History Auto racing 1894-1942

Paris‒Boulogne-sur Mer, 17Sep 1899

Entries and results:


Class: +6 CV
Girardot (#2), 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


'Levegh' (#3), 2nd, and
Broc (#5), 3rd, on Mors 12 HP:


Class: -6 CV:
Lefèbvre (#23), 2nd, on Lefèbvre Léo 6 CV;
Richard Popp (#21), DNF, on Popp 5 CV:
[front left unidentified]

G. Debacker (#25), DNF, and
de la Ville-Leroux (#26), DNF, on Stanley Steamer:


unidentified vehicle: A. Backstrom (#32), DNF


Class: motocylces, 2 seats


Paul Baras (#49), 1st, and
Léon Demeester (#79), 2nd, on De Dion-Bouton Quadricycle 3 CV Perfecta:


Deckert (#66), 16th, on unidentified Tricycle:


Articles:

• La locomotion automobile, 1899-09, p.609
• Le Sport universel illustré, 1899-09-30, p.621
• La Vie au grand air, 1899-09-24, p.17 + 1899-10-01, p.34 [pictorial]

 

Bordeaux-Biarritz, 1Oct 1899

Results: tourism, vitesse


Class: +400 kg
'Levegh' (#45), 1st, on Mors 12 HP:


Class: -400 kg
Ravenez (#41), 1st, on Decauville 2.8 CV:


Class: Motocycles
Bertin (#22), 1st, Bertin Tricycle:


Class: Tourism, +6 HP
Rolls (#66), 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 8 CV:


Class: Tourism, Motocycles
Couderc (#86), 3rd, De Dion-Bouton Tricycle 2.25 CV:


Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1899-10-15, p.56 [pictorial]
• La locomotion automobile, 1899-10, p.634+p.652

 

Course de côte de Chanteloup-les-Vignes, 12Nov 1899



Results:


Class: electricals
Camille Jenatzy, 1st, on CGA dogcart électrique:


Class: -400 kg
Béconnais, 1st, on De Dion-Bouton Quadricycle 3 CV Perfecta:


Debacker, 2nd, on Stanley Steamer:


van Berendonck, 3rd, on Éole voiturette:


Class: +400 kg
unidentified:


Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1899-11-19, p.109
  
• Le Sport universel illustré, 1899-11-18, p.736

 

Course de côte de Gaillon, Saint-Barbe, 3Dec 1899

Results:


Class: Motocycles without chain
Villemain, 1st, and
Baras, 2nd, on De Dion-Bouton Tricycle 2.25 CV:


Class: Motocycles with chain
Béconnais, 3rd, on De Dion-Bouton Quadricycle 3 CV Perfecta:


Class: -400 kg
Debacker, 1st, on Stanley Steamer:


Class: +400 kg
unidentified:


Articles:

• La locomotion automobile, 1899-12, p.743+786
• La Via au grand air, 1899-12-17, p.164.

 

Thank you for sharing all these fantastics pictures DadofPul

 

My pleasure. Still quite a few in my archives.

 

Lots of history there. We've come a long way.

 

1900 ‒ Races in Germany and Austria


Gebirgsfernfahrt (Mountain Tour), Eisenach (GER), 6May 1900



Oestreich (#6), 1st, and
Ehrhardt (#5), 2nd, on Wartburg Modell 1:

• Article: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-13, S.14

Exelberg Rennen (Hillclimb, AUT), 13May 1900

Class: Motocycles
Louis Gasté, 1st, on Noé Boyer Tricycle 3 CV Phébus:


Dietrich, Draskovich, Gyulai, Schönbrunn, Spitz,
all NC, on De Dion-Bouton Tricycle 2.25 CV;
Steam, NC on Noè Boyer Tricycle 3 CV Phébus:

• Article: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-20, S.6

 

Mannheim-Pforzheim-Mannheim (GER), 13May 1900

Results [German]:


Class 1: Racing +400 kg
Fritz Held (#6), 1st, and
Scarisbrück (#5), 2nd, on Benz Rennwagen 16 PS:


Class 2: Tourism
Enders, 1st, on Benz:


Clouth (#1), 4th, on Daimler Phönix 12 PS:


Class 3: Racing -400 kg
Richard Benz, 1st, on Benz Ideal 4.5 PS:

• Articles: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-20 + 1900-05-27

 

Salzburg‒Vienna (AUT), 1-2Jun 1900

Entries and results [German]:


