Bentley Rewinds Time with a Four-Car Homage at Le Mans Classic

This July, Bentley returns to the Le Mans Classic with a quartet of hand-built, track-prepped cars from its Mulliner Continuation Series—marking the largest team the brand has fielded at Le Mans since 1930. Three Blower replicas and one Speed Six will line up at the start, but the story stretches beyond the track: recently, all four cars gathered on Mount Street in London to recreate the iconic 1929 Bentley Boys group photo. Nostalgia, clearly, is part of the brand’s core strategy.

Each car is assigned its own mechanic and engineer, their efforts overseen by the former technical director of Bentley’s GT3 racing team. Because yes, even racing heritage gets the PR polish.

Before heading to France, these high-end toys for the ultra-wealthy were put through their paces at Donington’s “Mad Jack” Trophy. The verdict? They still need “muscle” and “practice,” but at least, as one driver put it, they’re now racing “authentic 1930 Bentleys”—something few can claim, and fewer might actually want to.

American Jack Boyd Smith Jr., one of the world’s foremost pre-war car collectors, was drafted into the spotlight to emphasize just how “special” it is to belong to a club with room for only a dozen cars. His Blower will once again be driven by Stuart Morley, with podium ambitions in sight.

Bentley’s mission is simple: showcase its Continuation Series craftsmanship and prove it can breathe new life into old legends. The result? Four cars, a swarm of engineers, and a meticulously staged photo. The racing might be secondary—but the spectacle is the main event.