Le Mans Classic Group C Entry Now at 48!
A stunning 48-cars are now entered for the Group C race that supports the Le Mans Classic this year - not far away from the grid size of the actual 24-Hours in the Group C era!
Twelve Porsche 962s of varying vintage are now entered, though sadly there are no 956s currently listed, with eight Spices and host of the more seldom recognised marques who built Group C cars.
A brace of Lancia LC2s from the early 1980s should provide a fine site at the event, while Peter Garrod’s Lola T92/10 will remind anyone present back then of the 1992 24-Hours when two of these Judd V10-powered chassis were entered and one finished, though 80-laps down. The latter period of Group C is also represented by Dominique Geunat’s Peugeot 905 EVO, and the rapid Michael Lyons in his Gebhardt C291.
Some of the lesser spotted cars that have gained entries include a 1982 Sthemo SM, an early C2 racer that retired after 41-laps of the 1984 24-Hours, a 1983 Aba AR2, and its pleasing to see a brace of EMKAs entered.
The Group C race does not form part of the Classic 24-Hours itself with their 45-minute race set for 11.45am on Saturday 9th of July – a fitting prelude to the 24-hours of racing to follow
A brace of Lancia LC2s from the early 1980s should provide a fine site at the event, while Peter Garrod’s Lola T92/10 will remind anyone present back then of the 1992 24-Hours when two of these Judd V10-powered chassis were entered and one finished, though 80-laps down. The latter period of Group C is also represented by Dominique Geunat’s Peugeot 905 EVO, and the rapid Michael Lyons in his Gebhardt C291.
Some of the lesser spotted cars that have gained entries include a 1982 Sthemo SM, an early C2 racer that retired after 41-laps of the 1984 24-Hours, a 1983 Aba AR2, and its pleasing to see a brace of EMKAs entered.
The Group C race does not form part of the Classic 24-Hours itself with their 45-minute race set for 11.45am on Saturday 9th of July – a fitting prelude to the 24-hours of racing to follow
Provisional Entry in Alphabetical Order by Driver:
Driver(s) / Nationality / Car / Year / Class
BELLETESTE Jean-Marie FRA MARCH 84G 1984 C1b
BELLETESTE Romain/PAOLETTI Jean-Jacques FRA/FRA ALBA AR2 1983 C2b
BROWN Zak/DEAN Richard USA/GBR PORSCHE 962 1986 C1b
CAMPAGNE Michiel NLD SPICE SE92 GTP 1992 C3a
DA ROCHA Frédéric/de THOISY Pierre FRA/FRA SPICE SE88C 1988 C2a
de DONCKER Eric BEL SPICE SE90C 1990 C1a
DOQUIN Nicolas/JULLY Marc FRA/FRA TIGA GC286/289 1986 C2a
DREELAN Tommy IRL PORSCHE 962 1987 C1a
EVANS Gareth GBR NISSAN RC93 1991 C3a
EYRE Richard GBR JAGUAR XJR-16 1991 C3a
FAY Jonathan GBR TIGA GC287 1986 C2a
FORT Laurent/SCEMAMA Philippe FRA/CHE TIGA GC288 1988 C2a
FRANCE Pierre-Alain/FRANCE Erwin F FRA/FRA PORSCHE 962C 1990 C1a
REISINGER Manfred DEU PORSCHE 962C 1989 C1a
GADAIS Christophe/GADAIS Mathieu FRA/FRA STHEMO SM 1984 C2b
GARROD Peter GBR LOLA T92/10 1992 C3a
GUENAT Dominique CHE PEUGEOT 905 EV1 Bis 1993 C3a
GUERRA Massimo/SINGER Paul ITA/HUN GKW 862 1988 C3b
HADDON Andrew GBR JAGUAR XJR-12 1990 C1a
HOPE Richard GBR EMKA C83/1 1983 C1b
INGLESSIS John/TRICHAS Antonius GRE/GRE PORSCHE 962C 1990 C1a
KUBOTA Katsu JPN NISSAN R90 CK 1990 C1a
KUNIE Hisashi/KIMIHIRO Yashiro JPN/JPN TOYOTA 85C 1985 C1b
LECOURT Michel/NARAC Raymond FRA/FRA PORSCHE 962C 1987 C1a
LECOURT Michel/NARAC Raymond FRA/FRA PORSCHE 962C 1990 C1a
LENDOUDIS Kriton GRE MERCEDES-BENZ C11 1990 C1a
LINDBERG Henrik DNK PORSCHE 962 1989 C1a
LYNN Shaun GBR MERCEDES-BENZ C11 1990 C1a
LYONS Frank/LYONS Michael IRL/GBR ALD C289 1989 C2a
LYONS Michael GBR GEBHARDT C91 1992 C3a
MARIS Erik FRA PEUGEOT 905 EV1 Bis 1992 C3a
MERLIN Jean-Marc FRA SPICE SE90C 1990 C1a
MONTEIRO Manuel PRT PORSCHE 962 1990 C1a
MR JOHN OF B FRA LANCIA LC2 1985 C1b
MR JOHN OF B FRA RONDEAU M382 1982 C1b
NAKAS George AUS PORSCHE 962 1987 C1a
PERRIER Christian FRA MARCH 85G 1985 C1b
PIGUET Julien FRA SPICE SE89C 1989 C2a
RICKENBACHER Eric CHE CHEETAH G606 1989 C1a
ROCHER Romain/BURNICHON Guy FRA/FRA TIGA GC288 1988 C2a
ROUSSELOT Pierre-François FRA SPICE SE89C 1990 C2a
SCHLEIFER Peter DEU MARCH 84G 1984 C1b
SCOTT Aaron GBR SPICE SE86 1986 C2a
STRIJDER Mischa NLD PORSCHE 962C 1991 C3a
SUMMERS Tim GBR LANCIA LC2 1984 C1b
TANDY Steve GBR SPICE SE90 GTP 1990 C1a
TITFORD Douglas/REEVES Trevor GBR/GBR EMKA C84/1 1985 C1b
VERCOUTERE Ivan/KELLENERS Ralf FRA/DEU PORSCHE 962C 1990 C1a