Class A: Racing +400 kg
Richard von Stern (#8), 1st, on Daimler Phönix 24 PS:


Theodor von Liebig (#1), 2nd, on Nesseldorf Rennzweier 12 PS:


'Vorwärts' (#9), 3rd, on Daimler Phönix 12 PS:


Class B: Tourism -1100 kg
Struhatschek (#11), 2nd, on Nesseldorf 9 PS:


Class E: Racing -400 kg
Wilhelm (#27), 1st, on Wartburg 8 PS:


Articles [German]:

• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-27, S.2
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-06-10, S.3 [10 pages, pictorial]

Fernfahrt Nürnberg (Nuremberg)-Bamberg-Nürnberg (GER), 17Jun 1900

Class: Racing +400 kg
Schmitt (#20), 1st,
Scarisbrück, 2nd, on Benz Rennwagen 16 PS:

• Article: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-06-24, S.14 [German]
  

 

International Track Race, Frankfurt/Main (GER), 29Jul 1900

Results [German]:


Class: Racing -400 kg:
unidentified:


Class: Racing +400 kg:
Bender, 1st, on Benz 20 PS:


von Liebig, 3rd, on Nesselsdorf Rennzweier 12 PS;
Lemercier and W. Tischbein, NC, on De Dietrich 18 HP:

• Articles: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-08-05 + 1900-08-12 [German]

 

Berlin-Aachen (GER), 30Aug-2Sep 1900
(690 km)

Entries and results [German]:


Start in Berlin - light cars and tricycles:


Class 1: Tricycles
Gleizes (#33), 1st, on Cudell Tricycle 2.25 CV De Dion-Bouton:


Kittsteiner (#41), 2nd, on Kölner Motorwagen Tricycle 2.25 PS De Dion-Bouton:


Class 2: Racing -400 kg
Dupont (#36), 1st, on Libéria 6.5 CV:


Otto Krüger (#27), 6th, on Cudell Vis-à-vis 3.5 CV:


Class 3: Tourism -400 kg
Christian Barth (#47), 2nd, and
A. Isbert (#20), 3rd, on De Dietrich 16 HP:


Gustav Ehrhardt (#14), DNF, on Wartburg Modell 1:


Class 3: Tourism -600 kg
Richard Dürkopp (#37), DNF, on Dürkopp 6 HP:


Class 3: Racing +400 kg
Émile Kraeutler (#12), 1st, on Peugeot 12 CV:


Finisher:


Articles [German]:

• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-09-09, S.04
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-09-16, S.08

 

1900 ‒ Races in France


Course du Catalogue, Melun, 18Feb 1900

Results:


Class F: +15,000 francs
Léonce Girardot, 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


Degrais (#29), 2nd, on Mors 12 HP:


Class E: -15,000 francs
Lefèbvre (#27), 1st, on Lefèbvre Bolide 16 CV:
(unidentified: #7)

Class A: -3,000 francs
Mercier (#4), 1st, on Gladiator 3 HP:


unidentified: #1, #21, #22:

• Article: La Vie au grand air, 1900-03-04, p.313 [French, pictorial]

 

Semaine de Pau - Pau race week, 22-25Feb 1900


Meeting de Pau, Circuit du Sud-Ouest, 22Feb 1900

Entries and results [French]:


Class: +400 kg, 2 seats
Pascault (#3), 1st, on Peugeot 15 CV:


Loraine-Barrow (#2), 2nd, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


Class: -400 kg
Henri Tart (#24), Clément 3.5 CV:


Class: Motocycles
H. Meyer (#12), 1st, on De Dion-Bouton Tricycle 2¼ CV:


Articles [French]:

• La locomotion automobile, 1900-02, p.130
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-03-04, p.309

Grand Prix de Pau, Circuit du Sud-Ouest, 25Feb 1900
(335 km)

Results [French]:


Class: Racing +400 kg
René de Knyff (#29), 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 16 CV:


Bozon de Périgord, 2nd,
Gilles Hourgières, 3rd, and
Fernand Charron (#34), DNF, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


Class: Racing Tricycles


Marcellin, 1st, on De Dion-Bouton 5/6 CV:


Articles:

• La locomotion automobile, 1900-03, p.131 [French]
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-03-11, p.322 [French, pictorial]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-03-04, S.12 [German]

 

Coupe des Voiturettes, Paris-Rouen-Paris, 11Mar 1900
(217 km)



