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 |
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1975 | Ecurié Robert Buchet | Porsche Carrera RSR | Claude Ballot-Léna | Rank 8 |
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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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 |
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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 |
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bienvenue, Jacques |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1938 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Quebec |