annual 24-hour automobile endurance race organised by the automotive group Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) and held on the Circuit de la Sarthe race...

single-seaters). As Group 7 were ineligible for FIA championship events, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) opened its entry list to Group 3, 4 and 6. The FIA mandated...

children, Gendebien's wife pressured him to get out of the dangerous sport of automobile racing where more than two dozen of his competitors had died at the...

2012. Retrieved 30 November 2010. "Rule Britannia! PM's New Jaguar : Automobiles De Luxe | The Great Marques". Automobilesdeluxe.tv. 19 May 2010. Archived...

2010 win". Motor Sport. Spurring 2010, p.2 Spurring 2010, p.171 Moity 1974, p.172 Armstrong, Douglas – English editor (1966) Automobile Year #13 1965-66...

brother Jimmy was a racing driver with a local reputation who drove for Ecurie Ecosse and competed in the 1953 British Grand Prix at Silverstone. Stewart...

120 others in the deadliest accident in motor racing history. The Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) again lifted the replenishment window (just changed...

retirement from racing, de Graffenried managed his car dealership in Lausanne, featuring Alfa Romeo, Rolls-Royce and Ferrari automobiles. He also acted as stunt...

"Willy Mairesse". Motor Sport Magazine. 2017-06-12. Retrieved 2018-02-03. Parker 2016, p.207 Automobile Year 1968, p.196 Automobile Year 1968, p.195 "Profile:...

twice before this victory. Significant changes occurred with the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) regulations this year. The FIA had issued its revamped...

motor sport was governed directly by the Commission Sportive Internationale (CSI) and from 1978 by the Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile (FISA)...

could not change by more than 5%. With the new fuel-tank sizes, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) dropped the minimum distance between fuel refills but...

des Automobile Clubs Reconnus (AIACR) on 24 June 1946, in the same meeting that officially changed their name to the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile...

McLaren entered round 4 as "Löwenbräu Team McLaren". FIA Year Book of Automobile Sport 1979. Patrick Stephens Ltd. white p. 44. ISBN 0-85059-320-4. Glick...

worked around in the previous year. For its part, race-organisers, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) increased the maximum continuous driving stint up from...

race as a battle between brute force and science (per the July 1954 "Motor Sport" article). In the high technology corner, with its sleek, aerodynamic bodywork...

standard. Recognising the growing interest in touring car racing, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) opened the entry list to Group 2 Special Touring Cars...

same categories (based on engine capacity) were kept, although the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) added an extra class at the top end – for over 5.0L...

OldRacingCars. Retrieved 25 June 2019. "History - Automobile Club de Monaco". Automobile Club de Monaco. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021...

5-litre engine, to get it homologated for Group 4. This year the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) brought the start-time forward to 2pm, to allow time...

at Monaco, with local hero Carel Godin de Beaufort getting a drive in one of the Porsches, entered by his Ecurie Maarsbergen. Ferrari monopolised the front...

it a target for Allied bombing). So it was four years before the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) was in a position to revive the great race. Assisted...

April 1966, prospective spectators at the British Automobile Racing Club's Oulton Park 200 were turned away, as the circuit was covered in snow. Good Friday...

Brabham was persuaded by Dean Delamont, competitions manager of the Royal Automobile Club in the United Kingdom, to try a season of racing in Europe, then...

Dutch driver Carel Godin de Beaufort crashed his famous orange Porsche 718. He was rushed to hospital but would pass away two days later. Honda made...

manufacturers to utilise that technology. For the race itself, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) allowed an increase of a driver's stint to a maximum...

victory in the C2 class in his Spice-Fiero, finishing sixth overall over the Écurie Écosse, who in turn won the Index for Energy Efficiency. The twelve classified...

close-season, FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile) and the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest) had finally reached an agreement. The ACO...

1971 Formula One season was the 25th season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's Formula One motor racing. It featured the 22nd World Championship...

rod of Levegh's car broke, taking it out of the race. This year the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) decreed that mudguards now had to be integral with the...