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At precisely 6pm on March 13th of 1930, one Joel "Woolf" Barnato, decorated British Army field artillery officer, but more importantly a three-times winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, set his empty champagne glass at the bar of the Carlton Hotel in Cannes. He leaped with athletic grace into his H.J. Mulliner bodied 6 1/2 liter Bentley and roared out of the hotel's famous circular driveway.

There was a great deal at stake. 100 pounds in Sterling and, more importantly, his reputation as the era's preeminent gentleman racer. Barnato had wagered that he could reach his gentlemen's club in London before Le Train Blue -- the most glamorous and fastest passenger train in France -- could travel the distance between Cannes and Calais. As the sun plummeted into the Mediterranean,Replica Watches one thought was on his mind, how time was an invaluable element in this race.

For instance, he had to measure the elapsed time between his fuel stops at Aix-en-Provence, Lyon, Auxerre and Paris so that he could reach the docks of Boulogne at precisely 10:30am. Giving him time to refuel, dine on some cold chicken -- washed down with more champagne --before boarding the 11:30am sailing to Folkstone, England. Roaring off the boat, Barnato in his Bentley made the mad dash to Dale Bourne's Club, in St James arriving at precisely 3:30pm.

The Bentley Boys, c1928-c1930. Left to right; Frank Clement, Sir Henry Birkin and Woolf Barnato. Bentleys dominated the Le Mans 24 hour race in its early years, winning the race in 1924, 1927, 1928, 1929 and 1930. Barnato, the charismatic heir to a South African diamond mining fortune, was one of the drivers of the winning car in all of the last three victories. In 1929, the dark green Bentleys filled all the first four places with Barnato and Birkin's 6 1/2 litre Speed Six leading from start to finish and winning by a margin of some 70 miles. Bentley returned to Le Mans in 2001, with one of their cars finishing third. (Rolex Datejust Replica Watches)