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Jun 28, 2012 10:50 am
Jun 28, 2012 10:50 am
Subject: Re: Rapides being raced in the 1960's
Simon, thanks for posting the link. For interest, the picture of LR118 on Madeira Drive was taken on 12 September 1964, when the car (number 52) came first in Class 4 for 4-seater saloons over 2000cc in 29.5 seconds. Although the terminal speed was not recorded for this run, the car ran in another class that day (number 17) coming first (on handicap) as well, in a time of 29.74 seconds with a speed over the final 44 yards of 109 mph. It is also interesting to see the picture from Silverstone (number 50) when driven by Ian Mason (not Jon as per the article) as it is clearly the same car but with Swiss registration plates, however I think the article is wrong in saying it was 1965 as the original Bentley Drivers Club archive of which I have copy is clearly listed as either Class 8 or Class 11 in 1967. In Class 8, the car achieved a fastest lap of 1'19" for an average speed of 73.28 mph
Simon, thanks for posting the link. For interest, the picture of LR118 on Madeira Drive was taken on 12 September 1964, when the car (number 52) came first in Class 4 for 4-seater saloons over 2000cc in 29.5 seconds. Although the terminal speed was not recorded for this run, the car ran in another class that day (number 17) coming first (on handicap) as well, in a time of 29.74 seconds with a speed over the final 44 yards of 109 mph. It is also interesting to see the picture from Silverstone (number 50) when driven by Ian Mason (not Jon as per the article) as it is clearly the same car but with Swiss registration plates, however I think the article is wrong in saying it was 1965 as the original Bentley Drivers Club archive of which I have copy is clearly listed as either Class 8 or Class 11 in 1967. In Class 8, the car achieved a fastest lap of 1'19" for an average speed of 73.28 mph