Once again, Dunlop® was at the heart of the action at Le Mans, one of the world's most prestigious driving events. Here are some of the hottest details about this year's race and the drivers that rode on Dunlop tires.
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4th Overall For Dunlop At Le Mans!
Rollcentre Racing, Dunlop's main development partner in sportscar racing, finished a very strong 4th overall and first among privateer teams with their Judd-engined Pescarolo LMP1 in the Le Mans 24H held on the famous 13.6 Km road circuit outside Le Mans, France on June 16 and 17.
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Changed Start Time
Le Mans traditionally starts on Saturdays at 4:00 pm, however this year, on Saturday, June 16th, 2007, the 75th edition of the race began at 3:00 pm to accommodate the French General Election that was held that Sunday…
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A Little Piece Of History
The recognizable "Le Mans start" with race cars on one side of the track and drivers on the other, waiting for the flag to signal the start of the race was abolished in 1967…
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Who's Using Dunlop In 2007?
Four of the starting 55 teams, and specifically four of the 27 Prototype cars, ran on Dunlop tires at Le Mans. The two teams in the Le Mans Prototype Group 1 were Creation Autosportif Ltd in the number 9 Creation Judd CA07 driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter, Felipe Ortiz and Shinji Nakano, and the Rollcentre Racing team in the number 18 Pescarolo Judd driven by J. Barbosa, S. Hall and M. Short. In the Le Mans Prototype Group 2, the two teams were the Quifel ASM team with the number 40 Lola B05/40 AER driven by M. Amaral, M. De Castro and W. Hughes, and the Bruichladdich Radical team in the number 21 Radical SR9 AER driven by T. Greaves, S. Moseley and R. Liddell…
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| BRAND | WINS | YEARS |
| DUNLOP | 34 | 1924, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 39, 50, 51, 53, 55, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 91 |
| GOODYEAR | 14 | 1965, 66, 67, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 80, 90, 94, 96, 97 |
| MICHELIN | 15 | 1923, 78, 89, 92, 93, 95, 98, 99, 00, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06 |
| FIRESTONE | 3 | 1968, 69, 71 |
| PIRELLI | 1 | 1954 |
| ENGLEBERT | 5 | 1932, 33, 34, 49, 58 |
| CONTINENTAL | 1 | 1952 |
| AVON | 1 | 1959 |
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