Race Cars from 1900's
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As one of three Gordon Bennett Cups established by James Gordon Bennett, Jr., millionaire owner of the New York Herald, the automobile racing award was first given in 1900 in France.
In 1899 Gordon Bennett offered the Automobile Club de France (ACF) a trophy to be raced for annually by the automobile clubs of the various countries. The trophy was awarded annually until 1905, after which the ACF held the first Grand Prix motor racing event at the Circuit de la Sarthe, in Le Mans.
The 1903 event in Ireland gave rise to the birth of British Racing Green.
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Numbered from 1 to 498.
1901 aquidneck, rhode island - willie k vanderbilt (mercedes 35hp red devil) 1st
1902 circuit des ardennes - charles jarrott (panhard 70) 1st
1902 circuit du nord, paris-arras-paris - maurice farman (panhard-levassor) 1st
1902 gordon bennett trophy, paris-innsbruck - selwyn francis edge (napier) 1st
1903 circuit des ardennes - baron pierre de crawhez (panhard 70) 1st
1903 circuit des ardennes - marius barbarou (benz 60) dns
1903 eagle rock hillclimb, west orange, nj - willie k vanderbilt (mors 60hp) 1st
1903 gordon bennett trophy, athy, northern ireland - baron pierre de caters (mercedes 9.3-litre 4-cyl 60hp) dnf 6 laps