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[Udo K.]

Jean Herteaux was killed in a sports car race at St. Etienne on May 14th 1953. My first records of St.Etienne races are from 1955 (Forez-St.Etienne 4 HRS). Does anyone have more on the 1953 (and possible 1954) race (s) ?

[dretceterini]

I am totally unfamiliar with this race or series of races, but it sounds VERY interesting...

Thanks,
Stu

[Doug Nye]

Hang on a mo - wasn't he killed in a hill-climb?????? C-Type??? After crossing the finish line???? Or am I confusing him with somebody else?? I probably am...

DCN

[Pete Stowe]

.....or more probably not Doug.
Andrew Whytes Jaguar Competition cars to 1953 lists Jean Heurtaux with a C-type "Broke record for Planfoy hillclimb near St Etienne, losing control after finish and dying in ensuing crash, May 1953"

[David McKinney]

My only records of the Forez race at St Etienne (or was it the St Etienne race at Forez?) are for 1955 and 1957

[Udo K.]

Originally posted by Pete Stowe
.....or more probably not Doug.
Andrew Whytes Jaguar Competition cars to 1953 lists Jean Heurtaux with a C-type "Broke record for Planfoy hillclimb near St Etienne, losing control after finish and dying in ensuing crash, May 1953"

That means St. Etienne race in 1953 was a hillclimb, not a sports car race.

Thanks for info

Udo

[Doug Nye]

Not exactly - there was no 'St Etienne race' that year, it would appear, for this was the Course de Cote de Planfoy - an against the clock hill-climb....thanks Pete, I was having a brainstorm but manfully resisted actually looking it up. In fact I think that - somewhere - I have the programme for that event.

DCN