86 Stats in 86 Days Until 86th 24 Hours of Le Mans – Day 44, Slowest Average Speeds (May 4, 2018)

The 86th annual 24 Hours of Le Mans is 44 days away! This is the 43rd 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 is a look at the slowest races by average speed.

Slowest Average Speeds

- 1924 race: 86.555 kph/53.783 mph (Winners: John Duff/Frank Clement, Bentley)

- 1923 race: 92.064 kph/57.206 mph (Winners: Andre Lagache/Rene Leonard, Chenard & Walcker)

- 1925 race: 93.082 kph/57.838 mph (Winners: Gerard de Courcelles/Andre Rossignol, Lorraine-Dietrich)

- 1927 race: 98.74 kph/61.35 mph (Winners: Dudley Benjafield/Sammy Davis, Bentley)

- 1926 race: 106.35 kph/66.08 mph (Winners: Robert Bloch/Andre Rossignol, Lorraine-Dietrich)

- 1928 race: 111.219 kph/69.108 mph (Winners: Woolf Barnato/Bernard Rubin, Bentley)

- 1929 race: 118.492 kph/73.628 mph (Winners: Woolf Barnato/Henry Birkin, Bentley)

- 1934 race: 120.289 kph/74.744 mph (Winners: Luigi Chinetti/Philippe Etancelin, Alfa Romeo)

- 1930 race: 122.111 kph/75.876 mph (Winners: Woolf Barnato/Glen Kidston, Bentley)

- 1932 race: 123.084 kph/76.481 mph (Winners: Raymond Sommer/Luigi Chinetti, Alfa Romeo)