24 Hours of Le Mans
Le Mans: The Group C Racing entries
© Planetlemans – Marcel ten Caat
While all the attention is shifting to the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 56 cars invited to the blue-ribbon event of the season there will be more races on the Circuit de la Sarthe in just under two weeks time.
Back by popular demand are the Group C cars. In 2008 the Group C cars were also one of the support races during the Le Mans 24 Hours week and this year we’ll see the cars back in action on the 13.629 km long circuit. The winner of the 2008 10-lap race, Justin Law, will return to France albeit with a Jaguar XJR 8 instead of an XJR 12, while 2008 runner-up Mark Sumpter will bring a Porsche 962 again.
At this moment 27 cars are entered, including five Porsches 962, six Jaguars and two Sauber Mercedes (C9 and C11).
| Group C Racing | |||
| Name | Car | Group | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bob Berridge (GBR) | Mercedes Benz C11 | C1 |
| 3 | Geoff Lister (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 9 | C1 |
| 4 | Justin Law (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 9 | C1 |
| 7 | Henrik Lindberg (DEN) | Porsche 962 | C1 |
| 8 | Peter Harburg (AUS) | Porsche 962C | C1 |
| 9 | Nick Chester (GBR) | Spice SE88P | GTP |
| 10 | Martin Overington (GBR) | Porsche 962 | C1 |
| 14 | Nathan Kinch (GBR) | Spice Chevrolet SP92 | GTP |
| 15 | Larry Kinch (CDN) | Spice SE88C | C1 |
| 16 | Elliot Kinch (GBR) | Spice SE89C | C2 |
| 17 | Kent Abrahamson (SWE) | Nissan RC90 | C1 |
| 18 | Paul Whight (GBR) | Aston Martin AMR1 | C1 |
| 22 | Richard Eyre (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 16 | C1 |
| 23 | Gareth Evans (GBR) | Nissan R88C | C1 |
| 30 | Paul Livesey (GBR) | Spice SE89 | C1 |
| 32 | Alex Buncombe (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 8 | C1 |
| 34 | Gary Pearson (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 11 | C1 |
| 40 | Richard Bateman (GBR) | Spice SE90 | C1 |
| 42 | Donald Miles (GBR) | Jaguar XJR 5 | C1 |
| 52 | Chris Roche (GBR) | Tiga GT287 | C2 |
| 60 | Erich Richenbacher (SUI) | Cheetah | C1 |
| 62 | Rob Sherrard | Sauber C9 | C1 |
| 77 | Henry Pearman (GBR) | Porsche 962 | C1 |
| 81 | Mike Furness (GBR) | Spice SE88CL | GTP/lights |
| 88 | Andy Purdie (GBR) | Nissan RC90 | C1 |
| 99 | Mark Sumpter (GBR) | Porsche 962 | C1 |
| 101 | Duncan McKay (GBR) | Spice SE88C | C2 |
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Do they record any of these support races? Cause im pretty sure they show them somewhere on the interent. Id like to watch this Group C class for once.
Shame,no rotaries.
can’t wait to see the silk cut jags again, they got me into the whole le mans thing!
Check the schedule of EUROSPORT, they usually broadcast everything live on that weekend.
Group C should never have died. I always loved it more than F1. It’s stupid. They banned the 962 because it was too good.
Alex Buncombe will replace Chris Buncombe in the Jaguar XJR8
Missed the historic race last year , due to a bad case of OUCH MY HEAD ! What time does it start ?
June 10 – 16:00 – 17:00 Qualifying Group C
June 12 – 11:05 – 11:50 Race Group C
It’s a real shame. The backwardness of the racing organizations that ban rotaries. They allow alternative fuels in the 24 hours of Le Mans, but no rotaries. Sports car racing in Europe in some ways falls short of logic, as is true for the sanctioning bodies in America that also ban the rotary . What are they afraid of??? How to correctly calculate what classification they belong in? What a lame excuse!! Mazda as a successful company in racing and overall is attributed to their rotary engine. It’s a shame that much of the racing world fails to realize that and allow this “little engine that could, and does”, shine.