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4th Annual Little Le Mans 8-hour Endurance Race

Lime Rock Park, Lime Rock, Connecticut, USA

Date: 1/10/1960
Track length: 2.462 m
Attendance:
Entries accepted:
Starters: 31
Finishers: 23

Pole position:
Fastest lap: Thompson in 1.14,8

Distance: 8 hours
Average speed: 108,22 kmh
Weather:
Ruleset:
Car info:  

 

This time, the field was even more varied; two Studebaker Larks (according to the report with 4800 cc engines, but that seems rather unlikely) took up the gauntlet against the Abarths, Volvos and Saabs. Ralphy Moody, of Holman & Moody fame, won the race together with Maggiacomo but only after the leading Saab broke a wheel bearing one hour from the end. It was duly repaired, but the gap to the Lark was too big to close.
The threat of the British Minis, FIA prepared, faded as there were no suitable racing tyres for them; they ate their rubber so quick that a change was necessary every 30 laps. One finally broke its clutch, while the three others all broke their camshaft.


Overall result
Pos Pos in class # 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 2  
Studebaker Lark
Ralph Moody, USA
Jocko Maggiacomo Jr, USA
4244 V8 Over 1300 cc 359 laps        
2 1 52  
Saab
Dick Thompson, USA
Joe Dodge, USA
L3   Under 1300 cc 355     1.14,8 Wheel bearing
3 2 54  
Saab
Stutz Plaisted
Dick Malone
L3   Under 1300 cc 353        
4 2 11  
Volvo
L. Ettinger
R. Gaul
  L4 Over 1300 cc 341        
5 3 56  
Saab
Floyd Stone, USA
George Oulton, USA
? E. Hodson
L3   Under 1300 cc 339        
6 4 53  
Saab
Hal Mayforth, USA
Louis Braun, USA
L3   Under 1300 cc 339        
7 3 17  
Volvo
Jim Locke, USA
Ernst De Vos, USA
  L4 Over 1300 cc 338        
8 5 55  
Saab
Ray Saidel, USA
Charles "Chuck" Cunningham, USA
L3   Under 1300 cc 336        
9 6 46  
Ford Anglia
Doug Diffenderfer, USA
Wessels
997 L4 Under 1300 cc 333        
10 7 51  
Fiat Abarth 750 Zagato
Ray Cuomo, USA
Lukens
747 L4 Under 1300 cc 333        
11 8 65  
BMW 700
George Lazaravich
Heitman
697 B2 Under 1300 cc 324        
12 9 58  
Saab
B. Lesko
George Sanderson, USA
L3   Under 1300 cc 323        
13 10 71  
NSU Prinz 30
Harry Fanelli, USA
Pete Barber, USA
583 L2 Under 1300 cc 318        
14 11 61  
BMW 700
Charles Callanan
Bob Rubin, USA
697 B2 Under 1300 cc 313        
15 12 62  
BMW 700
Peter Pulver, USA
Al Ackerly, USA
697 B2 Under 1300 cc 309        
16 13 63  
BMW 700
B. Walsh
J. Clapp
697 B2 Under 1300 cc 295        
17 4 15  
Volvo
Art Riley, USA
Bill Rutan, USA
  L4 Over 1300 cc 291        
18 14 67  
Saab
Mottern
M. Tilton
L3   Under 1300 cc 289        
19 15 45  
Triumph Herald
George Waltman, USA
Nick Cone, USA
948 L4 Under 1300 cc 288        
20 5 1  
Studebaker Lark
? Jordan King, USA
? Fred Barrette, USA
4244 V8 Over 1300 cc 272        
21 16 91  
Vespa 400
Stutz Plaisted
J. Crusoe
394 L2 Under 1300 cc 256        
22 17 21  
VW Denzel
J. Wright
R. Wells
1192 B4 Under 1300 cc 250        
23 18 92  
Vespa 400
P. Cade
G. McKenzie
394 L2 Under 1300 cc 241        
24/NRF 19 72  
NSU Prinz 30
Frank Baptista, USA
583 L2 Under 1300 cc 258       Blown engine
25/NRF   42  
Austin Mini Seven
Bob Grossman, USA
G. Georgi
848 L4 Under 1300 cc 176       Camshaft
26/NRF   44  
Austin Mini Seven
C. Hagy
R. Roth
848 L4 Under 1300 cc 147       Camshaft
DNF   41  
Austin Mini Seven
Sherman Decker, USA
H. Van Dusen
848 L4 Under 1300 cc 147       Camshaft
DNF   14  
Volvo
M. Jones
H. Jeffries
  L4 Over 1300 cc 128       Accident, fire
DNF   16  
Volvo
Rune Svensson, USA
E. Elfstrom
  L4 Over 1300 cc 111       Transmission
DNF   57  
Saab
Fred Vetterlein
Hans Rhemrev
L3   Under 1300 cc 82       Engine
DNF   43  
Austin Mini Seven
Duncan Black, USA
Frank Gorman, USA
848 L4 Under 1300 cc 41       Transmission