Marcel Gendron

Marcel Gendron was a French entrepreneur and racing car driver .

Gendron et Compagnie

In 1910, Marcel Gendron founded Gendron et Compagnie together with Marcel Michelot , a company that manufactured transmissions , rear axles and steering columns for automobiles . In 1922, the company began producing its own vehicles, which were sold under the brand name GM. In 1927 , Michelot had a fatal accident during a test drive in the run-up to the Le Mans 24-hour race . In 1928 the production of automobiles ended and the company was dissolved.

Racing career

Marcel Gendron is the racing driver with the longest time span between two Le Mans starts. 25 years passed between the first and second race. In 1925 he drove a GM GC2 from their own production together with the aviation pioneer Lucien Bossoutrot . The race ended prematurely after 36 laps. In 1950 he registered a Renault 4CV , which he drove in the race with partner Jean Vinatier senior ( Jean Vinatier's father ). This time problems with the ignition stopped the race prematurely.

He also dropped out at the 1926 Guipúzcoa Grand Prix .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1925	Gendron et Compagnie	GM GC2 Sport	Lucien Bossoutrot	failure	malfunction
1950	Marcel Gendron	Renault 4CV	Jean Vinatier senior	failure	ignition

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 .
• George Nick Georgano (Editor-in-Chief): The Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Volume 2: G – O. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, Chicago 2001, ISBN 1-57958-293-1 . (English)

Web links

• Marcel Gendron at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 24-hour race of Le Mans 1925
2. ↑ Le Mans 24-hour race in 1950
3. ↑ Guipúzcoa Grand Prix 1926