LES SIX HEURES DE BOURGOGNE
1928
In racing car category, Mrs Jennky is calling the tune; she made 6 laps in 51’20’’ outside Géjean her colleague of Bugatti team, who did the same travel in 51’21’’. After 1 hour, the placings of leaders stay the same: Chiron, Foc, Baboin, on Bugatti and Lobre on B.N.C. have already a lap of late behind the two leaders.
Michel Doré, big favourite of his category followed to sweep by like a whirlwind: the crowed appointed him as the winner, when they announced before his twelfth laps that his car was break down at Savigny le Sec. Indeed, very long minutes spent before his re-appearance, driving slowly when he was overtaken by Laly.
During the time he repaired his car, the Ariès made one more lap. Doré who drove his twelve first laps in 1h 49’ 13’’, is in the race again, and pull back several minutes to finally give up at the thirteenth laps. After the second hours of competition Laly was the leader. In the same time Jennky and Géjean was just finishing their fourteenth laps; Chiron, Lobre, Foc et Baboin were at their twelfth laps.
Indeed,
Chiron had to give up at the 22nd laps after 2 attempts to win back lost ground.
On his role, Gejean overturned on Norges bend and he came within a hair’s
breath.
Edition 1928