Le Mansn.
/lə ˈmɒ̃/, U.S. /lə ˈmɑn(z)/ Used colloquially to designate the 24-hour long touring and sports car race held annually at Le Mans since 1923. Also frequently used attributively to designate a type of race start, originated there, in which the competitors are stationed at a distance from their cars (also transferred).
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1928 Autocar 6 Jan. 17 (heading) Twenty-six entries for Le Mans.
1930 Autocar 26 Dec. 1297/2 Le Mans looks like being exceptionally good, for to the three Bugattis already announced have been added a team of twelve-cylinder Loraines.
1957 Motor Sport (‘Know the Game’ Ser.) 6/2 Jaguars have again made Le Mans a British province.
1962 Times 31 July 7/3 All is not speed, noise, and Le Mans-type starts.
1966 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. 1964 xlii. 6 Le Mans start,..a type of racing start that originated at Le Mans, where the cars are lined up on one side of the starting grid, with the drivers standing some distance away.
1974 Country Life 17 Oct. 1079/2 Crosby's..oil, Carrying On,..shows the battered No 3 Bentley..in the 1927 Le Mans.
1977 West Briton 25 Aug. 11/2 The handicap event began ‘Le Mans’ style, with boats starting from the beach with sails at the ready.
1989 Independent 2 Dec. 64/3 The West German team which won Le Mans in 1984 and 1985 and now has the responsibility of running the works Porsches.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1997; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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