Jacques Bienvenue

Jacques Bienvenue (born May 2, 1938 in Québec ) is a retired Canadian automobile racing driver .

Career

Jacques Bienvenue was best known in North America as a sports car racing driver. The Canadian achieved his first successes in 1971 when he finished fifth in the overall standings in a Porsche 911 at the 200-mile race in Daytona. In 1969 he contested the 6-hour race at Watkins Glen . In 1973 he made his debut at the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Daytona . In 1973 these endurance races were also part of the sports car world championship . In 1975 he finished fourth in Daytona and achieved second place overall at the Sebring race, his first podium finish in a major international sports car race.

In 1975 he also came to Europe and contested the 24-hour race at Le Mans . As a partner of Claude Ballot-Léna , he finished eighth overall. At the end of the 1970s, he switched to the American Trans-Am series , where he drove until 1985.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Ecurié Robert Buchet	Porsche Carrera RSR	Claude Ballot-Léna	Rank 8

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1973	Marc Dancose	Porsche 911S	Marc Dancose	failure	malfunction
1975	George Dyer	Porsche Carrera RSR	George Dyer	Rank 2

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16
1969	Jacques Bienvenue	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
											DNF
1973	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 911	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			DNF
1974	Jacques Bienvenue	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
								6th
1975	George Dyer	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
			4th
1976	Ludwig Heimrath senior	Porsche Carrera RSR	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
												DNF
1978	Ludwig Heimrath senior	Porsche 935	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			35
1980	David Deacon Fifth Essence Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR Chevrolet Corvette	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			32												DNF

Web links

• Race results at Racing Sports Cars