La Coupe Gordon Bennett – Le Vélo – 22+29 December 1899
In the final days of 1899, when it looked as if everything around the first Gordon Bennett Cup race was finalised, storm broke up! Here’s something on the two teams that the ACF had defined and the yes-or-no participation of Belgium. For reasons of simplicity, I’ve combined two weeks in one. (Translation included at the […]
Coupe Gordon Bennett – Le Vélo – 22 November 1899
It is the end of November 1899 and the year slowly slitters into its finale. By that time, very late in view of next year’s event timing, the Automobile Club de France publishes the Gordon Bennett Rules. That is one of the reasons, why the ACF was under a lot of criticism. Could they have […]
Propos D’Hiver – La Coupe de Discorde – Le Vélo – 21 December 1899
Already before the first Gordon Bennett Cup race of 1900 had even taken place, squarrels and opposing remarks hit the fan. The choice of the French team seemed to have raised comments from diferent sides. Or is the new racing event already a complete sign of „Discorde“ as mentioned here? But no one less than […]
Le Sélection d’èquipe francais – La Locomotion Automobile – 21 December 1899
Just before Christmas 1899, the French teams representing France in the first Gordon Bennet race, were chosen by the ACF committee. This however, seemed to be not that easy. Two teams were chosen, one consisting of three drivers and a second team with four drivers. It seems that discussions were necessary, as to what criteria […]
La Coupe Gordon-Bennett – La Locomotion Automobile – 23 Novembre 1899
The last and final amendments to five of the the rules have been made; les „modifications petites“, just for the end of November. These too, were also published in La Locomotion Automobile. (Translation included at the end). Texte et photos avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national français, gallica.bnf.fr/ https://www.bnf.fr/fr Compilé par motorracinghistory.comLa Locomotion Automobile, 6e Année, […]
Automobile-Club de France, Commission Sportive – La Locomotion Automobile – 19 October 1899
After having received several comments of other national automobile clubs, La Locomotion Automobile was prepared to post the final regulations for the Gordon Bennett Cup races. One week before finally publishing these rules, a short mention-before was given, summarising the most important points of the rules in this 19 October issue. (Translation included at the […]
La Coupe Gordon-Bennett – La Locomotion Automobile – 10 August 1899
The automotive magazine La Locomotion Automobile of August 10 makes clear, that all the national automobile clubs are in contact with each other to assure that each of their wishes can be added to the racing rules in order to realise by the end of the year, one common set of rules. (Translation included at […]
Le Règlement de la Coupe Gordon-Bennett, Translation- La Locomotion Automobile – 26 October 1899
The regulations for the Gordon Bennett Cup races are published here in the Locomotion Automobile of end October 1899. About a month later, these also would be published in Le Vélo. To this date, it was the first version; a bit later, some modifications were added. Typical of the ACF is, that they would publish […]
Le Règlement de la Coupe Gordon-Bennett – La Locomotion Automobile – 26 October 1899
The regulations for the Gordon Bennett Cup races are published here in the Locomotion Automobile of end October 1899. About a month later, these also would be published in Le Vélo. To this date, it was the first version; a bit later, some modifications were added. Typical of the ACF is, that they would publish […]
Automobile-Club de France – La Locomotion Automobile – 29 June 1899
Already in June 1899, James Gordon Bennett gave his proposals for the Gordon Bennett Cup races to the French ACF, L’Automobile-Club de France; via the Belgian baron de Zuylen. The magazine La Locomotion Automobile became the honour of publishing, not only the letter, but also the ACF internal development of the race series, up to […]