A very interesting story on porsche racing history, Canadian content, 914/6 GT 24hr Daytona class winner, 906 and Jezabel 911T Options

[Mark Henry]

I was following a thread on the bird board and this post pops up about how a fellow got into Porsche because his dad was a French Canadian racer who owned some very interesting cars. I did a little digging and found though he was off slightly, his story is true. Some of it is off is because he was a young boy and maybe in translation as he is a French Canadian. His dad is Jacques Duval and he did win his class, GTU, in the 1971 24Hrs of Daytona, it's the car that is a 1970 914/6GT.

It's an amazing part of Canadian racing history, French Canadians have long been involved in motorsports and these were the fertile breading grounds for many, the most famous of which were of course Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve.
On to the story....

I was soaked in the Porsche world very early in my life........... here I am in my dad`s 906 at one of many race weekend here in St Jovite........! I was 10 years old
on this picture. 1966

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Ok here we go !
My father is Jacques Duval ( for those who know him ) he strated racing in 1958
in an alpha romeo and quickly move to a 356 after seing these Porsches
performances on the track, Soon after he got an Abarth Carrera ( I was 6 then)
Wich he raced a couple times but the car was poor handling, He switched to a 904 in 1964 and had great results . sure enough i got bit by the porsche bug.
He ended up with a 906 bought from the late Doug Revson from the REVLON family , he clintched the Quebec champion title with that car, He was now with is 4th porsche , After the 906, came the race prep by the factory 911;s in 1968 he also won the championship here in Quebec, sold the car to a group of individuals
The car was named JEZEBEL And is still racing these days. ( was at the rennsport IV reunion a couple months ago ) My father then got another 911T 1969 with wich he was tied at the championship with Jacques Bienvenue. I was following at each race that I could....... Finally he got a 914 6 GT with which he won the Daytona 24 hrs race in 1970....... his biggets achievement. This is a short review of his racing carreer ... You now see why I was soaked into Porsches early in my life.............!

Here are pictures of his dads 914/6 GT.

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His dads other car is a 1969T called Jezabel and it also has a famous pedigree :

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This site has a lot more info and pics of Jezebel:
http://www.canepa.com/inventory/racecar_1/..._911/index.html

I've invited Monsieur Duval over to our site and hopefully he will tell us more about his dad and his story.

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[Mark Henry]

The history of Jacques Duval's 904. Amazing fact was he drove it home, in the snow from Milwaukee to Montreal. That's about a 30 hour drive in good weather.
Ahhh.... the good old days when you could get away with that sort of thing (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

$7500 would have been a fair chunk of change back then, imagine what that car would be worth today (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

904-014
Originally sold to Frank Rand, who quickly turned the car over to Harry Heuer of Chicago, Illinois. Mr Heuer, of the brewing "Heuers", had apparently acquired the car.

Shortly thereafter, 904-014 was sold to another brewing heir, Eddie Weschler of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but was not raced. A few months later, it was sold to Jacques Duval, the enthusiastic and talented Porsche privateer from Montreal Canada.

Mr. Duval, who worked as a radio personality, had raced Porsches in Quebec since 1960. Starting with a 356 roadster in 1960, he had obtained a Lightweight 356 Coupe for '61, '62 and '63, and a 1600 GTL Abarth Coupe (chassis # 1004) for 1964.

Acquired in the winter of 1965 for the sum of $7500, Duval drove 904-014 home from Milwaukee. To deal with snow, he mounted VW wheels with snow tires that he obtained along the way. Though remembered by many a racer for having a pretty girl by his side, his true talent (for a racer, anyway) was his ability to obtain sponsorship. During his ownership, the car was painted yellow to complement his Mr. Muffler (a Quebec exhaust repair chain) sponsorship, then blue (Porsche Club of Canada color) and, finally, red to go with his G. Lebeau (a body repair shop) logos.

In 1965, Duval and 904-014 won its class in the Quebec Championship. This series comprised 12 events held, predominantly, at Mt. Tremblant, a beautiful and challenging racetrack near Ste. Jovite, about 70 miles north of Montreal. The following details some of the results obtained by Duval during 1965 and 1966:

- May, 1965, 6th-Pepsi Cola Trophy (Tremblant);
- 1965, 13th-Mosport GP, #58;
- 1965, with Horst Kroll, 3rd-Sundown 4 Hr GP (Tremblant);
- 1966, with Horst Kroll, 2nd in class-Sebring 12 Hrs, #56;
- 1966, 2nd-Player's 200 (Tremblant);

Near the end of the 1966 season, 904-014 was sold to Victor Herman Haus, also from Montreal. At his first outing, the ACAM 6 Hrs, held at Tremblant on October 17, 1966, he rolled the car shortly after the start of the race.
From Mr. Haus, the car made its way to Rainer Brezinka and to Mr. Campbell of Vancouver.
Tony Campbell raced it in 1968 and 1969. In '69 racing season, Tony finished 3d in the Northern Pacific Division/SCCA point standings
It was then sold to Dick Barbour, the 935 racer and Porsche collector. And from him it passed to a Mr. Harming and then to Paul Harmatuk. Tony Singer & Jay Rosenfield from New York acquired 904-014 and had it restored.
From Singer, in 1975, the car passed to Tim Kuser of Bordentown, New Jersey