The most infamous of the Bentley Boys could lend his name to the British automaker’s upcoming sports car. Why? Because Woolf “Babe” Barnato won the grueling 24 Hours of Le Mans three times on the trot.

Before he acquired his first Bentley in 1925, Barnato served in World War I in the Royal Field Artillery of the British Army. One year after Barnato bought himself a Bentley, the man acquired the Bentley busine…