Class A: water-cooled, -250 kg
Echalié (#4), DNF, on Teste & Moret 3 CV De Dion-Bouton:


Class B: water-cooled, -500 kg
Léon Théry (#14), 1st, on Decauville 8 CV:


Ravenez (#15), 2nd, on Decauville 5 CV:


Vehel (#19), 13th, on Gaillardet 5 CV:


Class C: air-cooled, -250 kg
Schrader (#31), 4th, on Corre 2.5 CV:


Articles:

• The Automobile Magazine V.2 1900, p.123
  
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-03-18 + 1900-04-01 [French]
  
• La locomotion automobile, 1900-03, p.168 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-03-18, S.10 [German]

 

Semaine de Nice ‒ Nice racing week, 25-30Mar 1900

• Corso fleuri, 25Mar 1900
• Nice-Marseille-Nice (Vitesse - Racing), 26-27Mar 1900
  
• Nice-Draguignan-Nice (Tourism), 26-27Mar 1900
  
• Nice course du mille - mile trials, 29Mar 1900
• Nice‒La Turbie (Hillclimb), 30Mar 1900

Corso fleuri, 25Mar 1900
Mme. Bob-Walter, M.&Mme. Langlois:



Nice-Marseille-Nice (Vitesse - Racing), 26-27Mar 1900

Results:


Class: -250 kg (Motocycles)
Béconnais (#31), 1st, on Perfecta Tricycle 4.5 CV Soncin:


Gaétan de Méaulne (#25), 7th, and
'Gleizes', DNF, on De Dion-Bouton Tricycle 3 CV:


Class: +400 kg
René de Knyff (#16), 1st, Panhard-Levassor 16 CV:


Gilles Hourgières (#19), 2nd, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV (Type 1899):


'Pinson' (#30), 4th, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV (Type 1897):


Fernand Charron (#4), 3rd, on Panhard-Levassor 16 CV:


Charles Labouré (#48), 9th, on Benz Dos-à-dos 5 PS:


Jellinek (#6), 10th, and
Portal (#8), DNF, on Daimler Phönix 23 PS:



Nice-Draguignan-Nice (Tourism), 26-27Mar 1900
Class: 400-1000 kg
Theodor von Liebig (#14), 2nd, on Nesselsdorf Präsident-Nachfolger 9 PS:



Nice course du mille - mile trials, 29Mar 1900

Results [French]:


Class: +400kg
'Levegh' (#22), 1st, on Mors 12 HP:


Class: Motocycles
Béconnais, 1st, on Perfecta Tricycle 4.5 CV Soncin:


Class: Steam or electrical
Serpollet + Gardner, 1st, on Serpollet 6 CV:



Nice‒La Turbie (Hillclimb), 30Mar 1900

Results:


Class: +400 kg, 2 seats
Girardot (#5), 3rd, on Panhard-Levassor 16 CV, overtaking
'Pinson' (#30), 6th, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


Class: -250 kg
Tart + Teste, 3rd, on Gladiator 2.5 HP:


Class: Tourism, 4 seats
Bauer, fatal accident, on Daimler Phönix 23 PS:

 

Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1900-04-01 + 1900-04-08 [pictorial, French]
• Le Sport universel illustré, 1900-02-17, p.110 [French]
• 1900-03-29 Course du Mille - La locomotion automobile, p.39 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-04-08 + 1900-04-15 + 1900-04-22. [German]

 

Critérium des Voiturettes, Etampes-Chartres-Etampes (FRA), 17May 1900
(100 km)

Results:


Class: 250-400 kg
Louis Cottereau (#8), 1st, on Cottereau 5 CV:


Léon Théry (#11), 2nd, and
Chabrière (#12), 3rd on Decauville 8 CV:


Mercier (#2), 4th, on Gladiator 6 HP:


Echalié (#4), 5th, on Gladiator 3 HP:


Class: -250 kg
Tart (#1), 1st, on Gladiator 2.5 CV:


Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1900-05-27, p.481 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-27, S.03 [German]

 

1. Gordon-Bennet Cup, Paris-Lyon, 14Jun 1900
(566 km)

Teams/entries:


Results:




Fernand Charron (#40), 1st, and
Léonce Girardot (#49), 2nd, on Panhard-Levassor 20 CV:
(all others DNF)

Articles:

• The Automobile Magazine, 1900-06, p.297 [English]
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-06-24, p.537 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-06-24 + 1900-07-01 [German]

 

Tour de France automobile, Paris-Toulouse-Paris, 25..28Jul 1900
(1443 km)

