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	Georges Boillot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Georges Boillot, born August 3, 1884 – died April 21, 1916, was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot.
		Boillot won the Coupe de l'Auto in 1913 and became the darling of French racing fans when he won his second straight French Grand Prix at Amiens.
		Georges Boillot's son, Jean Boillot, became the director-general of Peugeot Talbot cars and in 1981 was responsible for involving Peugeot into rally racing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Georges_Boillot (471 words)

	Georges Boillot: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Georges Boillot, born August 3, 1884 — died April 21, 1916, was a French (French: The Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France) Grand Prix motor racing (Grand Prix motor racing: grand prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in france...
		An engineer by profession, Boillot began automobile racing in 1906 and went on to join drivers Paul Zuccarelli and Jules Goux (Jules Goux: jules goux, born april 6, 1885 - died march 6, 1965, was a grand prix motor...
		His brother André Boillot was also a race driver and at war's end, won the 1919 Targa Florio (Targa Florio: the targa florio was an open road endurance automobile race held near palermo, sicily....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/georges_boillot (793 words)

	Georges Bank - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Georges Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Georges Bank extends for some 280 km/175 mi from east to west, and is situated at the edge of the Continental Shelf.
		Georges Bank is a place where tidal currents meet, with those from the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine (to the north) mixing with predominant east–west ocean currents.
		Georges Bank is also the site of exploratory drilling for gas and oil.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Georges+Bank (243 words)

	8W - When? - 1914 ACF GP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Georges Boillot, the world's best driver, was the favorite, not only because he had the swiftest car but he had also won the Grand Prix the previous two years and the Coupe de l'Auto in 1913, and would have surely taken the 1914 Indy 500 had it not been for tyre trouble.
		Georges Boillot, the little vain Frenchman racing for France, was the idol of the crowd.
		Boillot was still in the lead but down from the hill through the curves, clearly visible from the grandstands, the two white cars chased like a tornado after Boillot.
	8w.forix.com /f14.html (5289 words)

	Grand Prix motor racing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France
		Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894.
		Georges Philippe (Baron Philippe de Rothschild) - France
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Prix_motor_racing (1381 words)

	1914 Mercedes Grand Prix car (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Peugeot had won the previous two French GPs with Georges Boillot at the wheel but for 1914 Boillot was merely a pawn in the Mercedes startegy.
		After three circuits Sailer was 90 seconds up on second place Boillot and had clearly displayed the superior engineering of the Mercedes GP car.
		Boillot's 112bhp Peugeot was ailing and was sitting dead in the water on the 18th lap when Mercedes driver Christian Lautenschlager over took him.
	www.ktsmotorsportsgarage.com /quiz/quiz25.html (255 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Engines > Peugeot (PSA Peugeot Citroen)
		Boillot won the 1910 Targa Florio but then, more importantly, triumphed in the French GP at Dieppe in 1912.
		Boillot and Goux finished 1-2 in the event.
		After the war Boillot used the same cars to win the 1919 Targa Florio but thereafter Peugeot faded from the sporting scene.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/eng-peuge.html (1106 words)

	Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - Oostende 1911
		It was either won by Jean Goux or by Georges Boillot.
		At the 3 September 1911 meeting Georges Boillot in a Lion-Peugeot won the Liederkerke Cup race over 248 miles, from Coosemans in an Excelsior, though the Cup itself was awarded to Verhoeran in a Fondu.
		Boillot’s team-mate Jules Goux in a twin-cylinder version was first in the 208-mile Ostend Cup.
	forums.atlasf1.com /showthread.php?postid=1424240 (2098 words)

	Targa Florio
		The war had deprived the Targa Florio of the great Peugeot driver Georges Boillot who was shot down in a dogfight with a squadron of German fighters.
		For Boillot all that was left was a mad dash down the finishing straight.
		Shouts of protest greeted the crew but out from the crowd walked Ernest Ballot, the owner of the rival and second place car convinced a dejected André Boillot to return to his car, drive back to the point of their crash and re-cross the line in the right direction.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/floria.htm (2103 words)

	Cigar Aficionado \| Web Features \| Burgundy Divided (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		When Jean-Marc Boillot broke ranks with his father and grandfather, he didn't realize he was a soldier in a wider war.
		Jean-Marc Boillot was a participant in a movement that has changed Burgundy for the better.
		While the Boillots' discord seems extreme, the family is a microcosm of what occurred at many domaines.
	www.cigaraficionado.com /Cigar/CA_Features/CA_Feature_Basic_Template/0,2344,679,00.html (14208 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Grand Prix motor racing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Antonio Ascari, born September 15, 1888 _ died July 26, 1925, was an Italian Grand Prix motor racing champion.
		Georges Boillot, born August 3, 1884 – died April 21, 1916, was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and World War I fighter pilot.
		Manfred von Brauchitsch (15 August, 1905 - February 5, 2003) was a German auto racing driver who drove for Mercedes-Benz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grand-Prix-motor-racing (4575 words)

