The Distance Milestones

2000 km 1923 CHENARD & WALKER (Lagache-Léonard) - 2209,536 km, = 92,064 km/h. 2500 km 1926 LA LORRAINE (Bloch-Rossignol) - 2552,414 km, = 106,350 km/h. 3000 km 1931 ALFA ROMEO (Howe-Birkin) - 3017,654 km, = 125,735 km/h. 3500 km 1951 JAGUAR (Whitehead-Walker) - 3611,193 km, = 150,466 km/h. 4000 km 1953 JAGUAR (Rolt-Hamilton) - 4088,064 km, = 170,336 km/h. 4500 km 1963 FERRARI (Scarfiotti-Bandini) - 4561,710 km, = 190,071 km/h. 5000 km 1967 FORD (Gurney-Foyt) - 5232,900 km, = 218,038 km/h. Note: The absolute distance record, covering all the circuits, was 5335.31 km (3313.227 miles) at an hourly average of 222.304 kph (138.051 mph), set by the Porsche 917 of Marko and Van Lennep in 1971.

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