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Grand Prix D'Endurance, Le Mans, June 12-13, 1931
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| Starting at 4 p.m. on Saturday, June
12, the eighth race of this series ended twenty-four hours later with a victory for Earl
Howe and Sir Henry Birkin, who handled an Alfa-Romeo car in turn. The event is run through
daylight and darkness over a road circuit 10 miles long. The winning machine covered a
distance of 1,875 miles at an average speed of 78.13 m.p.h. A Mercedes-Benz car was
second, covering 1,805 miles at 75.2 m.p.h.; the third was a Talbot with 1,763
miles at an
average of 73.46 m.p.h. |
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