The Explorers' Club, № CMLIII

Operation AXIOM: Between the Wars
26-27 May 1923: The inaugural running of the 24 Heures du Mans—Thirty-three cars took the start & an astonishing thirty finished; all the cars were French except for one British Bentley & two Belgian Excelsiors; the winning 3.0 Litre Chenard-Walcker completed one hundred twenty-eight laps, driven by André Lagache & René Léonard; the race was the first leg of the Rudge-Whitworth Triennial Cup.

Commentary: Much is being made of the 2023 24 Hours of Le Mans being the centenary of the great race. The centenary, not the one hundredth running; the race was cancelled in 1936 due to a general strike in France & from 1940-1948 due to the Second World War.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Le Mans
Michel Legrand, "Le Mans: The Race, First Laps" from Le Mans/The Hunter: Bandes originalas de films (Mike Papa Whiskey)

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