Title

Bentley passing crashed Lagonda, Le Mans 24 Hours, 1928. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Bentley passing crashed Lagonda, Le Mans 24 Hours, 1928. The 4.5 litre Bentley of Henry Birkin and Jean Chassagne passes the abandoned Lagonda 2 litre of Francis Samuelson and F King, which had crashed on lap 14. The Bentley went on to finish 5th, with the race being won by another Bentley driven by Barnato and Rubin. Birkin won Le Mans twice, in 1929 and 1931.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1928

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A87_031

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

53,8Mb (1,6Mb) / 16,6in x 12,6in / 4985 x 3774 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation car cars automobile sport France accident century abandoned sportsman concept crash incident motor racing twenties B&W motor sport motor race MONOCHROME racing car road Transport Motor Car black & white black and white B W 1920s Le Mans 20th century National Motor Museum Bentley Lagonda Le Mans 24 hours motor racing circuit racing driver Sarthe sports car racing TGN Henry Birkin Jean Chassagne photograph Unknown Henry Jean Birkin Sir Henry Birkin Tim Birkin Chassagne photograph