86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 56, Broken Barriers, Winner’s Average Speed (May 16, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 31 days away! This is the 56th day of the 86 Stats in 86 Days Until the 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans blog.

Each day from now until the Friday before the 24 Hours of Le Mans, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here are the broken barriers for the winner’s average speed for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at 10 KPH (kilometers per hour) increments.

Broken Barriers, Winner’s Average Speed

- 90 kph: 1923 (Andre Lagache/Rene Leonard, Chenard et Walcker, 92.064 kph)

- 100 kph: 1926 (Robert Bloch/Andre Rossignol, Lorraine-Dietrich, 106.35 kph)

- 110 kph: 1928 (Woolf Barnato/Bernard Rubin, Bentley, 111.219 kph)

- 120 kph: 1930 (Woolf Barnato/Glen Kidston, Bentley, 122.111 kph)

- 130 kph: 1933 (Raymond Sommer/Tazio Nuvolari, Alfa Romeo, 131.001 kph)

- 140 kph: 1950 (Louis Rosier/Jean-Louis Rosier, Talbot-Lago, 144.38 kph)

- 150 kph: 1951 (Peter Walker/Peter Whitehead, Jaguar, 150.466 kph)

- 160/170 kph: 1953 (Tony Rolt, Duncan Hamilton, Jaguar, 170.34 kph)

- 180 kph: 1957 (Ron Flockhart/Ivor Bueb, Jaguar, 183.22 kph)

- 190 kph: 1964 (Nino Vaccarella/Jean Guichet, Ferrari, 195.64 kph)

- 200 kph: 1966 (Bruce McLaren/Chris Amon, Ford, 201.8 kph)

- 210 kph: 1967 (A.J. Foyt/Dan Gurney, Ford, 218.04 kph)

- 220 kph: 1971 (Helmut Marko/Gijs van Lennep, Porsche, 222.304 kph)

- 225 kph: 2010 (Mike Rockenfeller/Timo Bernhard/Romain Dumas, Audi, 225.228 kph)