First new Bentley Speed Six in 93 years debuts at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Bentley no longer races at Le Mans, but during the automaker’s formative years it dominated the event, scoring five wins between 1924 and 1930. Two of those wins, in 1929 and 1930, were achieved by the legendary Speed Six thanks to efforts of Bentley Boys “Tim” Birkin, Glen Kidston, and Woolf Barnato. Barnato was also chairman of Bentley at the…