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Little Le Mans 10-hour Endurance Race

Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA

Date: 12/10/1957
Track length: 2.462 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 31
Finishers: 27

Pole position:
Fastest lap:

Distance: 10 hours
Average speed:
Weather:
Ruleset: “Imported cars under 1600 cc”
Car info:  

 

A “Swedish Sedan” (a Volvo PV 444) dominated the first annual “Little Le Mans” long-distance race, taking the first five places with Riley/Rutan taking the flag first.


Overall result
Pos Pos in class Champ
pos.
# Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1   5 Arthur Riley
Volvo PV 444
Art Riley, USA
Bill Rutan, USA
1582 L4 A: 1200-1600 398 laps        
2 2   2 Volvo Distributors, Inc.
Volvo PV 444
Vernie Bennett, USA
Ralph Schantz, USA
1582 L4 A: 1200-1600 396        
3 3   1 Volvo Distributors, Inc.
Volvo PV 444
King Moore
Evelyn Mull, USA
1582 L4 A: 1200-1600 388        
4 4   3 Volvo Distributors, Inc.
Volvo PV 444
Frank Baptista, USA
Dick Nash
1582 L4 A: 1200-1600 387        
5 5   4  
Volvo PV 444
Ray Cuomo, USA
Chester Flynn
1582 L4 A: 1200-1600 383        
6 1 1 55 Saab Motors
Saab 93
Emil Pupulidy, USA
Dick Thompson, USA
748 L3 C: 450-750 cc 383        
7 2 2 57 Saab Motors
Saab 93
Roger Wing
Tony La Palme
748 L3 C: 450-750 cc 376        
8 3 3 56 Saab Motors
Saab 93
Gaston Andrey, USA
Bob Holbert, USA
748 L3 C: 450-750 cc 374        
9 4 4 59 Gale Arnold
Saab 93
Gale Arnold
Howard Humphries, USA
Robin Keitley, AUS
748 L3 C: 450-750 cc 371        
10 1 9 51 Hambro Automotive
Morris Minor
Ed Leavins
Ed Hugus, USA
948 L4 B: 750-1200 368        
11 2 10 49 Hambro Automotive
Morris Minor
Gus Ehrman
Ray Saidel, USA
948 L4 B: 750-1200 365        
12 3 6 36 Renault Inc.
Renault Dauphine
Mike Rothschild
Dr. Harold Kunz
Frank Macauley, USA
845 L4 B: 750-1200 365        
13 4 7 37 Renault Inc.
Renault Dauphine
Denise McCluggage, USA
Dick Kessler
845 L4 B: 750-1200 364        
14 5 8 35 Renault Inc.
Renault Dauphine
Robert Grier
Fred Barrette, USA
Jim Miller
845 L4 B: 750-1200 364        
15 6   50 Hambro Automotive
Morris Minor
Steve Spitler
Harry Beck, USA
948 L4 B: 750-1200 363        
16 7      
VW 1200
Paul Richards, USA
John McComb, USA
1192 B4 B: 750-1200 360        
17 8   45 Chas. Kreisler
Austin A35
Gordon MacKenzie, USA
Steve Wilder
Dave Micheals
948 L4 B: 750-1200 359        
18 5 5 58 Dean McCarthy
Saab 93
Dave Buchere
Dean McCarthy, USA
748 L3 C: 450-750 cc 356        
19 9   44 Chas. Kreisler
Austin A35
Alan Dillenberg, USA
Mike Bendror
Fred Procter Jr, GB
948 L4 B: 750-1200 353        
20 10   46 Gordon Morris
Morris Minor
Sherman Decker, USA
Henry Van Deusen
Giltner Knudson
948 L4 B: 750-1200 349        
21 11   24  
VW Karmann-Ghia 1200
Breck Farrow
Ralph Luciw
Doug Farrow
1192 B4 B: 750-1200 348        
22 6   18  
Simca Aronde
Charlie Kolb, USA
Alan Day
  L4 A: 1200-1600 343        
23 6   62 T. Wilhelm
Renault 4 CV
Harold Herbley
Charles Leighton
748 L4 C: 450-750 cc 338        
24 12   48 Citroën Cars Inc.
Panhard Dyna
Harry Fanelli, USA
Hayward Anderson
William Sauerbrey
848 B2 B: 750-1200 297        
25 13   53 Rith Ludecke
Panhard Dyna
Zeisler
Dick Wilhelm, USA
848 B2 B: 750-1200 281        
26 14   52 Citroën Cars Inc.
Panhard Dyna
Paul Bailey
Buddy Reid
Fred Pfisterer
848 B2 B: 750-1200 275        
27 7   63 Import Motors
Fiat 600
Newton Davis, USA
Alan Lance
633 L4 C: 450-750 cc n/a        
DNF     31 Germanic Auto Distributors
DKW ?F93
Rob Runin, USA
Bob Grossman, USA
906 L3 B: 750-1200          
DNF     8 John Kilborn
Nash Metropolitan
John Kilborn, USA
Bruce Townsend
1498 L4 A: 1200-1600         Lost wheel, accident
DNF     9 John Kilborn
Nash Metropolitan
Howard Hively
Ed Crawford, USA
1498 L4 A: 1200-1600         Lost wheel, accident
DNF     32 Germanic Auto Distributors
DKW ?F93
Stefan Szwarce
Dick Green
906 L3 B: 750-1200         Broken axle