beating both 50 and 75cc records.

(courtesy http://www.elsberg-t...cordbikes.html)

You have to begin searching for links because there is little available...

You might try this for starters:

http://racingmemo.fr..... sommaire.htm

A great site for general info (to which I contributed the little knowledge I have) but so far nothing about records, and only first placing are posted, no 2nd, 3rd etc. Also little or no photography.

Edited by T54, 08 November 2009 - 19:06.