{"id":3192,"date":"2020-06-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/koda-1101-sport-2\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T13:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T13:15:23","slug":"skoda-1101-sport-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/skoda-1101-sport-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0160koda 1101 Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u0160koda isn’t necessarily one of the car brands that fans remember when it comes to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Nevertheless, the Czech brand also belongs to the history of this endurance race, even if there was only one participation of the factory team. Immediately after World War 2, \u0160koda presented the 1101 and 1102 Tudor with a 1,089 cc four-cylinder engine as a newly developed model. The name is derived from the British term ‘two door’. Thanks to its high reliability and good driving performance, this model found many customers in Europe, some of whom drove rallies or circuit races with these cars. The high level of robustness made the Tudor the vehicle of choice for long-distance events. For example, \u0160koda models won four categories of the 1948 Raid Polski, which at that time covered 2,649 kilometers. \u0160koda also achieved a double victory at the Montevideo – Melo – Montevideo Rally in South America in the same year.

Also in 1948, three \u0160koda Tudor four-seaters competed in the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. After 1,972 kilometers each, they took the first three places in their displacement class. The pit stops were made by all three teams together and the finish line was also crossed in formation. For the following year, a thoroughbred racing sports car, the \u0160koda 1101 Sport, was created on the platform of the Tudor. Compared to the sedan, the wheelbase was shortened by 40 centimeters to 2,085 millimeters. Then a flat, pontoon-shaped body with an open cockpit and two small, glass wind deflectors in front of the driver and co-driver was created by hand from aluminium. The racing debut took place at the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix in Brno. However, the factory team had already set itself a big goal that it wanted to achieve in 1950: to participate in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, at that time already the most famous endurance race in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n

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