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" May 26th and 27th this year will mark the 90th anniversary of the birth of the greatest road racing spectacle in the history of the automobile, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, although this year&amp;#039;s race will be run on June 22nd and 23rd. Bentley was one of the many companies present at that first inaugural race, and they have continued to compete, and win, since that first outing nearly a century ago. 2013 will also mark the 10th anniversary of Bentley&amp;#039;s most recent win in 2003 with the Bentley Speed 8. To celebrate this great race, Bentley is releasing a collection of six special edition models to celebrate six wins, with each model named after a historic driver.  Each car is a collection of unique combination of visual elements: exterior color, interior color, stitching and interior veneer. The first is the &amp;quot;John Duff&amp;quot; model. Duff helped Bentley secure a 4th place finish at the first Le Mans, and led Bentley to a win the next year in 1924. Dudley &amp;quot;Benjy&amp;quot; Benjafield wears the honor of the second Bentley special edition thanks to his win at the 1927 Le Mans. The third model in the line wears the name of Woolf Barnato. Barnato is the only driver to win every Le Mans race he entered with back-to-back-to-back victories in 1928, 1929 and 1930. The fourth model is named after WWI fighter pilot Tim Birkin, who was Barnato&amp;#039;s codriver during the 1929 race. Another of Barnato&amp;#039;s co-drivers was Glen Kidston, who helped secure the 1930 and is honored by the fifth special edition Bentley. The last of the six special edition cars is named for Guy Smith, the driver who finished the 2003 Le Mans race giving Bentley its sixth win.   Each special edition trim can be fitted to your choice of Bentley from the Continental GT Coupe and Convertible (in V8 or W12 configurations), GT Speed Coupe or Mulsanne. My choice would be the Bernato GT Speed Coupe. Using that 616 horsepower V12 to devour the roadway as I wafted to la Sarthe, basking in the history of 90 years of racing sounds like a great way to travel to the race. Feel free to give me a call Bentley; I can fly out tonight. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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