The grid was slowly decimated by the fatigue of the long week that preceded this heat: among the drivers who did not show up on the decisive day, of the cars that were victims of accidents, mechanical problems and other failures, only 10 would start on Sunday. Even with this number much...
The only way Farina could take the title was to win the race and hope that Fangio did no better than a fifth place (in case of the additional point for the fastest lap). Qualifying saw Fangio take pole with a time of 1 minute and 58 seconds, on the 6.3 km course, ahead of ...
Sommer jumped out in front followed by Chaboud, ‘B Bira” and Louveau. The race of the Talbot MC did nost last long: by lap 5 the engine was ailing and by lap 8 it had retired with a burnt head-gasket. Meanwhile during the first lap Arialdo Ruggeri suffered a terrible crash at th...
000 people visited the Los Angeles Museum of History,Scienceand Art to see the works entered—and some big names did enter the competitions. John Russell Pope, the architect of the Jefferson Memorial, won a silver at the 1932 Los Angeles Games for his design of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium, ...
Bugatti did not want to enter one of his cars. Fortunately, Jean Bugatti persuaded his father to enter one car for 1939. The co-driver of the Bugatti T57C was Pierre Veyron, the king of the Voiturettes at the beginning of the 30s.“Technically, nobody can beat Bugatti!”said Robert ...