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The Mercedes-Benz T80 was a six-wheeled vehicle built by Mercedes-Benz, developed and designed by Ferdinand Porsche in the late 1930s. It was intended to break the world land speed record, but never made the attempt, due to the project having been overtaken by the outbreak of World War II.
Thomas William Conoulty (1899 or 1901 – 1961) is an Australian automotive engineer, automobile manufacturer and automobile racer, who was active in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and who is lauded for his improved, high performance, sports designs of the, also, legendary, Austin 7.
1939 Atalanta 2 litre Roadster ex Midge Wiltby team car; body by Abbott of Farnham. In the late 1930s there was also an open sports version of the Atalanta, with a huge 7L American side-valve engine and an 8- position, gated gear change. Also a smaller-engined open sports version using an OHV engine with a blower.
Delahaye was able to leverage their racing success to acquire automaker Delage in 1935. [4] Laury and Lucy Schell took second place at the 1936 Monte Carlo Rally with a Delahaye 18CV Sport. American heiress Lucy O'Reilly Schell paid the developmental costs for short "Competition Court" 2.70-metre-wheelbase Type 135 cars for rallying and racing ...
In his early 20s, Horsfall began competing in British club level events and he won The Motor Trophy at the MCC's Llandudno Trials in 1934, driving a Wolseley. [2] During the late 1930s, he became a familiar and popular competitor at British and European motor races, usually driving his Aston Martin 2-litre Speed Model, nicknamed the 'Black Car', or Tony Rolt's ERA. [3]
A race organizer drops hints that his daughter's time will go to the winner. Speed Madness: 1925 The Checkered Flag: 1926 The Speed Classic: 1928 Speedway: 1929 Drama Silent film about a father and son in Indianapolis. Burning Up: 1930 Drama First talkie about auto racers. Speed: 1930 The Racing Strain: 1932 Drama A driver who drinks tries to ...
Tommy Hayes and June McCall died in a multi-rider accident in 1940, and Gus Hunter died in October 1941. After that race, Oakland Tribune columnist Alan Ward called for the end of motorcycle racing on the track. But two months later, there would be no more racing at all. Oakland Speedway lost its lease just as America entered World War II. [8]
In 1932, for Rally's last appearance at the Paris Motor Show, the new Rally R15 model was shown - it received the new 1,466 cc Salmson S4-C engine, although the smaller N series remained available. Rally was not strong enough to survive the economic depression of the early thirties, and the company was shuttered in 1933 (or 1934 [ 6 ] ) after ...