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...Cunningham's performance was far & away the best showing ever made by an American car and driver in a major European race. The showing, in part, was attributed to Cunningham's drastic weight reduction (from 3,800 lbs. to 2,800) in his three specials, powered by Chrysler engines. With a year's time for more tinkering and tuning, Cunningham & Co. are now using the Brooklyn Dodger slogan: "Wait 'til next year...
Millionaire Sportsman Briggs Cunningham, the only U.S. builder of first-class sports cars, tried a year ago to crack the European monopoly. He entered three cars in the 24-hour Le Mans race, the No. 1 event of sports-car road racing, and the most grueling. One Cunningham Special skidded off the road and cracked up; the second was forced out with a mechanical failure; the third finished 18th. Last week, loaded down with twelve tons of spare parts (including 25 spare tires and wheels, 1,500 spark plugs) and an entourage of 20 dedicated people (drivers, mechanics, an electrician...
Stalls & Tears. One by one, entries began dropping out as mechanical or physical fatigue overcame the cars or their drivers. At the eight-hour mark, the first Cunningham car dropped out with valve trouble; two hours later, for the same reason, the second was forced to quit. Owner-Driver Cunningham, along with Relief Driver Bill Spear, stuck it out in the third...
...enthusiasm: German Drivers Hermann Lang and Fritz Riess in a Mercédès-Benz. Another Mercédès, also with German drivers, was second. Third went to a British-driven Nash-Healey. And fourth, of the 17 cars that managed to finish, was fagged-out Cunningham, who, after 19½ hours of driving, had turned the wheel over to Spear. Winning, and record, distance set by the Mercédès-Benz: 2,320 miles, at an average speed of 96.67 m.p.h. Old (1951) record, set by a British Jaguar: 2,238 miles. The Cunningham...
...their driving was not up to scratch, or their entries were too late. A bang-up race from start to finish, it was not finally settled until the homestretch run. Allards, Ferraris and Jaguars dominated the big-car field, but the fans especially watched No. 15, a blue & white Cunningham C4R, powered by a Chrysler engine. American-produced by Millionaire Sportsman Briggs S. Cunningham, the car was the U.S.'s big hope in a field dominated by Europeans. Dragging exhaust pipes forced the Cunningham out of the lead and out of the running in the twelfth lap. From there...