Jacques Henry

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An Alpine A310 on the roof of the former "Garage Jacques Henry" in Roye (2016).

Jacques Henry (born March 15, 1942 in Lure ; † November 19, 2016 ) was a French rally and circuit racing driver .

Career

Jacques Henry started motorsport in 1963. At first he only competed as an amateur, in the early 1970s he became a professional racing driver. In 1974 and 1975 he won the French rally championship. His greatest international success was his victory in the Tour de France for automobiles in 1976 .

Henry also competed four times in the Le Mans 24-hour race . He made his debut in 1973 and achieved his best placement in 1977 with sixth overall.

His son Patrick also became a rally driver and, like his father almost 20 years earlier, won the French rally championship in 2007.

statistics

Le Mans results

year team vehicle Teammate Teammate placement Failure reason
1973 FranceFrance Jacques Henry Lola T292 FranceFrance Fred Stalder FranceFrance Bernard Grobot failure suspension
1975 FranceFrance Société ROC Lola T294 FranceFrance François Sérvanin FranceFrance Albert Dufrene Rank 24
1977 FranceFrance Racing Organization Course Chevron B36 FranceFrance Michel Pignard FranceFrance Albert Dufrene Rank 6 and class win
1978 FranceFrance ROC La Pierre du Nord Chevron B36 MoroccoMorocco Max Cohen-Olivar FranceFrance Albert Dufrene failure Piston damage

literature

  • Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissedre: 24 hours of mans . 1923-1992. 2 volumes. Édition d'Art JB Barthelemy, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacques Henry passed away
personal data
SURNAME Henry, Jacques
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French racing driver
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Lure
DATE OF DEATH 19th November 2016