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**Porschinelle** · 08-10-2015, 01:41 AM

Most of these Porsche seen here at the start of the race

**Porschinelle** · 08-10-2015, 02:03 AM

1957 will be remembered as a catastrophic year for Porsche
Indeed only one car : car race number 35 driven by Carel Godin de Beaufort and Ed Hugus did finish the race at a mere 8th overall
Jaguar did 1-2-3-5-7
Ferrari 4 and 6
Claude Storez/Crawford due to an error of the Porsche mecanics went short of petrol a few minutes before the end of the race
Claude who was at the wheel decided to push the car up to the finish line to cross the line at the end of the 24 hours
What he did
Their car had covered 275 laps which would have gave them the 11th overall
After discussion the race controlers disqualified them
Some more pics
First the only surviving Porsche

Car race number 33

**Porschinelle** · 08-10-2015, 02:09 AM

For their courage Claude Storez won a special trophee by the ACO (Automobile Club de l'Ouest) the organizing club

Some more pics of car race number 34

Claude Storez jumping in his car at the start of the race

**Porschinelle** · 08-10-2015, 02:11 AM

Storez chased by a Ferrari

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 01:29 PM

Hi everybody back home for at least 3 weeks which should allow me to cmplete Claude Storez life and start another one
We restart from where we were 3 weeks ago ie the 1957 Le Mans 24 hours race
To start a with a nice pic of 4 off 550 in front of the pits
32 Umberto Maglioli/Edgar Barth
33 Hans Hermann/Richard von Frankenberg
34 Claude Storez/Crawforf
35 (the white car ahead of the the 3 other ones) Ed Hugus/Carel Godin de Beaufort

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 01:45 PM

Some more Le Mans 1957 pics

Ecurie Nationale Belge Claude Dubois/Harris

Claude Storez scale model

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 01:50 PM

Some more

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 02:37 PM

Three weeks later for the French Natiunal feast July 13th/July 14th Claude was at Reims for the 12 Hours International race a non-world Championship race raced the day before the French formula 1 GP

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 02:57 PM

Being a non-world championship race, the 1957 Reims 12 hours did not attract constructors race team
Porsche KG entered 3 off 1500 GS Carrera for the following teams
Car race number 48 : Edgar Barth/Richard von Frankenberg
car race number 50 : Claude Storez/ Jo Bonnier
Car race number 52 : Robert Buchet/Michel Slotine

The overall victory was for a Ferrari 250 GT followed by 4 other Ferrari 250GT

These 5 off Ferrari were followed by the 356 Carrera race number 48 and 50
For a marketing reasons Huschke Von Hanstein decided that the 2 356 will cross the line together

You certainly all know that the 356GT race number 48 belong to day to one of our forum member Michael (CarreraGT)
In Europe, nearly all the pics available on the net were posted by Michael on the French forums Caradisiac and Autodiva
So Michael if you read these lines you are please let share with us a little bit of the treasures you have accumulated on this race

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 03:02 PM

Michael is convinced that his car should have finish 6th ahaead of Claude Storez car which was slowed down by a puncture
But of couse we French are convinced that Claude car should have been classified before the Edgar Barth s'one as prooved by this pic extract from the Auto Journal a car dedicated magazine who still exist to day

**Porschinelle** · 08-25-2015, 03:16 PM

I cannot resist to translate what the French journalist wrote on the left of the pic representing Jo Bonnier (left) and Claude Storez alongside with their 356 Carrera race number 50 :
"In the 1500 cc class there was virtually no race : the Porsches did not had any competitors, Claude Storez and Von Frankenberg, after intervention of Huschke Von Hanstein Porsche race director, were classified "ex-aequo" although our French exceptionnal champion did cross the line a few centimeters before Von Hanstein"
and again under the pic
"Bonnier (white helmet under the arm) and Claude Storez GT French Champion (true Claude Storez was GT French champion in 1956 and 1957) classified their Porsche 1500 just behind the 3 liters Ferrari
This extremly good performance behind the Italian cars allow them to recieve to receive their ecanic blessing

**Porschinelle** · 08-26-2015, 06:33 PM

Some more pics of the 1957 Reims 12 hours
Car race number 48 (Barth/Frankenberg) at a pit stop during the race

Car race number 48 in action

**Porschinelle** · 08-26-2015, 06:44 PM

Some weeks of rest and by August 28th Claude Storez and his good friend Robert Buchet meet again in Liege Belgium to compete in the 1957 edition of Liege Rome Liege
For this race Claude choose to use his white Carrera speedster plate number 79 FS 75
This race will be remembered as one of the beautifulest victory of the team