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1930 Australian Grand Prix
The 1930 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 24 March 1930.John Blanden, A History of Australian Grand Prix 1928–1939, pp. 43–58 The race, which was organised by the Light Car Club of Victoria, was the third Australian Grand Prix and the third held at Phillip Island. It was staged as a scratch race with the Class A cars starting first, followed by the Class B entries three minutes later and the Class C cars a further three minutes after that.Kent Patrick, Chapter 14, Victory in the 1930 Australian Grand Prix, "Bill Thompson – Australian motor racing champion", pages 97 to 105 The Grand Prix title was awarded to the entry recording the fastest time for the race. Of the 22 cars which started the race, nine completed the race distance within the 4½ hour time limit. The race was won by Bill Thompson driving a Bugatti Type 37A. Classes Cars competed in classes according to cylinder capacity. * Class A: Cars up to 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
The Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Ventnor, on Phillip Island, Victoria, Australia. The current circuit was first used in 1956. History Road circuit Motor racing on Phillip Island began in 1928 with the running of the 100 Miles Road Race, an event which has since become known as the first Australian Grand Prix. It utilised a high speed rectangle of local closed-off public roads with four similar right hand corners. The course length varied, with the car course approximately per lap, compared to the motorcycle circuit which was approximately in length. The circuit was the venue for the Australian Grand Prix through to 1935 and it was used for the last time on 6 May 1935 for the Jubilee Day Races.John B Blanden, A History of Australian Grand Prix 1928–1939, Volume 1, 1981, p. 123 A new triangular circuit utilising the pit straight from the original rectangular course was subsequently mapped out and first used for the Austra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sénéchal (automobile)
Sénéchal was a French automobile manufacturer between 1921 and 1929. The founder Robert Sénéchal (1892-1985) was a racing driver, an aviation pioneer and an industrialist. He was also the grandfather of the journalist and motor-sport innovator Patrick Zaniroli. The business In 1921 Sénéchal founded the automotive business that bore his name at Courbevoie. The origins of the business went back to the "Eclair" cyclecar business in which Sénéchal had briefly been involved. Sénéchal was himself a celebrity in the automotive world, and his cycle cars were an immediate success. It was impossible to satisfy demand for the vehicles from the manufacturer's small premises at Courbevoie, and Sénéchal therefore negotiated a deal with Chenard & Walcker, who had no model of their own in the cyclecar class and from 1923 agreed to take on the manufacturing of the Sénéchal models. As the economy grew the cyclecar boom that had driven the earlier "Eclair" and "Séné ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 In Australian Motorsport
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned off ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1931 Australian Grand Prix
The 1931 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 23 March 1931.John B. Blanden, A History of Australian Grand Prix 1928–1939, pages 59–73 The race, which was the fourth Australian Grand Prix and the fourth to be held at Phillip Island, had 19 entries and 14 starters. It was organised by the Victorian Light Car Club. The race was staged using a handicap format with the first car starting 35 minutes before the two "Scratch" cars. Prize money was paid for both handicap and overall results with the principle prize of £100 awarded to the fastest car to complete the distance.The Official 50-race history of the Australian Grand Prix, 1986, pages 44–50 Carl Junker was awarded the Grand Prix win,The Australian Grand Prix 1931 - Carl Junker Wins Race - Fastest and Record Time, The Car (magazine of the Victorian Light Car Club), April 15, 1931, pages Three to Seven having set the fastest time driving a Bugatti Type 39. The H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Australian Grand Prix
The 1929 Australian Grand Prix was a motor race held at the Phillip Island circuit in Victoria, Australia on 18 March 1929.John Blanden, A History of Australian Grand Prix 1928–1939, pages 25 to 42 The race, which was organised by the Victorian Light Car Club, had 27 entries and 22 starters.John Blanden, A History of Australian Grand Prix 1928–1939, pages 185 to 192 It is recognised by the Motorsport Australia as the second Australian Grand Prix. The race was won by Arthur Terdich driving a Bugatti Type 37A. Classes Cars competed in four classes: * Class A: Under 900cc * Class B: 901cc - 1100cc * Class C: 1101cc - 1500cc * Class D: 1501cc - 2000cc Race format Class B cars started the race first followed by the Class A entries thirty seconds later. Class C cars started next, the first group four minutes after the Class A cars and the remainder thirty seconds after that. The Class D cars were the last to start, thirty seconds after the Class C cars. The winner of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fastest Lap
In motorsport, the fastest lap is the quickest lap run during a race. Some racing series, like Formula One, Formula 2 and Formula E award championship points for a driver or team that set the fastest lap. In Grand Prix motorcycle racing no point is awarded for the fastest lap. Giacomo Agostini holds the current record for the most fastest laps with 117. Formula One In Formula One, 136 different drivers have made fastest race laps. Michael Schumacher holds the record for the highest number of fastest laps with 77, followed by Lewis Hamilton with . Since , the DHL Fastest Lap Award is given to the driver with the most fastest laps in a season. Until 1960, and since , an extra point is given to anyone in the points who records a fastest lap. Since 2019, for the point to be awarded, the driver achieving the fastest lap must finish the race in 10th position or better. Fastest laps are often set during the final laps of a race. Lap times often decrease as tracks get "rubbered in" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amilcar
