The 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup race was held in Ireland, around the city of Athy. It was won by Camille Jenatzy in a Mercedes. This would be the first Cup race, that sparked a real and broad interest in the Gordon Bennett series, leading to the maximum of three cars per nation for the first time. The book „At the Greatest Speed“ by Patrick Lynch gives further and deeper insight in not only that 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup race, but aso on the person of Gordon Bennet himself.