Following up on the primary entry listing reveal, Peter Auto and the ACO have launched the second entry listing for grids 1 to six. Entry lists for the help races (Group C, Endurance Racing Legends, Porsche Traditional Race LeMans and Benjafield’s Bentley Race Le Mans) can even be introduced within the close to future.
Among the many highlights of the eleventh Le Mans Traditional entry are a Ferrari 750 Monza for grid 2 (1949/1956), a Maserati Tipo 61 “Birdcage” for grid 3(1957/1961), and a Porsche 908 LH for grid 5 (1966/1971).
Photograph: Aimery Dutheil de la Rochère
This can be a uncommon instance of the Ferrari 750 Monza that raced in the USA in 1955 within the palms of Phil Hill, Jim Corridor and Carroll Shelby. Throughout its profession, this Ferrari took half in quite a few races, together with the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1955. The bodywork was designed by Scaglietti, based mostly on a design of Dino Ferrari. After its racing profession ended, the automobile was saved for nearly 4 many years. In 1990, Jim Corridor determined to have the Ferrari restored and repainted in blue and white, because it was when it left the manufacturing facility. Till at the present time, the Ferrari has participated and been awarded in prestigious magnificence competitions. Excellent news! The automobile might be again in competitors and can participate on this re-creation of Le Mans Traditional, because of new proprietor Patrick Ottis who, with son Tazio, will take the wheel.
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Few sports activities automobiles of the Nineteen Sixties have acquired such a legendary standing as this Maserati Tipo 61 ‘Birdcage’. The automobile competed within the 1960 24 Hours of Le Mans and was specifically fitted with a ‘lengthy tail’, a physique modification designed to enhance aerodynamics and high velocity on lengthy straights. This Tipo 61 gives discerning collectors and classic racing fans the chance to expertise what Carroll Shelby as soon as referred to as “the very best cornering automobile” he ever drove.
This Porsche 908 LH (“Lang Heck” in German, “lengthy tail” in English) was one among 5 automobiles inbuilt January 1969 for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Pushed on this event by Vic Elford teaming up with Brian Redman, the automobile certified 1st . A lap file was even set, the 908 LH beating the very best Lola T70s within the competitors. This is identical Porsche that Brian Redman will drive at Le Mans Traditional 2023, 54 years after their first assembly! One other notable reality: pushed by Gérard Larrousse and Helmut Marko through the 1970 season, this Porsche 908 ranked 3 rd general of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that very same 12 months.
The entry listing that has been launched up to now may be discovered HERE.
