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[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Since a long time, I prepare a yearbook about all the LE MANS DRIVERS.

Here some people give me several informations in the past ...

So, I propose today a part of my files.

 

You find all the drivers year by year.

 

In green the finishers

in orange the finishers but not classified

in red the did not hinishers

in dark blue the non starters

with red ?, I don't find a portrait

with light blue X , "who is who ?"

 

If you have some remarks or informations, they are welcome...

 

Thanks for your interest

 

First the 1923's yearbook :

 

[Haine Kane]

Now, an extract about their civil registry :

 

Edited by Haine Kane, 02 November 2016 - 21:45.

[Haine Kane]

[Richard Jenkins]

Wow! Aew you trying to do this for every year? That truly would be epic.

[Haine Kane]

Wow! Aew you trying to do this for every year? That truly would be epic.

 

Hello Richard,

 

Thanks for your compliment.

Yes, I realize all the files for all the drivers, year by year.

They are not all, in this form, but all exists.

Every day, with some friends, we find more informations about the drivers, photos, dates, autographs ...

It's a very good and safe passion.

 

The next year arrive soon ...

[Allan Lupton]

Yes truly epic stuff here!

I hardly like to mention it, but in England we spell Frank without a "c" so Frank Clement would look better to us.

[nexfast]

Magnifique! Félicitations! It is really the work of a monk in a middle-ages monastery. Can't wait to see the next years.

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Following file about 1924 :

 

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

In another forum, some friends give me corrections...

 

Few corrections about the 1924's file

 

It's not Francis BARTHELEMY but Barthélémy BRUYERE a Belgian driver not French.

Henri SPRINGUEL was Belgian not French.

 

[Vitesse2]

John Duff was Canadian - although he would have raced using a British licence.

[E1pix]

Exceptional labor of love, Haine, Thank You for sharing it with us!!!

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Thanks for the compliments

 

Files for each new entrant driver in 1924.

 

[Vitesse2]

Do you have any more details of the cause of death of Joseph Paul? Does 'après la libération' mean he was a casualty during the FFI rising in Paris?

[Haine Kane]

Do you have any more details of the cause of death of Joseph Paul? Does 'après la libération' mean he was a casualty during the FFI rising in Paris?

Hello Vitesse2,

 

On his death certificate, it's just write :  à son domicile, 45 boulevard Gouvion Saint Cyr.  whithout precision ...

 

Sorry ...

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

108 drivers take a chance in 1925 :
10 no qualified.
40 finishers but 8 not classified.
58 retired.

82 Frenchs
11 Britains
8 Italians
5 Belgians
2 Spanishs

[Vitesse2]

Kensington Moir is usually known as Bertie, rather than Bert. His first name was actually Herbert.

 

'Glazmann' should read Glaszmann. He was André Lagache's business partner; Lagache et Glaszmann. Carossiers and commercial vehicle builders.

[arttidesco]

Wow! What an undertaking, thanks for putting so many faces to names, brings the history of my one of my favourite events so much closer to
life.

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

41 drivers came just one time in 1925, it's very difficult to recognized them...

Follow the file about news drivers

[Haine Kane]

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

In 1926, 88 drivers are on the list for the 24 Hours of Le Mans

43 came for the first time.

219 drivers take a wheel since the begining in 1923.

[Haine Kane]

Palmares of the new 1926 drivers :

 

[ReWind]

Jean-Charles, I admire your work but I am doubtful about the identities of Gaston Delalande (1874 – 1960), Charles Follot (1869 – 1933), and Louis Abit (1867 – 1951).

Delalande would have been 49 years old in 1923, 52 in 1926 and even 59 when he competed in the Spa 24 hours in 1933.
Follot would have been 54 in 1924.
Abit would have been 59 in 1926 and even 66 when he competed in the Spa 24 hours in 1933.

 

I think those three are too old to be the ones who raced at Le Mans.

 

By the way, you can find the life dates of André Colas (and a link to his life story including places of birth and death) in the Le Mans drivers thread.

[Haine Kane]

Hello Reinhard,

 

Thanks for the compliments.

 

With my friends, we make more reseachs for these drivers to find good dates...

 

But André COLAS is not the "good" who drive in LE MANS in 1925. The "rigth" come from Lyon and drove for COTTIN DESGOUTTES and win the "circuit de Lyon" in 1924...

[ReWind]

The article I linked in the other thread states explicitly:

Le Dr André COLAS fut aussi un fervent sportif notamment dans le sport automobile, il participa à de nombreuses compétitions et il était à ce titre Président de l'Ecurie de Chatellerault. Sur le plan local il fut Président de l'US la Roche Loudun. Il était aussi membre de l'Aéro-Club Loudunais.

