What is Louis Meznarie?
'''Louis Meznarie''' (14 January 1930 – 6 August 2020) was a French engine expert. He was a team owner entrant to [[24 Hours of Le Mans]]. He was born in [[Saintry-sur-Seine]] ([[Essonne]]), France. From 1959 to 1971 he was an official dealer of NSU for motorcycles and motorcars and engine preparation expert for French races. In 1968, he opened a large workshop in Le Plessis-Chenet ([[Le Coudray-Montceaux]] town) with the support of [[Shell Oil Company]]. From 1971 to 1983, he was the official engine preparation expert for [[Porsche]], with many victories in [[24 Hours of Le Mans]], [[French Rally Championship]] and [[European Rally Championship]]. Notably in 1972, Assisted by Jürgen Barth, future winner in a Porsche 936 in 1977, by Sylvain Garant, then Mike Keizer. The 911 with a 2.5-liter engine, flanked by the No. 41 finished in 13th place in the general classification while winning its category. At the Salon Moto Légende 2017, in [[Paris]], Louis Meznarie, had sold these last motorcycles in number of 4 NSU by the Osenat auction house.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://catalogue.drouot.com/pdf/67/86920/Osenat25112017.pdf?id=86920 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-04-11 |archive-date=2021-04-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411175150/http://catalogue.drouot.com/pdf/67/86920/Osenat25112017.pdf?id=86920 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In recent years, he traveled less and less but we always enjoyed finding him and exchanging many memories. Meznarie died on 6 August 2020 at the age of 90.<ref>[http://www.autonewsinfo.com/2020/08/06/louis-meznarie-nous-a-quittes-333827.html Louis Meznarie nous a quitté à 90 ans] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meznarie, Louis}} [[Category:1930 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French mechanical engineers]] {{sports-bio-stub}}