Jean Trasenster (nicknamed ''Ginet'') was a Belgian driver of

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marathons.

Biography

In 1931 he became famous in the Liège-Rome-Liège (''Marathon of the Road'') rally, with Baron Orban on a Bugatti 3000. He also participated in numerous events of the Total 24 Hours of Spa before and after the war with Franz Breye, first with

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(2000 and 3000), then on a

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D6-3L.

Awards

* Hill Climb La Sauvenière in Spa, Belgium, with distance: 1929, in a Bugatti Torpédo 15 HP; * Quintuple winner of Liège-Rome-Liège (''Marathon de la route''): 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939 all on Bugatti with Alphonse Evrard (1) et Franz Breyre (3)), ten in 1953 with

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on a

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B20 GT, with co-driver

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in the first European Rally Championship; LANCIA AURELIA B20(1953) (4000181417)

*3rd in

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in 1934 with female copilot

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, in a

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.Jean Trasenster
(eWRC-results.com).

References

External links

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