Spa-Francorchamps 24-hour race 1924

The first 24-hour race of Spa-Francorchamps , also the Belgian Touring Car Grand Prix, 24 heures de Spa , took place on July 20 and 21, 1924.

The race

One year after the first 24-hour race at Le Mans , which was held for the first time in 1923 , officials of the Royal Automobile Club Belgium took up the idea of ​​a 24-hour race and looked for a suitable venue. The driving forces within the club were Jules de Their and Henri Langlois Van Ophem. The decision was made to hold the race on a 14.863 km long course on public roads between Francorchamps , Malmedy and Stavelot , where races have been held since 1922 and which would go down in motorsport history as the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps .

27 vehicles in four racing classes were registered, 26 of which started the race on the afternoon of June 19th. The overall standings were won by the French Henri Springuel and Maurice Béquet in a 2-liter Bignan , ahead of the Le Mans winner from 1923, André Lagache and his teammates André Pisart in a factory Chenard & Walcker and the Belgian Raymond de Tornaco , who shared another bignan with Barthélémy Bruyère .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	distance
1	2.0	20th		Henri Springuel Maurice Béquet	Bignan 2L	1879,992
2	2.0	13	Chenard & Walcker	André Lagache André Pisart	Chenard & Walcker 2-liter 10 / 12CV	1866,000
3	2.0			Raymond de Tornaco Barthélémy briar	Bignan	1761,000
4th	2.0			Emile Burie Amedée Rossi	Georges Irat	1752,000
5	1.5	32		Albert Colomb Louis Balart	Corre La Licorne	1630,000
6th	3.0	1		Baertsoen Bonaer	Speed ​​sports	1612,000
7th	1.5	30th	Chenard & Walcker	Raymond Glaszmann Joseph Chavée	Chenard & Walcker	1610,000
8th	2.0			Lasalle Malvaux	Georges Irat	1608,000
9	2.0			Humblet Lansival	De Dion-Bouton	1584,000
10	1.5			Robert Lestienne Fernand Vallon	Corre La Licorne	1570,000
11	2.0	21st		de Clerq Colmat	Mess	1492,000
12	1.1	40		Charles Libovitch Joseph Reynartz	Amilcar	1486,000
13	1.5			Lebouc Breurs	Citroën 10HP	1365,000
14th	1.5			Devergnies Bombaerts	Citroën 10HP	1365,000
15th	1.5			Gheldoff Gaucher	Citroën 10HP	1365,000
16	1.1			Rietveld Oudson	Salmson	1365,000
17th	1.1			Roger Roleau	Amilcar	1174,000
Failed
18th	3.0	2		de Clerq van Parijs	Chevrolet F Super
19th	3.0	7th		Jean Haimovici Boyriven	Alfa Romeo RLS
20th	2.0			Frédéric Théllusson	Chenard & Walcker
21st	3.0			Roger Roleau	Alfa Romeo RLS
22nd	2.0		Mess	Edmond Miesse Pouleur	Mess
23	2.0			Montjoux Pierre Decrose	Ballot
24	2.0			Freddy Charlier René de Buck	Ballot
25th	3.0			Jacques Edouard Ledure Boris Iwanowski	Bignan 3L
26th	3.0			Jean Martin Henri-Julien Matthys	Bignan 3L

Only in the entry list

Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.

Item	class	No.	team	driver	chassis
27	2.0				Mess

Class winner

class	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
3.0	Baertsoen	Bonaer	Speed ​​sports	Rank 6
2.0	Henri Springuel	Marcel Béquet	Bignan	Overall victory
1.5	Albert Colomb	Louis Balart	Corre La Licorne	Rank 5
1.1	Charles Libovitch	Joseph Reynartz	Amilcar	Rank 12

Racing data

• Registered: 27
• Started: 26
• Valued: 17
• Race classes: 4
• Spectator: unknown
• Weather on race day: unknown
• Route length: unknown
• Driving time of the winning team: 24: 00: 00,000 hours
• Overall laps of the winning team: unknown
• Total distance of the winning team: 1879.992 km
• Winner's average: 78.333 km / h
• Pole position: unknown
• Fastest race lap: Freddy Charlier - Ballot
• Racing series: did not belong to any racing series

Web links

• Information from Racing Sports Cars