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7
May 1933
It
was in 1933 that the giant American airship Akron crashed in the
Atlantic with all hands aboard. Thirteen years of Prohibition ended in
the United States. In Germany, the cruiser Admiral Scheer was
launched. Goebbels imposed a boycott on Jewish businessmen and the
first concentration camps were established. And in the Italian colony
of Libya, Italo Balbo opened the new racing circuit at Tripoli, the
fastest in the world.
Unlike the narrow,
twisting course at Monte-Carlo, the Tripoli circuit was 8 ¼ miles
long. You could keep up a speed of 120 m.p.h.- and break your neck.
Alfred Neubauer brings you HIS version of the "Race
that was Rigged".
29
May 1903
PARIS-BORDEAUX!
The very name conjures up old memories of struggles, grim and fierce,
and thrilling fights amongst those whose names are now almost
forgotten, but who, on the old Paris-Bordeaux road, struggled in years
past for the title of 'King of the Road'. It all began in the days
before motors were thought of and when the cycle held its own as the
most rapid form of road vehicle. Mills, Holbein, Huret, Lesna, Linton
- great riders of their day - struggled hard to win the great road
race of the year, Paris to Bordeaux. Later, De Knyff, Charron,
Girardot, Farman, Fournier and others whose names are quite forgotten,
fought the same battles over the same long, straight stretches. Their
course was fleet and the pace was fierce, but it was all on the same
old fascinating road, and, as a grand finale, Paris to Bordeaux was
the first, and, as it eventually turned out, the last stage of the
last great inter-country race, Paris to Madrid,
so remarked Charles Jarrott
about the race that would be later called the "Race
to Death".
30
May 1965
Graham
Hill was the unofficial King of Monte Carlo in equal parts for his
success on those city streets, winning 5 times and the esteem he was
held in the hearts of the local fans.
"It's difficult to say
why he was so special, but he had such a charisma, you know, with his
cap, his moustache and his sense of humor. He would sit in the sun,
enjoying a beer and when the fans came he would listen to them all and
have a joke with everybody. Even the French were charmed by him, and
you know sometimes we are not so good with humor."
Rosie Bernard, proprietor of
the legendary Rosie's Bar, Monaco
In 1965
he won what he considered one of his greatest victories.
It
was in 1933 that the giant American airship Akron crashed in the
Atlantic with all hands aboard. Thirteen years of Prohibition ended in
the United States. In Germany, the cruiser Admiral Scheer was
launched. Goebbels imposed a boycott on Jewish businessmen and the
first concentration camps were established. And in the Italian colony
of Libya, Italo Balbo opened the new racing circuit at Tripoli, the
fastest in the world.
PARIS-BORDEAUX!
The very name conjures up old memories of struggles, grim and fierce,
and thrilling fights amongst those whose names are now almost
forgotten, but who, on the old Paris-Bordeaux road, struggled in years
past for the title of 'King of the Road'. It all began in the days
before motors were thought of and when the cycle held its own as the
most rapid form of road vehicle. Mills, Holbein, Huret, Lesna, Linton
- great riders of their day - struggled hard to win the great road
race of the year, Paris to Bordeaux. Later, De Knyff, Charron,
Girardot, Farman, Fournier and others whose names are quite forgotten,
fought the same battles over the same long, straight stretches. Their
course was fleet and the pace was fierce, but it was all on the same
old fascinating road, and, as a grand finale, Paris to Bordeaux was
the first, and, as it eventually turned out, the last stage of the
last great inter-country race, Paris to Madrid,
so remarked Charles Jarrott
about the race that would be later called the "
Graham
Hill was the unofficial King of Monte Carlo in equal parts for his
success on those city streets, winning 5 times and the esteem he was
held in the hearts of the local fans.
