For the first time, the Group C grid will be one of the highlights of the 8th Le Mans Classic with a race that has already attracted 40 cars as a curtain-raiser to one of the greatest historic race meeting in the world. In force from 1982 to 1993, these legendary prototypes wrote some of the most glorious pages in the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours.As was the case in the Group C days Porsche supplies the highest number of cars out of the 16 makes on the entry list with 10 962Cs. Its main rivals of that era are also down to appear in the Sarthe including two Lancia LC2s, two Jaguars, an XJR-12 and an XJR 16, a Mercedes C11 and a Nissan R90 CK – the most powerful car seen in the Sarthe with a power output of 1128 bhp! Alongside the major manufacturers the small constructors, a vital part of the Le Mans 24-Hours scene, will be present in force with Alba, Emka, March, Sthemo, Rondeau, Spice and Tiga. The final evolution of that generation of sports prototypes, the Sport 3.5-litre machines, is represented by a Gebhardt C91, a very rare Lola T92/10, and above all a Peugeot 905 celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Le Mans debut this year.In other words, the expected 110 000-strong crowd will attend an unprecedented retrospective on 8-9-10 July. However, before coming to Le Mans Classic, the Group C grid will make its 2016 debut next weekend at Jarama-Classic, a new meeting organised by Peter Auto.
Jean-Marc MERLIN FRA SPICE SE90C 1990Eric de DONCKER BEL SPICE SE90C 1990Frédéric DA ROCHA FRA SPICE SE88C 1988Andrew HADDON GBR JAGUAR XJR-12 1990Shaun LYNN GBR MERCEDES-BENZ C11 1990Henrik LINDBERG DNK PORSCHE 962 1989Peter GARROD GBR LOLA T92/10 1992Zak BROWN/Richard DEAN USA/GBR PORSCHE 962 1986Michel LECOURT/Raymond NARAC FRA/FRA PORSCHE 962C 1987Romain BELLETESTE FRA ALBA AR2 1983Christophe GADAIS/Mathieu GADAIS FRA/FRA STHEMO SM 1984Jean-Marie BELLETESTE FRA MARCH 84G 1984Jonathan FAY GBR TIGA GC287 1986Tim SUMMERS GBR LANCIA LC2 1984Aaron SCOTT GBR SPICE SE86 1986Tommy DREELAN IRL PORSCHE 962Katsu KUBOTA JPN NISSAN R90 CK 1990Richard HOPE GBR EMKA C83/1 1983George NAKAS AUS PORSCHE 962 1987Steve TANDY GBR SPICE SE90 GTP 1990Douglas TITFORD/Trevor REEVES GBR/GBR EMKA C84/1 1985Christian PERRIER FRA MARCH 85G 1985Eric RICKENBACHER CHE CHEETAH G606 1989Ivan VERCOUTERE/Ralf KELLENERS FRA/DEU PORSCHE 962C 1990Manuel MONTEIRO PR PORSCHE 962 1990Michel LECOURT/Raymond NARAC FRA/FRA PORSCHE 962C 1990Peter SCHLEIFER DEU MARCH 84G 1984Pierre-François ROUSSELOT FRA SPICE SE89C 1990Nicolas DOQUIN/Marc JULLY FRA/FRA TIGA GC286/289 1986Dominique GUENAT CHE PEUGEOT 905 EV1 Bis 1993Richard EYRE GBR JAGUAR XJR-16 1991MR JOHN OF B FRA LANCIA LC2 1985MR JOHN OF B FRA RONDEAU M382 1982Mischa STRIJDER NLD PORSCHE 962C 1991Frank LYONS/Michael LYONS IRL/GBR ALD C289 1989Michael LYONS GBR GEBHARDT C91 1992Pierre-Alain FRANCE FRA PORSCHE 962C 1990
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