Английская Википедия:Dudley Benjafield
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox Le Mans driver Joseph Dudley "Benjy" Benjafield, MD (6 August 1887 – 20 January 1957) was a British medical doctor and racing driver.
Career
Benjafield was born in Edmonton, London, UK. He attended the University of London and received his MD from University College Hospital in 1912. Specializing in bacteriology, he served in Egypt during World War I and later used his expertise combating the great flu epidemic of 1918–1919.
Benjafield had a passion for motorsports which started with boating, but moved on to automobiles in the 1920s, following the accidental destruction of his beloved motor launch. Upon purchasing a Bentley 3-litre, he started racing in 1924 and 1925. Benjafield's success led to him being offered to drive a company racer at the behest of Bentley founder W.O. Bentley. He competed in the 24 Hours of Le Mans seven times, and won the event in Шаблон:24hLM with co-driver and fellow "Bentley Boy" S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis; while their car was badly damaged, they frantically made on-the-spot repairs and wound up winning the race.
Benjafield later created the British Racing Drivers' Club, and continued racing until 1936. He died on 20 January 1957.
Racing record
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Шаблон:Tooltip | Шаблон:Tooltip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Bentley Motors Ltd | Шаблон:Flagicon Bertie Kensington-Moir | Bentley 3 Litre Sport | 5.0 | 19 | DNF (Out of fuel) | |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Bentley Motors Ltd | Шаблон:Flagicon Sammy Davis | Bentley 3 Litre Speed | 3.0 | 137 | DNF (Accident) | |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Bentley Motors Ltd | Шаблон:Flagicon Sammy Davis | Bentley 3 Litre Speed | 3.0 | 137 | 1st | 1st |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Bentley Motors Ltd | Шаблон:Flagicon Frank Clement | Bentley 4½ Litre | 5.0 | 71 | DNF (Radiator) | |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Bentley Motors Ltd | Шаблон:Flagicon Baron André d'Erlanger | Bentley 4½ Litre | 5.0 | 159 | 3rd | 2nd |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Hon. Dorothy Paget | Шаблон:Flagicon Giulio Ramponi | Bentley 4½ Litre 'Blower' | >3.0 | 144 | DNF (Engine) | |
| Шаблон:24hLM | Шаблон:Flagicon Arthur W. Fox & Charles Nichol | Шаблон:Flagicon Sir Roland Gunter | Lagonda M45R Rapide | 5.0 | 196 | 13th | 3rd |
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