1914 GP de l'ACF à Lyon

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Sombrero
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1914 GP de l'ACF à Lyon

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGzL5A9CS_Y[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-mzjOT ... e=youtu.be[/youtube]

http://amis-du-vieux-brignais.org/grand-prix.html

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk5GvYUtHPo#t=403[/youtube]

more on : http://revsinstitute.org/the-collection ... -prix-car/

Regulation : max. 4.5L, min. weight 800 kg, max. weight 1100 kg. First GP race with a limited engine displacement to 4.5 litres.

Belgium : Nagant
France : Aldas, Delage, Peugeot & Schneider
Germany : Opel & Mercedes
Great Britain : Vauxhall & Sunbeam
Italy : Fiat, Nazzaro & Aquila
Switzerland : PicPic

37 cars, 13 constructors from 6 nations.

Sombrero
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http://automobileandamericanlife.blogsp ... cedes.html

One hundred years ago to the day... July the 4th !

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-VmJOLLdrQ[/youtube]

Good Independence Day btw

bill shoe
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Sombrero, what a beautiful reminder of where the sport came from! A century anniversary to celebrate on the eve of a bunch of important but sad century anniversaries for the start of WW1.

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strad
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top one was clipped from the Shell Motorsport History.Do you have the whole thing? If not I can supply it.
To achieve anything, you must be prepared to dabble on the boundary of disaster.”
Sir Stirling Moss

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