Lessons of Auto Race – The New York Herald, European Edition – 16 June 1900
In this last of five articles on the 1900 Gordon Bennett Cup race, a summary is given on some specific feats during and around the event. With permission of the Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr Text and fotos compiled by motorracinghistoryTHE NEW YORK HERALD, European Edition — No. 23,308, Saturday, June 16, 1900, page 1. LESSONS […]
Tomorrow’s Auto Race – The New York Herald, European Edition – 13 June 1900
For the first Gordon Bennett Cup race in 1900, Paris-Lyon, the European edition of The New York Herald dedicated no less that five articles on that race. Logically, as this was the Cup initiator’s own newspaper. But one significant item comes up, going through the differenct issues. The name of James Gordon Bennett was never […]
Start of the Auto Race – The New York Herald, European Edition – 14 June 1900
This second article, all were to follow each other on a day’s sequence, is a short one. Published on the day of the event, June 14th, discusses the withdrawal of the Belgian team (except Camille Jenatzy) and that Alfred Velghe, a.k.a. “Levegh” would participate on his own account. With permission of the Bibliothèque national francais, […]
The Gordon Bennett Cup Race – Motor Age – 21 June 1900
The automotive magazine Motor Age in his second year of existence (and that would be quite longer) reorted for the first time, the first Gordon Bennet Cup race Paris-Lyon. For a young magazine, quite an extensive report, with many details on running times. With courtesy of Internet Archive archive.org Text and photoscompiled by motorracingistoryMOTOR AGE […]