A proto–hospitality tent, where all drivers were welcome to dry off and rest, went through 150 gallons of soup, 50 chickens, and—this being France—450 bottles of champagne.
Because of the aerodynamic advantage, most cars ran with their windscreens folded down. And yet, most of the drivers of these open-top racers did not wear goggles. Head protection consisted of cloth “helmets.”
A shocking 30 of the 33 starters finished the first Le Mans. Clement set the event’s first lap record in the Bentley, covering la Sarthe’s 10.7-mile distance in 9 minutes, 39 seconds. The “winning” Chenard-Walcker covered 128 laps in 24 hours. And what did the winning team win? Nothing but the Rudge-Whitworth Triennial Cup. Well, a third of it. The ACO devised the first Le Mans as one part of a three-year endurance test to be run annually.
One hundred years later, 1923 seems both foreign and distant. But a couple of things remain constant at Le Mans, certain as the sunrise: the brutal toll on man and machine, and the rain.The only member of staff to flip a grain truck on its roof, Kyle Kinard is R&T's senior editor and resident malcontent. He lives near Seattle and enjoys the rain. His column, Kinardi Line, runs when it runs.
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