 

Do you suggest that there were two different racing drivers called André Colas?

[Haine Kane]

The article I linked in the other thread states explicitly:

 

Do you suggest that there were two different racing drivers called André Colas?

Hello Reinhard,

 

Yes, there are 2 André COLAS,

the doctor who live in the south west in France,

and the driver and car-dealer who come from Lyon.

 

A pic of André COLAS at the wheel of COTTIN DESGOUTTES :

 

Edited by Haine Kane, 18 November 2016 - 15:37.

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Small year, with few drivers...

25 cars, 50 drivers

17 new drivers with 2 non starters









The new drivers

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

All the drivers for 1928

 

And the files for the 27 "rookies"

 

[Leif Snellman]

What a wonderful giant project!  I hope you don't mind if I make a few corrections/additions to the driver list on my own web site using this incredible amount of information. Of course I'll add your name to the acknowledgement list.

[Haine Kane]

What a wonderful giant project!  I hope you don't mind if I make a few corrections/additions to the driver list on my own web site using this incredible amount of information. Of course I'll add your name to the acknowledgement list

Hello Leif,

 

No problem for me, you can correct / add and take any informations...

Thanks for the add of your acknowledgement list.

More files arrive after the end of this year ...

 

Jean-Charles aka "Haine Kane"

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Happy New Year at All !!!

 

Just to post here, my new presentation about my files...

 

I correct some informations, change presentation and add pics of the cars...

 

Enjoy !!

 

[Haine Kane]

[Haine Kane]

 

[Haine Kane]

[Michael Ferner]

Hello,
 
Happy New Year at All !!!
 
Just to post here, my new presentation about my files...
 
I correct some informations, change presentation and add pics of the cars...
 
Enjoy !!

Happy New Year to you, as well!

Many thanks for all those info, and for the additional pics of the cars!!

[ozpata]

1932-1967

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Yearbook from 1929 :

 

[Haine Kane]

The files :

 

 

If you are some informations or corrections to add, they are welcome ;)

Edited by Haine Kane, 20 February 2017 - 21:22.

[Vitesse2]

Leon Cushman's real name was Leonard Cushman Adcock. Born Dec 24th 1890, Brighton, Sussex. Died January 7th 1946, Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton, Sussex. Sources: Royal Navy WW1 service records and National Probate Calendar, both via Ancestry.

 

Re Tim Rose Richards; you're correct in saying his plane was shot down. But he didn't die at Lee-on-Solent. That was the base he was flying from and he is named on the Fleet Air Arm Memorial there. It commemorates those men who have no known grave. His aircraft was shot down over the English Channel, somewhere off the coast of Dorset.

[Haine Kane]

Leon Cushman's real name was Leonard Cushman Adcock. Born Dec 24th 1890, Brighton, Sussex. Died January 7th 1946, Royal Sussex Hospital, Brighton, Sussex. Sources: Royal Navy WW1 service records and National Probate Calendar, both via Ancestry.

 

Re Tim Rose Richards; you're correct in saying his plane was shot down. But he didn't die at Lee-on-Solent. That was the base he was flying from and he is named on the Fleet Air Arm Memorial there. It commemorates those men who have no known grave. His aircraft was shot down over the English Channel, somewhere off the coast of Dorset.

Many thanks for your help

[Vitesse2]

RF Turner - a very long time ago, we established that his first name was Rodney.

 

http://forums.autosp...-3#entry1528866

 

Looking at Ancestry, his full name seems to have been Rodney Francis Turner, born in late 1909 in Aston, Warwickshire. But I can find nothing more about him.

[404KF2]

I find it hard to believe that a British man would spell his given name "Franck"; that's the French way.  It's probably Frank, unless he was actually from France but a British citizen. 

[Vitesse2]

I find it hard to believe that a British man would spell his given name "Franck"; that's the French way.  It's probably Frank, unless he was actually from France but a British citizen. 

I was sure I'd put in a correction on Frank Clement. Obviously not!

[Allan Lupton]

I was sure I'd put in a correction on Frank Clement. Obviously not!

So did I, in post 6

[Haine Kane]

Hello,

 

Change of decade

36 drivers ready to take the start but 2 stay after the practice.
12 "rookies" and for the first time 2 women.





The "Rookies"

[Vitesse2]

Beris Harcourt Wood was born in Offchurch, Warwickshire. Source: Census of Wales, 1911, via Ancestry