You might associate those wins with the famed Bentley Boys and the almighty “Blower Bentley,” but it may surprise you to learn a Blower never even finished a 24-hour event until last week.

Bentley has built the first “Blower Bentley” continuation car. The inter-war icon has been faithfully recreated using the British brand’s own 1929 4½-litre “Team Blower” racer as a ...