Part of the World Exhibition 1900, Paris


Class: +400 kg
'Levegh' (#6), 1st,
'Antony' (#75), 5th, and
Léonce Girardot (#3), DNF, on Mors 24 HP:


Carl Voigt (#2), 2nd, on Panhard-Levassor 24 CV:


Ravel (#62), 7th, on Peugeot 15 CV:


Selwyn Francis Edge (#14), DNF, on Napier 16 HP:


Class: 250-400 kg
Oury + Schrader (#72), 2nd, and
Louis Renault (#21), DNF, on Renault Type C 3 CV:


Class: Motocycles
Georges Teste (#29), 1st,
Collignon (#31), 2nd, and
Pierre Bardin (#28), 3rd, on De Dion Bouton Tricycle 5/6 CV:
[Bardin (#28) front left]

Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1900-08-04, p.604 [French]
• La locomotion automobile, 1900-08, p.499 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-08-05 + 1900-08-12 [German]

 

Concours de voiturettes, Vincennes, 13..18Aug 1900
Part of the World Exhibition 1900, Paris

Results:


Category 1: -250 kg
Gladiator 6 HP (#12, #13, #14), gold medal:


Georges Richard Poney 4 CV (#4), silver medal:


Category 2: -400 kg
Renault Type C 3 CV (#1), gold medal, and (#9), NC:


De Dion-Bouton Model D 4.5 CV (#8), vermillion medal:


Créanche Type A 4 CV (#15), bronze medal:

• Article: La Vie au grand air, 1900-08-26, p.644

 

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Fête automobile du Sport, Bois de Boulogne, Paris, 20Oct 1900

Impressions:


de Vériane (#42) on De Riancey;
(#17) unidentified vehicle:


de Cherelais (#30) on Éole:


Richard (#11) and (#12) on Georges Richard Poney 4 CV:


(#48), Gladiator 6 HP:


d'Hermant (#6) on Ostheimer F.N. Type A:


Braun (#14) on Peugeot 3½ CV:


unidentified vehicles:
(#41), Bied Chareton (#5), et al.


Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1900-10-28 +1900-11-18
• Les Sports modernes, 1901-01, p.3
• Le Sport universel illustré, 1900-10-27 + 1900-11-03
• L'Auto-vélo, 1900-10-26 + 1900-11-03

 

Critérium de l'alcool (consumption test), Paris-Rouen, 28Oct 1900

Results:




Girardot (#36), 3rd, on Panhard-Levassor 12 CV:


Giraud (#55), 21st, on Panhard-Levassor 24 CV:


Deckert (#38), 36th, on Aurore Quadricycle:


Chérié, DNS, on Renault 3 CV:


Unidentified vehicles:


Articles:

• Le Sport universel illustré, 1900-11-03, p.703
• L'Auto-vélo, 1900-10-29, p.1
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-11-04, p.763
• La lcocomotion automobile, 1901-01-03, p.11

 

Course de côte de Chanteloup (hillclimb), 4Nov 1900
(1900 m)

Results:




Class: +400 kg, 4 seats
Henry de Rothschild (#17), 1st, on Daimler Phönix 23 PS:


Mme. Gobron (#11), 2nd,
and (#13), 6th, on Gobron-Brillié 9 CV:


Class: +400 kg, 6 seats
(#14), 2nd, on Delahaye 14 CV:


Class: -400 kg, 2 seats
'Marcellin' (#14), 2nd, on Perfecta Quadricycle 6 CV:


Articles:

• L'Auto-vélo, 1900-11-04 + 1900-11-05 [French]
• La Vie au grand air, 1900-11-11, p.771 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-11-11, S.17 [German]

 

Course de côte de Gaillon (Hillclimb), Saint-Barbe, 11Nov 1900

Results:


1. Category: +400 kg, 2 seats
Brasier (#11), 1st, and
Levegh (#7), 4th, on Mors 24 HP:


Lefèbvre (#5), 2nd, on Lefèbvre Bolide 16 CV:


Dietrich (#2), 5th, on De Dietrich 9 HP Break:


2. Category: +400 kg, 4 seats
Terront (#32), 1st, on Bardon 5 CV:


3. Category: -400 kg, 2 seats
van Berendonck (#63), 1st, on Éole:


7. Category: Motocycles, 1 seat
Béconnais (#161), 1st, on Perfecta Tricycle 4.5 CV Soncin:


8. Category: Motocycles, 2 seats
Gustave (#195), 1st, on Renaux Quadricycle 3.5 CV:


Articles:

