After three years of less than moderate popularity, the Gordon Bennett Cup races all of a sudden became the „beloved one“ of the automotive industry and the motorracing scene. That year’s Paris-Madrid race namely was all but a complete disaster, leading to a complete ban on the popular city-to-city races. And so now, it was up to the „lost son“ now to take over motorracing; Gordon Bennett was „back in business“.
   The 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup race was held in Ireland, around the city of Athy. This would be the first Cup race, that sparked a real and broad interest in the Gordon Bennett series, leading to 12 participating cars of four nations with each the maximum of three cars per nation; France, Germany, Great Britain and America. It was Camille Jenatzy in a Mercedes who won with an average speed of some 80 kmh.
   The book „At the Greatest Speed“ by Patrick Lynch gives further and deeper insight in not only that 1903 Gordon Bennett Cup race, but aso on the person of Gordon Bennet himself.