The Loyal Legion of Speed – Motor Age – 30 September 1915
Text and jpegs by courtesy of hathitrust.org www.hathitrust.org, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Motor Age, Vol. VI, No. 10, September 8, 1904 The Loyal Legion of Speed Being the Short and Simple Annals of the Mechanician, Unsung and Unhonored Hero By E.V. Rickenbacher and J.C. Burton HE is the Damon of the gasoline circuit, a Damon to […]
Le Circuit d’Ardennes – La Vie au Grand Air – 11 August 1905
Avec l’authorisation du Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr.Text et photos compilé par motorracingistory.com. (Translation by DeepL.com included). La Vie au Grand Air – 8e Année, N°. 361, 11 août 1905. Le Circuit des Ardennes. Photos.Page 0.HÉMERY – Gagnant du Circuit des Ardennes, sur voiture Darracq, munie de pneumatiques Michelin.Page 1.LE CIRCUIT DES ARDENNESWAGNER. GAGNANT DU CIRCUIT […]
Les Pénalités dans le Sport – la Vie au Grand Air – 3 November 1905
Text et photograhies avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr, www.gallica.bnf.fr, compilé par motorracinghistory.com (Translation by DeepL.com included). La Vie au Grand Air, 8e Année, No. 373, 3 novembre 1905 LES PÉNALITÉS DANS LE SPORT Hémery.Gagnant du Circuit des Ardennes et de la Coupe Vanderbilt, Hémery vient de se voir suspendu pour une année, pour […]
Victor Hémery (1876 – 1950, aged 73)
Victor Hémery Hémery was born on 18 November 1876 in Sillé-le-Guillaume, near Sarthe, France. He deceased at Le Mans on 9 September 1950, at the age of 73 years. He was also known as „le hargneux“, meaning something like „the grumpy one“, because of his mostly sturdy look, of which I beleive was more due […]
Le Grand Prix de France, Translation – la Vie au Grand Air – 29 July 1911
In 1911, the Grand Prix scene slowly came out of her hybernation. The regional Automobile Club de la Sarthe et de l’Ouest decided to organise an event, which was nicknamed by Grand Prix des Tacots (something like the old cars). Not more than 14 registrations and finally a mere three finishers could be noted in […]
Le Grand Prix de France – la Vie au Grand Air – 29 July 1911
In 1911, the Grand Prix scene slowly came out of her hybernation. The regional Automobile Club de la Sarthe et de l’Ouest decided to organise an event, which was nicknamed by Grand Prix des Tacots (something like the old cars). Not more than 14 registrations and finally a mere three finishers could be noted in […]
Au Volant – Hémery, Translation – la Vie au Grand Air – 23 February 1906
Text and photos with autorisation of Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr, www.gallica.bnf.fr, compiled by motorracinghistory.com, translated by DeepL.com La Vie au Grand Air, Volume 9, No. 389, June 6, 1906 BEHIND THE WHEEL – HÉMERY By C. FAROUX Hémery, winner of the last Circuit des Ardennes and the Vanderbilt Cup, is not the reckless daredevil that […]
Au Volant – Hémery – la Vie au Grand Air – 23 February 1906
Text et photograhies avec l’autorisation du Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr, www.gallica.bnf.fr, compilé par motorracinghistory.com La Vie au Grand Air, 9e Année, No. 389, 6 juin 1906 AU VOLANT – HÉMERY Par C. FAROUX Hémery, le vainqueur du dernier Circuit des Ardennes et de la Coupe Vanderbilt, n’est pas le téméraire irréfléchi qu’on croit communément PI […]
Ma Course de Paris-Bordeaux, Translation – la Vie au Grand Air – 5 June 1903
Text and photo with authorisation of Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr, www.gallica.bnf.fr, compiled by motorracinghistory.com La Vie au Grand Air, 6e Année, No. 247, 6 juin 1903 BETWEEN US – The Paris-Madrid Race Following the ban on the Paris-Madrid race, of which only the first stage was completed, we are unable to make a logical […]
Madame Camille Du Gast, Translation – Les Sports Modernes – June 1905
Text and photos by authorisation of Bibliothèque national francais, gallica.bnf.fr, www.gallica.bnf.fr, compiled by motorracinghistory.com Les Sports Modernes, 8e Année, IIe Série, No. 2, juin 1905 Mrs. Camille Du Gast From time to time, at irregular intervals, newspapers publish a short, laconic, but eloquent piece of information, worded as follows, or thereabouts:Marseille. The liner X… has […]