Gordon Bennett Cup Rules – The Automobile Club of Americal – 1905
For some reason or another, the Automobile Club of America A.C.A decided to map the Gordon Bennett Cup rules somewhere in 1905; the last year that the GB Cup was to take place! Why the ACA would do that, at such a late extent (the final year of that race event), I donno! But at […]
Coupe Gordon Bennett, Translation – 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 […]
Automobile Club of France offers International Racing Cup – The Horseless Age – 29 June 1899
It was a short message in the June 29 issue of The Horseless Age, indicating that more and more automotive magazines were in the” distribution loop” of one of thelonger lasting cup motorrace series. Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracingistory.com.THE HORSELESS AGE – Vol. IV, No. 13, June 29, 1899 […]
Rules for the International Races – The Horseless Age – 29 November 1899
And so again, The Horseless Age is very limited in messaging on the Gordon Bennett Cup preparations in 1899. Understandable this is, as it is an automotive magazine with emphasis on technical issues. In later years, after the Gordon Bennett Cup becomes more and more popular, they reported more on the GB series. Text and […]
Sir David Salomons’ Letter / Rules for the Gordon Bennett International Racing Cup – The Horseless Age – 16 August 1899
The letter that Sir David Salomons of the Automobile Club of Great Britain wrote to the French automobile club, the ACF is not only shown her, bur also commente in this Augsut 16 issue of The Horseless Age. Yes, discussion between some national automobile clubs on the new rules, was already on it’s way and […]
Foreign Notes – The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal – 15 July 1899
July 1899 an most of the automobile clubs had received Gordon Bennet’s invitaion for the Cup races. Distributed by the french automobile clunb, the A.C.F. A very shor summary of what the race serie would involve. JGB also proposed initially NOT to use his name, but instead to name it Columbia Challenge Cup. Text and […]
Gordon Bennett Cup Rules – The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal – 15 December 1899
In this december article, the latest amendments to the Cup rules are published, together with the important notice that by January 1 at the latest, participants are to register to particpate in the competition. Text and photos with courtesy of hathitrust hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracingistory.com.THE AUTOMOTOR AND HORSELESS VEHICLE JOURNAL – Vol. IV, No. 39, […]
The Gordon Bennett Automobile Cup – The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal – 16 November 1899
This report of mid November completely covers the rules for the Gordon Bennett Cup races. It entails a French-to-English translation, that the A.C. great Britain has made of the original french text, That’s at least what I presume. If one also assumes that the original text, written by an American newspaper owner (JGB), was in […]
The Gordon Bennett International Automobile Cup – The Automotor and Horseless Vehicle Journal – 15 August 1899
This report shows two significant items of the pre-Cup year. First, a letter from Sir David Salomon of the A.C. Britain to the secretary of the A.C. France, in a first reaction of the rules, that were distributed earlier by the ACF. The second part may not be that important, but the “Club Banquet to […]
French Team wins the International Automobile Cup – The New York Herald, European Edition – 15 June 1900
The first Gordon Bennett Cup race from Paris to Lyon was a “victory” for the French. Fernand Charron on a Panhard-Levassor won with Léonce Girardot in a Mors second. That were the only two cars maling it to the finish. This report gives an account of the race and of several “around-it” situations. A reference […]