Times Square, New York City February 12,1908 with over 250,000 cheering the start of a race to circle the globe from New York to Paris by auto! It would become the longest automobile competition in history, often with no roads & during a bitter cold winter. The Around the World Auto Race would cover 22,000 miles in 169 days!
The CompetitorsThis truly world class event included National Teams from France, Italy, Germany and the United States. The New York to Paris Automobile Race was to be driven across the frozen Bering Straits in the dead of winter 1908. All this at a time when horses were considered more reliable than automobiles.
The RaceWhat many called "The Great Race" was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and the LA MATIN (a Paris newspaper). The torturous New York to Paris Race route: NYC, Albany, Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Valdez Alaska, Japan, Vladivostok, Omsk, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Berlin and finally Paris. The Thomas Flyer Team covered three continents and over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The 1908 Race was ultimately won by the American Thomas Flyer driven by George Schuster Sr. of Buffalo, NY. The feat has never been equaled. They still hold the world record over 100 years later!
Route Maps - The Asia/Europe map is an original purchased in Vladivostok May 1908
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@2cv:Op maandag 28 juni 2010 17:17 schreef Paladijn het volgende:Met de hoeveelheid onzin die je verkondigd is het geen wonder dat je geen PTA-mod meer bent
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vrijdag 24 augustus 2007 09:50 schreef PretKroket het volgende:[/b]
dude? :') ik hoop voor je dat je niet serieus bent
Even voor jou: 2x1/2 = 1/2 x 1/2
[b]Neem mij niet tè serieus, dat doe ik zelf ook niet[/b]