Blower Bentley
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Blower Bentley is the famous supercharged racing version of the Bentley 4½ Litre from the late 1920s, renowned for its performance at Le Mans and its iconic status in British motorsport history.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bentley 4½ Litre variant
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racing car ⓘ |
| associatedCircuit | Circuit de la Sarthe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDriver |
Glen Kidston
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir Henry "Tim" Birkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Woolf Barnato NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedRace | 24 Hours of Le Mans 1930 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Bentley Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bentley 4½ Litre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bodyStyle |
open two-seater
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racing tourer ⓘ |
| category |
pre-war racing car
ⓘ
vintage sports car ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalStatus |
British motoring icon
ⓘ
symbol of British motorsport heritage ⓘ |
| designer | Walter Owen Bentley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | inline-4 ⓘ |
| engineDisplacement |
4.4 L
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4½ L ⓘ |
| engineer | Amherst Villiers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
early 1930s
ⓘ
late 1920s ⓘ |
| fuelSystem | carburetted ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | iconic pre-war Bentley ⓘ |
| inductionType | supercharged ⓘ |
| influenced | later Bentley performance image ⓘ |
| layout | front-engine, rear-wheel-drive ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Bentley Motors Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motorsportDiscipline |
endurance racing
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sports car racing ⓘ |
| notableEvent | 24 Hours of Le Mans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
distinctive external blower housing
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front-mounted supercharger ahead of radiator ⓘ large wire-spoke wheels ⓘ long bonnet ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Le Mans competition history
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high performance for its era ⓘ role in British motorsport history ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | interwar period ⓘ |
| powertrain | supercharged 4½-litre inline-four engine ⓘ |
| productionEnd | 1931 ⓘ |
| productionStart | 1929 ⓘ |
| status |
collector car
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historic racing car ⓘ |
| superchargerType | Roots-type supercharger ⓘ |
| vehicleClass |
racing car
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sports car ⓘ |
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