THE 2 HOURS OF CASABLANCA

       "The local race, introducing the Grand Prix", if I can say, will start soon. Many of the future competitors made the displacement from all Morocco , and sometimes from France , to take part in this race!
Here the list of the participants: 44 cars will be on the starting grid!

1st category : 1600 to 2600 cc (Specials)
N°1.........André Lebrun..........................Standard Vanguard
N°2.........Gérard Bossy..........................Triumph
N°3.........Hans Rager..............................Triumph
N°4.........Roger Tououet.........................Jaguar
N°5.........Jean Heyder-Bruckner..............Triumph Spéciale
N°6.........René Perez...............................Aston Martin
N°7........."Fabri"......................................Alfa-Roméo
N°8.........Gilbert Sauzede.........................Triumph
N°9.........Marcel Martinez........................Triumph
N°10.......Renato Montalbano...................Triumph
N°11.......Pierre Muller.............................Mercedes 190 SL
N°12......."Casagrande"............................Lancia-Aurelia

2nd category : 1000 to 1600 cc (Specials)
N°21.......Antoine Ciancanelli....................Alfa-Roméo Véloce
N°22.......Joseph Pinto..............................MGA
N°23.......Pierre Mouraux..........................SIMCA 1200
N°24.......Jean Aurensan............................SIMCA 9
N°25.......Albert Benchaya.........................Alfa-Roméo Sprint
N°26.......Jean Diez....................................Alfa-Roméo Sprint
N°27.......Jean Kerguen..............................Porsche 911
N°28.......Sylvain Salama............................MG
N°29.......Albert Mouraux...........................SIMCA Aronde
N°30.......André Barbey..............................Lotus 1100
N°31.......Ahmed Habib..............................FIAT 1100
N°32.......Frank Renoux..............................SIMCA

3rd category : until 1000 cc (Specials) :
N°41........Brune Perrier...............................Dauphine Maserati
N°42........Maurice Gaillard..........................DKW
N°43........André Rives.................................DKW
N°44........Georges Pujol..............................Panhard
N°45........Michel Méli..................................Dauphine
N°46........Bernadette De Chalençon.............Austin Sprite
N°47........Alfred Chomienne........................DKW
N°48........Pierre Dufour................................Renault 1062
N°49........Guy Berthomier............................DKW
N°50........Marcelle Mercier..........................DKW
N°51........"Mediouni"....................................DKW

4th category : until 1000 cc (Basics) :
N°61........Bertrand Morel...............................Auto-Union
N°62........Yves Dupont...................................DKW
N°63........Jean Verger.....................................DKW
N°64........Antoine Fernandez...........................DKW
N°65........Joé Ettedgui.....................................DKW
N°66........Yami Amger....................................DKW
N°67........Frédéric Vichy.................................Moris-Minor
N°68........Manule Tintino.................................Moris-Minor
N°69........Gérard Vernier................................Renault 1090
N°70........Jacques Bouche...............................Renault Dauphine
N°71........André Xicluna..................................DKW
N°72........Henri Fournel...................................DKW

Below, extract from the book “10 years of automobile sport in Morocco ” by Jean-Fraçois Klein :

At the checker flag, Barbey starts like a missile.
During 6 laps, he will lead until crashing bales of straw which will cost him more than a minute before going back on the track.
At the 7^th lap, Ciancanelli on Alfa Roméo is leading.
Clément on DKW left the road at the 9^th lap.
At the 15^th lap, the successive abandonments of Maurice Gaillard and Bernadette De Chalençon occur.
At the 19^th lap, Salama on MG stops the race.
At the 20^th lap the favorite Barbey give up whereas it had made up for its lost time.
At the 22^nd lap, Vernier, Montalbano, Berthommier and Gaillard do not continue the race any more. Whereas Clément restarts from the pits after repairing his car.
From this moment positions remain thus: 1^st Ciancanelli - 2^nd Heyder – 3^rd Kerguen – 4^th Benchaya - Martinez and so on.
“Until the end, stops are still numerous, but the general opinion is the cars held than provided for better. Let us announce the perfect races of the five first which, with more 80 mph of average, kept their position during two hours.”

final classification :
1. Ciancanelli.....................................average speed : 135.751km/h
2. Heyder..........................................average speed : 133.112km/h
3. Kerguen........................................average speed : 133.097km/h
4. Martinez........................................average speed : 130.686km/h
5. Benchaya.......................................average speed : 130.201km/h
6. Bossy.............................................average speed : 125.767km/h
7. Diez
8. Fête
9. Dufour
10. Rives
11. Lebrun
12. Morel

Winners by catergory :

1600 to 2600 cc (Spécials) : Heyder (2nd at general classification)
1000 à 1600 cc (Spéciales) : Ciancanelli (1st at general classification)
jusqu'à 1000 cc (Spéciales) : Dufour (9th at general classification)
jusqu'à 1000 cc (Normales) : Morel (12th at general classification)

Barbey on Lotus :

Berthomier on DKW :

Ciancanelli on Alfa-Roméo :

Chalencon doubled by a DKW :

Dufour on Renault 1062 :

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