The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940. History Foundation and location Amilcar was founded in July 1921 by Joseph Lamy and Emile Akar. The name "Amilcar" was an imperfect anagram of the partners' names. The business was established at 34 rue du Chemin-Vert in the 11th arrondissement of Paris. However, Amilcar quickly outgrew their restricted city-centre premises, and during the middle part of 1924 the company relocated to Saint-Denis on the northern edge of the city. Early years The original Amilcar was a small cyclecar. Designed by Jules Salomon and Edmond Moyet, it bore a striking resemblance to the pre-war Le Zèbre. The vehicle was first exhibited at the Paris Motor Show in October 1921. The business was a leading beneficiary of a cyclecar boom, prompted by a government initiative which held out the promise of a reduced rate of annual car tax, fixed at 100 francs per year, for powered vehicles weighing no more than 350 kg (dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Automobiles Lombard
Automobiles Lombard was a French automobile manufacturer which was active from 1927 to 1929.Serge Pozzoli & Gerard Crambac, ''The Lombard'', Autosport, January 16, 1953, pages 76 to 78 Retrieved from ''lombard.register.pagesperso-orange.fr'' on 12 March 2014 André Lombard André Lombard's early career in the automobile business involved working with , and he also acquired a reputation as a competition driver for Salmson. Lombard's final position with Salmson was as Commercial Director, and it was in this capacity that he had a major falling out with the compan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard Motor Company
The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. For many years, it manufactured Ferguson TE20 tractors powered by its Vanguard engine. All Standard's tractor assets were sold to Massey Ferguson in 1959. Standard purchased Triumph Motor Company, Triumph in 1945 and in 1959 officially changed its name to Standard-Triumph International and began to put the Triumph brand name on all its products. A new subsidiary took the name The Standard Motor Company Limited and took over the manufacture of the group's products. The Standard name was last used in Britain in 1963, and in India in 1988. History 1903–14 Maudslay, great-grandson of the eminent engineer Henry Maudslay, had trained under John Wolfe-Barry, Sir John Wolfe-Barry as a civil engineer. In 1902 he joined his cousin Cyril Charles Maudslay at his Maudslay Motor Company to make marine internal combustion engines. The marine engines did not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Terdich
Arthur Terdich was an Australian racing driver. He won the 1929 Australian Grand Prix driving a supercharged Bugatti Type 37A The Bugatti Type 35 was the most successful of the Bugatti racing models. Its version of the Bugatti arch-shaped radiator that had evolved from the more architectural one of the Bugatti Type 13 Brescia, was to become the one that the marque is ....John B. Blanden, A History of The Australian Grand Prix 1928-1939 References Australian racing drivers Grand Prix drivers Year of death missing {{Australia-autoracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvis Cars
Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd was a British manufacturing company in Coventry from 1919 to 1967. In addition to automobiles designed for the civilian market, the company also produced racing cars, aircraft engines, armoured cars and other armoured fighting vehicles. Car manufacturing ended after the company became a subsidiary of Rover in 1965, but armoured vehicle manufacture continued. Alvis became part of British Leyland and then in 1982 was sold to United Scientific Holdings, which renamed itself Alvis plc. History of the company Early history The original company, T.G. John and Company Ltd., was founded in 1919 by Thomas George John (1880–1946). Its first products were stationary engines, carburetors and motorscooters. Following complaints from the Avro aircraft company whose logo bore similarities to the original winged green triangle, the more familiar inverted red triangle incorporating the word "Alvis" evolved. On 14 December 1921 the company offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvis 12/50
The Alvis 12/50 is a car introduced by British business Alvis Car and Engineering Company Ltd in 1923. It went through a series of versions, with the last ones being made in 1932. A range of factory bodies (made by Carbodies and Cross & Ellis) could be specified in two- or four-seat form, with either open or closed bodies. The subframe cars SA and SB The first 12/50s were produced in late 1923 for the 1924 model year. The cars from this first year of production were designated SA and SB. The SA had a 1496 cc 4-cylinder overhead valve An overhead valve (OHV) engine, sometimes called a ''pushrod engine'', is a piston engine whose valves are located in the cylinder head above the combustion chamber. This contrasts with earlier flathead engines, where the valves were located b ... engine in a chassis with a wheelbase of , while the SB had a wheelbase of . The SB was initially fitted with the 1496cc engine, but after the introduction of a 1598 cc version of the OHV engine thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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