La Course Paris-Madrid – L’Illustration- 30 May 1903
This 30 May issue of „L’Illustration“, really shows some photographs that would hardly be published in our days. But more that hunderd years ago, people’s attitude to disasters was, at least I think, quite different from our’s now. Any way, these photographs shows how brutal and unforgiven city-to-city races were back then. Avec l’autorisation du […]
First day of Paris – Vienna – Motor Age – 10 July 1902
A short summary of 1902 Paris-Vienna’s first race day in France Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistoryMOTOR AGE Vol. II, No. 2, July 10, 1902 FIRST DAY OF PARIS-VIENNA Leaders Cover Part of Journey at 77 Miles an Hour – Fournier’s Bad Luck – Darracq Makes Fine Showing Paris, […]
Lessons of the Race from Paris to Vienna – Motor Age – 24 July 1902
This interesting and analysing article compares not only opinions of the European automotive press, it also gives own results of interviews with some participants. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistoryMOTOR AGE Vol. II, No. 4, July 24, 1902 LESSONS OF THE RACE FROM PARIS TO VIENNA From a mass […]
The Race from Paris to Vienna – Motor Age – 17 July 1902
The 1902 Paris-Vienna Race was extremely extensive reported in ths article of the US magazine „Motor Age“. Yet being in their second volume year, this report of that early motor racing event „over the pond“ seems to have been closely linked to the British magazine „The Autocar“. But it shows, how meticulous and secure this […]
Racing – the 1902 Paris-Vienna race – Motor Age – 3 July 1902
First article in a series of four different reports on the 1902 Paris-Vienna Race. This one discusses the routes and the outcomes of individual days, a fine summary to begin with. Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistoryMOTOR AGE Vol. II, No. 1, July 1, 1902 RACING The first prize […]
La Course Paris-Madrid – La Locomotion- 30 May 1903
The 1903 Paris – Madrid race, described and commented in this article, cost the lives of many spectators, drivers and mecahnics. And thus, it formed the end of the City-to-City era. „la fête finit ainsi“ = „the party thus ended“ was written. The most well-known driver who came to death was Marcel Renault. Avec l’authorisation […]
America’s First Horseless Carriage Race 1895 – Saturday Evening Post – January 1941
This article was published in The Saturday Evening Post of January 5th 1941, just some 45 years after the event took place. Written by Herman Henry (H. H.) Kohlsaat (1853-1924), reportedly editor and publisher of the Times-Herald newspaper, the originator of this first vehicle event in America. He got the idea of a carriage contest, […]
First American Automobile Race 1895 – hathitrust
„A pictorial history of the American automobile, as seen in Motor Magazine 1903-1953“, by Philip Van Doren Stern. This 1953 book explains a large part of the first fifty years American automotive history, covered in over just more than 250 pages. This part below deals with the 1895 November Times-Herald contest in Chicago. Text and […]
A Golden Anniversary 1895-1945 – hathitrust
„A pictorial history of the American automobile, as seen in Motor Magazine 1903-1953“, by Philip Van Doren Stern. This 1953 book explains a large part of the first fifty years American automotive history, covered in over just more than 250 pages. This part below deals with the 1895 November Times-Herald contest in Chicago. Text and […]
La Parigi-Madrid – La Stampa Sportiva – 7 June 1903
This 1903 Paris-Madrid report from La Stampa Sportiva, Italy, also shows warnings and even kind of rejection, when it starts with: „la data del 24 maggio rimarrà scritta a caratteri rossi e doppiamente funesta negli annali dello sport automobilistico.“ Meaning „the date of May 24 will remain written in red letters as a double tragic […]