Motor racing-Winners Bentley pull out of Le Mans

LONDON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Le Mans winners Bentley will not compete in next year's 24 Hours sportscar race, the British-based carmaker said on Friday.

"When we announced our return in November 2000, we always said this would be a three-year programme," said Bentley chairman Franz-Josef Paefgen in a statement.

Bentley's Speed Eight cars took first and second place in this year's Le Mans race, their first success there in 73 years, with Denmark's Tom Kristensen, Italian ...