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Roger Dorchy (15
September 1944 – 26 July 2023) was a
French racing driver.
Roger Dorchy was born on 15
September 1944.
Dorchy was
known for
holding the...
- late 1980s. At the
beginning of the 1988 24
Hours of Le Mans race,
Roger Dorchy driving for
Welter Racing in a "Project 400" car,
which sacrificed reliability...
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ended with 12th
place overall for the P83B,
driven by
Claude Haldi,
Roger Dorchy, and
Pascal Pessiot (67 laps
behind the
winners Hans-Joachim Stuck, Derek...
- the fact that the
speed of WM P88-Peugeot,
driven by
French driver Roger Dorchy, had been
timed at 407 km/h (253 mph)
during the 1988 race. This was the...
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evening cooled, the two team-cars had
already had
several issues.
Roger Dorchy was
called in and the crew
taped up all the
vents to
minimise air-friction...
- with
engine and
bodywork problems before returning to the
track with
Roger Dorchy at the wheel.
After a few laps, the
green light came from the pits to raise...
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Cohens and
Kellys in Hollywood...
- to
modify the
suspension for new tyres, and
revised the rear wing.
Roger Dorchy ran his
famous car from 1988,
while Pessiot and
Raulet were
reunited with...
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beginning of the 1988 24
Hours of Le Mans race,
Paris garage owner Roger Dorchy drove for
Welter Racing in a car
dubbed the WM P88. The P88
belonged to...
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radiators and intercoolers;
combined with
novel ducting,
driven by
Roger Dorchy,
achieved 405 km/h (252 mph) on the
Mulsanne Straight.
Having struggled...