	MG twin Cam - European Car Magazine
		Peugeot drivers Jules Goux and Georges Boillot knew they needed a new kind of engine and convinced Zuccarelli to join their team.
		Boillot beat the favored 14-liter Fiats by 12 minutes after two full days of tough racing.
		George Eyston drove the "Magic Midget" 750-cc class single seater to records at over 120-mph.
	europeancarweb.com /features/0506ec_web_mgtwincam (2264 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > The Mole > The history of Peugeot
		Eventually peace was made and Robert was put in charge of Automobiles Peugeot and immediately embarked on a programme to go Grand Prix racing, using a gang of miscreants called The Charlatans, led by the dashing Georges Boillot.
		Boillot continued his fight with the Germans during World War I but sadly went down in flames while dog-fighting over Verdun in 1916.
		With Boillot gone, Peugeot's ambition disappeared and for the next 60 years it was simply a huge industrial company churning out dull cars for the French middle classes.
	www.grandprix.com /mole/mole16477.html (1020 words)

	'georges bizet' to 'george burt (britain)' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		georges canguilhem (1771 births, 1804 deaths, 1904 births, 1995 deaths, French philosophers)
		george abbot (archbishop of canterbury) (1562 births, 1633 deaths, Archbishops of Canterbury)
		george alcock (1926 births, 1912 births, 2000 deaths, British astronomers)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /browse/G7.htm (1920 words)

	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
		Georges Boillot was a Frenchman who was favored to win the 1914 Indianapolis 500 after capturing the 1912-13 French Grand Prix.
		He was the fastest qualifier for the 1914 race at 99.86 mph — nearly the first 100-mph lap at the Speedway — but placed 14th after problems with the frame of his car.
		Boillot returned to his native France following that lone appearance at Indianapolis and enlisted in the army, becoming the chauffeur for French Gen. Jonfre.
	www.brickyard.com /news/story.php?story_id=2180 (1193 words)

	Sports Car Market > Profiles > 1921 Peugeot 3-Liter Racer
		Driver/mechanics Georges Boillot, Paulo Zuccarelli and Jules Goux together with draftsman-designer Ernest Henry and factory engineer Vasselot each made a contribution.
		André Boillot (brother of George) won the 1919 Targa Florio at the wheel of a pre-war 2½-liter Peugeot.
		It appears that the Chassagne car offered here was given by Peugeot to Boillot for his racing school at Montlhéry, where it served with admirable longevity through the Thirties.
	www.sportscarmarket.com /profiles/1999/July/Etceterini (1130 words)

	The Story of the Grand Prix
		The second Peugeot, driven by Goux began to overheat and was destined to retire.
		This left the Peugeot of Boillot still in from ahead of the on coming Germans.
		Boillot drove for all he was worth but nothing could stop the Mercedes from taking the lead.
	www.ddavid.com /formula1/story.htm (1809 words)

	GrandPrix.com > Features > News Feature > If you happen to be in Paris...
		The only problem with this was that there was only one entry, a De Dion-Bouton steam car entered by Georges Bouton himself.
		It was along this road that Baron Albert de Dion, Georges Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux set up their first workshops to build steam cars in 1881 (Trepardoux incidentally later left the business convinced that gasolene engines were a waste of time and that steam was the future).
		It was on the rue Pergolese that Edouard Ballot set up his workshops just after World War I and built a series of impressive Grand Prix challengers.
	www.grandprix.com /ft/ftjs033.html (785 words)

	Motorsport Memorial -
		André Boillot was a close collaborator of Armand Peugeot and younger brother of Georges Boillot, official driver of Peugeot between 1909 and 1913 and killed in a dogfight during the First World War.
		Witnesses of the accident had great difficulties to extract the driver, who had suffered multiple fractures, from the wreck; Boillot succumbed to his injuries at the hospital of La Châtre on 10 June 1932.
		According to the website Hill Climb Winners 1897-1949, Boillot crashed on 04 June and died on 10 June, at least the date of death is not correct since his demise is reported by newspapers of 10 June.
	www.motorsportmemorial.org /focus.php?db=ct&n=882 (429 words)

	Christian Lautenschlager - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Considered one of the great Grand Prix events in motor-racing history, 37 cars from 13 manufacturers in 6 different countries competed in the French Grand Prix race that for the first time had a limit on the size of the engine allowed, set at 4.5 litres.
		Against a top field led by Frenchman Georges Boillot, who had won the race the past two years, after seven gruelling hours, Lautenschlager took victory in the prestigious event for the second time.
		The onset of World War I ended Grand Prix motor racing in Europe and in the early 1920s Lautenschlager raced on a semi-regular basis but without much success.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Christian_Lautenschlager (425 words)