• La Vie au grand air, 1900-11-25 +1901-01-06 [pictorial, French]
• L'Auto-vélo, 1900-11-11 + 1900-11-12 [French]
• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-11-18 +1900-11-25 [German]

 

1900 ‒ Motor racing in the USA


Springfield‒Babylon, Long Island, N.Y., 14Apr 1900

Results:


Andrew Riker (#1), 1st, on Riker Electric Runabout:


T. Davis (#15), 2nd, on Locomobile Steamer 4.5 HP:


Alexander Fischer (#8), 3rd, on Gasmobile 5 HP:


Wolfe Bishop (#5), 4th,
Albert Bostwick (#4), 5th, and
George Chamberlin (#12), 6th, on Winton 6 HP:


C. Field (#10), 7th, on De Dion-Bouton 3.5 CV:


Articles:
[English]

• The Automobile Magazine V.2, 1900, p.110 [pictorial]
• The Horseless Age, 1900-04-18, p.20
• The Automobile Review, 1900-04
• N.Y. Times, 1900-04-15
• Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1900-04

[German]

• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-04-29 + 1900-05-13

 

1900 ‒ Motor racing in the UK


1000 Mile Trial, London-Edinburgh-London, 23Apr-11May 1900
(1609 km)

Entries + Results:





Section I: Manufacturers
Hewetson (#2), completed, on Benz Ideal 3 PS:


Friswell (#26), completed, on Peugeot Type 18 - 8 CV:


Fuller (#14), DNF, on De Dion-Bouton 3.5 CV:


(#28), DNF, New Orleans 3 HP;
(#15), DNF, De Dion-Bouton 3.5 CV;
(#44), DNF, International 3 HP Victoria;
(#16), DNF, Gladiator 3 HP:


(#24), DNF, Marshall 4.5 HP:


(#33) and (#34), both DNF, Decauville 3.5 CV:


(#38), DNF, Daimler Motor Corp. 9.5 HP Waggonette:


(#40), DNF, Wolseley 5 HP:


(#51), DNF, Star 3.5 HP:



Section II: Owners
Charles S. Rolls (#A17), 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 12 HP:


Scott-Montagu (#A11), on Daimler Motor Corp. 12 HP;
Butler (#A2), DNF, on Panhard-Levassor 6 CV:


Selwyn F. Edge (#A10), on Napier 8 HP:


Edmunds (#A12), DNF, and
Pitman (#A21), on Daimler MC 6 HP;
Cordingley (#A23), on M.M.C. Motor Manufacturing Corp. 6 HP:


'Exe' (Johnson, #A31), on Daimler MC 6 HP:


Bazalgette (#A25), on Benz Ideal 3 PS:


Butler (#A2), ,
Browne (#A3), and
Harmsworth (#A7), all DNF, on Panhard-Levassor 6 CV:

 

Articles
[English]:

• The Automobile Magazine v.3, 1901-04, p.298 and
  The Automobile Magazine v.3, 1901-05, p.387
  
• Leeds Mercury, 1900-05-14, p.6
  
• The Horseless Age, 1900-05-30, p.21

[French]:

• La locomotion automobile, 1900-04, p.039

[German]:

• Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung, 1900-05-06 + 1900-06-03

 

New York‒Philadelphia, 01-02Jun 1900

Entries:


Class: Steamer
George I. Scott + General George M. Smith, 1st, on Locomobile 3.5 HP:


Class: Gasoline
George F. Chamberlin, 1st, on Winton 9 HP:


E.E. Schwarzkopf, 5th, on Omnibus 6 HP:

• Article [English]:

Newport Races, Rhode Island, N.Y., 6Sep 1900

Entries + Program:


Results:


Class: Gasoline

Lanier (#403) and (#407): unidentified vehicles

William K. Vanderbilt jr. (#401), 1st, on Daimler Phönix 23 PS 'White Ghost':

• Article: New York Times, 1900-09-07

Guttenberg races, New Jersey, 18Sep 1900

Line up for 5 mile race:


Heat: American cars
T. Walsh (#27), 1st, on unidentified vehicle:


Heat: +1000 lbs.
Albert C. Bostwick, 1st, on Panhard-Levassor 20 CV:


David Wolfe Bishop, 2nd, on Winton 6 HP:

• Article: Automobile Magazine v.2, 1900-10, p.585