Beaumont and Dubosc’s Tour de France 68 Camaro

[KurtS]

Marie Claude Beaumont and Michele Dubosc’s Tour de France Camaro.
At the Paris Auto Show, Oct 69.
I see RS, SS 396, rallys, front bumper guards.

[SMKZ28]

Kurt,
Thanks for posting that photo of Marie Claude Beaumont and Michele Dubosc’s Tour de France Camaro on display at the Paris Motor Show in October 1969.  I didn't know anything about this car, so I decided to do some digging.  It seems that only a few weeks before it was displayed the #44 Camaro RS/SS 396 was driven to an eleventh place overall and first place in the T+2.0 class in the 1969 running of the Tour de France Automobile.  The event took place mostly in France but it did visit Belgium to run at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit and Germany to run at the Nürburgring circuit.  Here are the details:

"From September 18 to 26, the teams covered a total of 4,936 km divided into 6 stages, which included 20 special tests:

Nice - Nancy stage → approximately 1,425 km, with 7 timed specials: Col de l'Orme (10 km), climb to Mont Ventoux (21.6 km), Col Bayard (6.3 km), Chamrousse circuit (17, 2 km) and the climbs to Mont Revard (10.3 km), Ballon d'Alsace (8.85 km) and Rainkopf (20 km)
Nancy - Reims stage → ±650 km, with 2 special stages: Nürburgring circuit (136.86 km) and Spa-Francorchamps circuit (282 km)
Reims - Dieppe stage → ± 258 km, including the special on the Reims-Gueux circuit (274 km)
Dieppe - Vichy stage → ± 1,228 km, with 4 special stages: Rouen-Les Essarts circuit (130.84 km), Bugatti circuit (169.38 km), Cap Fréhel (8.6 km) and Magny-Cours circuit ( 50km)
Vichy - Albi stage → ± 800 km, with 3 special tests: Charade circuit (241.65 km), Col du Minier (21.25 km) and Albi circuit (155.4 km)
Albi - Biarritz stage → ± 575 km, with 3 special stages: Col d'Aspin (12.15 km), Col du Tourmalet (12.35 km) and Nogaro circuit (52.75 km)"



Text: https://slotadictos.mforos.com/1262321/12866317-tim-comarca-dream-slot-2017-vii-tour-auto-resultados-cronica-y-fotos/
Photos: https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Tour_de_France-1969-09-26.html

[SMKZ28]

More photos:

https://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/Tour_de_France-1969-09-26.html

[SMKZ28]

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/search?index=9&searchCommand=SearchResult&searchEngineName=SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B1%5D%5B%5D=320&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B6%5D%5B%5D=6817&imageIdsCommas=

[SMKZ28]

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/search?index=9&searchCommand=SearchResult&searchEngineName=SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B1%5D%5B%5D=320&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B6%5D%5B%5D=6817&imageIdsCommas=

[SMKZ28]

Photos: http://www.pilotos-muertos.com/2009/MicheleDubosc.html

[SMKZ28]

Photo 1: https://www.facebook.com/profile/100064570904604/search/?q=1969%20tour%20de%20france

Photo 2: https://slotadictos.mforos.com/1262321/12866317-tim-comarca-dream-slot-2017-vii-tour-auto-resultados-cronica-y-fotos/

[SMKZ28]

The #44 wasn't the only Camaro to participate in the event.  The red #46 1967 RS/SS Camaro finished in 39th place overall.  It was piloted by Georges Houel and M. Fontaine.

http://www.pilotos-muertos.com/2009/MicheleDubosc.html

https://www.mckleinimagedatabase.com/search?index=9&searchCommand=SearchResult&searchEngineName=SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B1%5D%5B%5D=320&SEARCH_ENGINE_PROPERTY%5B6%5D%5B%5D=6817&imageIdsCommas=

[SMKZ28]

Poster for the event

Flickr

[MO]

Excellent research Scott!

[SMKZ28]

Excellent research Scott!

Thanks MO!

[KurtS]

Nice job digging!

[SMKZ28]

Nice job digging!

Thanks Kurt!  By the way where did you find the photo you posted?  When I was searching I never did find that particular picture.

[KurtS]

https://www.motorsportimages.com/photos/?race_type_id=202&search=camaro