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		George Kenneth Hotson Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie
		George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
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	Jules Goux - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Success came in 1908 on a circuit set up on roads around Sitges, near Barcelona, Spain, when he won the Catalan Cup, a victory he repeated the following year.
		Because of his racing success, along with Georges Boillot, he was invited by Peugeot Automobile to race for their factory team.
		As part of a four-man design team led by Paulo Zuccarelli and Ernest Henry, Goux helped develop a racecar powered by a radically new Straight-4 engine using a twin overhead cam.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Jules_Goux (359 words)

	Drivers / Teams - The best Pre-War Driver
		But if we take a closer look and read a little about those races in those days, it's easy to see that we can easily disagree.
		Fernand Charron, Felice Nazzaro, Georges Boillot, Antonio Ascari and Achille Varzi (just to mention some) are easily up to those 3 fabulous drivers.
		Fernand Charron died in 1928, Felice Nazzaro quit racing in 1925, Georges Boillot died in 1916 and Antonio Ascari died in 1925.
	www.f1db.com /forums/showthread.php?p=93215 (966 words)

	Tech Analysis
		The first race the team entered was the Grand Prix de l'ACF at Dieppe on June 26, 1912.
		Zuccarelli was killed in practice shortly before a Grand Prix in 1913.
		Boillot went into the French air force during the war and was killed in a dogfight with the Germans.
	www.europeancarweb.com /features/0209ec_twincam (2246 words)

	PSA Peugeot Citroen - Magazine - Chronoscope
		Three self-taught drivers and mechanics, with the support of Peugeot, gave birth to a lighter, better performing, and decidedly more modern racing car.
		Former racing adversary from Hispano Suiza, Paul Zuccarelli joined Jules Goux and Georges Boillot in the venture.
		Only one condition to the deal: Peugeot would supply the shop facilities and the necessary funds, but the entire operation was to be kept secret!
	www.psa-peugeot-citroen.com /en/magazine/magazine_doss_c3.php?id=38 (466 words)

	WHITING & LITTLE FOUR STATE REGISTRATIONS Revised 9-22-97
		Duray’s racer was the identical one that Boillot won the French Light Car Grand Prix in the year before and was then sold at the end of the season to the private owner Meunier who had been driving this racer on the street as his daily driver.
		The factory Peugeot Race Team was to be represented by Goux and Boillot driving the bigger 5.6 litre racers that were the last years ’13 team cars.
		In fact, a photo was taken with the winner Thomas behind the wheel of this big six, with second place finisher Duray sitting in front, and Boillot, Guyot and Chassagne together in the rear seat.
	clubs.hemmings.com /clubsites/chevytalk/GMhistory/earlychevhistory.htm (16286 words)

	Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
		It also had four wheel braking operated by mechanical servo, making the rear-wheel only braked Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost seem old fashioned.
		Originally proposed as a touring or town car, the power and braking ability of the H6 made it ideal for development as a sports car and in 1921 aperitif millionaire, André Dubonnet, entered his standard four-seat tourer in the Georges Boillot Cup and won.
		This led to a team of cars and drivers being entered for the 1922 event, with larger engines of 7,982 cc and short wheelbase.
	www.hyperarts.com /pynchon/gravity/extra/hispano.html (419 words)

	Lake George Bed and Breakfast Wine List
		We welcome you to the experience of a lifetime at our Lake George bed and breakfast.
		605 Jean-Marc Boillot, 1er Cru, Meix Cadot, 2002
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	8W - Greatest Driver of the Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Don Quixote of pre-Great War drivers, and a winner on his debut in 1912, with a 13-minute margin no less, Georges Boillot fought Mercs like they were windmills.
		In that most famous of races, the 1914 French GP, Boillot came desperately close to becoming the St. George of motor racing through his brave attempt at slaying the dragon might of Germany on his very own in a well-under-par Peugeot.
		In the end he was foiled, but at least he had put up a great fight with a performance which beggared belief.
	8w.forix.com /poll1res.html (11506 words)

	cars and culture
		I'm not sure, but suspect it depicts Boillot on his last lap, just before he had to give up.
		We remember one racing driver who had a winning smile just like it: Georges Boillot.
		No, I quickly discovered it was Walter Clifford Earp, driving a 18hp Napier and that the picture was taken during the 1905 Tourist Trophy Race on the Isle of Man. He drove the car at an average speed of 27,9 miles per hour and he finished 10th.
	rutgerbooy.nl /cars_and_culture_page_1.htm (2247 words)

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