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| | History of the race : 2 Tours d'Horloge |
 | | After the estonishing start of the Lola T 70, driven by Gérard Larrousse, the Chevron B 16 of Michel Quiniou also comes ahead, despite of few problems (gearbox), will only leave the head of the race sometimes, as refuellings went on. |
 | | Then, the fight for the 3rd place ended 4 hours before the end, when Bourdin-Stepak-Ortion-Campillo (Elva MK7) and Besson-Peccolo (Alpine) benefited of a mechanical problem of the British Lloyd-Wainwright-Young (Ford GT 40) to evacuate the powerful American prototype, which finished 5th, thanks to the retirement of the Alpine. |
 | | In GT category, before half race, the 911 Porsche of Bohn-Maechler was ahead of the Lotus Elan on which Gérard Larrousse was driving with Sylvain Stepak, and the Jaguar E Type of Peter Lloyd. |
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