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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Grand Prix du Comminges
The Grand Prix du Comminges was an automobile race held in France.
Grand Prix motor racing was at its zenith when the first race was first held in 1925 on a 27km course from Saint-Gaudens to the town of Montréjeau and back again via a different route.
In 1926, the French Grand Prix was held here over a slightly altered course and in the 1930s, the course layout was modified a few times beginning with changes made to accommodate holding the official French Grand Prix in 1928.
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  Grand Prix du Comminges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Grand Prix du Comminges was an automobile race held in France.
Grand Prix motor racing was at its zenith when the first race was first held in 1925 on a 27km course from Saint-Gaudens to the town of Montréjeau and back again via a different route.
In 1926, the French Grand Prix was held here over a slightly altered course and in the 1930s, the course layout was modified a few times beginning with changes made to accommodate holding the official French Grand Prix in 1928.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grand_Prix_du_Comminges   (401 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Jean-Pierre Wimille   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
He was 22 years old when he made his Grand Prix debut, driving a Bugatti 37A at the 1930 French Grand Prix in Pau.
In 1934 he was the victor at the Grand Prix of Algeria in Algiers driving a Bugatti T59 and in January of 1936 he finished second in the South African Grand Prix held at the Prince George Circuit in East London, South Africa then won the French Grand Prix in his home country.
In addition to Grand Prix racing, he competed in the 24 hours of Le Mans endurance race, winning in 1937 and again in 1939.
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 Canada Du Grand Prix   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Canadian Grand Prix - The Canadian Grand Prix (known in French as the Grand Prix du Canada) is a Formula One auto race held in Canada since 1967.
Grand Prix du Comminges - The Grand Prix du Comminges was an automobile race held in France.
Montreal Grand Prix - Montreal Grand Prix       Grand Prix of Montreal - The Grand Prix of Montreal is an annual Champ Car race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal held in August since 2002.
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 Luigi Fagioli   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1932, Fagioli won the Grand Prix of Rome driving for Maserati but for the 1933 season he was signed by the Alfa Romeo team of Scuderia Ferrari.
Luigi Fagioli, Maserati, 1932 For the 1935 racing season, his factory Mercedes was upgraded to a W25B model with which he captured the Monaco Grand Prix and the AVUS and Penya Rhin Grand Prix races.
His only Grand Prix of 1951 was his last, but he nevertheless won the French Grand Prix with Juan-Manuel Fangio, earning the distinction of being the oldest person to ever win an F1 race.
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 Luigi Fagioli at AllExperts
In 1932, Fagioli won the Grand Prix of Rome driving for Maserati but for the 1933 season he was signed by the Alfa Romeo team of Scuderia Ferrari.
For the 1935 racing season, his factory Mercedes was upgraded to a W25B model with which he captured the Monaco Grand Prix and the AVUS and Penya Rhin Grand Prix races.
His only Grand Prix of 1951 was his last, but he nevertheless won the French Grand Prix with Juan-Manuel Fangio, earning the distinction of being the oldest person to ever win an F1 race.
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 Charles Pozzi - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
Charles Pozzi, born August 27, 1909 – died February 28, 2001, was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver who participated in one Formula One race in the year of its inception.
In 1946, he competed in the Grand Prix of Dijon and the Grand Prix of Nantes driving a Delahaye.
In 1948 he won the Grand Prix du Comminges in the year that it was also the French Grand Prix, and after finishing 6th at the 1950 F1 French Grand Prix he earned a strong second place result at the Grand Prix de Rouen.
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 Luigi_fagioli info here at en.after-gasoline-alley.info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1932, Fagioli won the Grand Prix of Rome enterprising for Maserati but for the 1933 division he was flaged by the Alfa Romeo troupe of Scuderia Ferrari.
For the 1935 racing season, her factory Mercedes was upgraded to a W25B quintessential with which he captured the Monaco Grand Prix the AVUS Penya Rhin Grand Prix races.
His only Grand Prix of 1951 was her last, but he nevertheless won the French Grand Prix with Juan-Manuel Fangio, picking up the qualification of the oldest unit to perpetually win an F1 race.
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 F1 News - Grandprix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Louis Chiron
After the war Chiron returned to Grands Prix with Lago-Talbot, winning the French Grand Prix in 1947 and 1949.
In 1954 Chiron won his last event, the Monte Carlo Rally, and in 1955 he was entered in a Lancia D50 for the Monaco Grand Prix in which he finished sixth.
After failing to compete in the Monaco GPs of 1956 and 1958, he retired and eventually became the Clerk of the Course for the Monaco Grand Prix, a task he relinquished to Paul Frere in the late 1960s.
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 Top 100   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Despite the money to be made whirling appreciative ladies around the dance floor, it was motor racing that stirred Chiron's passion and, thanks to a wealthy American woman who was particularly impressed with his footwork, he was sponsored to take part in some minor races in 1925.
He won in Marseilles, the Masaryk Grand Prix and the Spanish Grand Prix.
He then had a difficult time at Alfa Romeo and in 1936 he finally left to join Mercedes, however by that time Auto Union was the team to beat and Chiron quit Grand Prix racing to race for Lago-Talbot in sports car events.
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 Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - Grand Prix de France 1952
I don't think that the "Grands Prix de France" was a championship for drivers at all, none of the sources I ever checked mentioned that.
Grand Prix AC du Normand (AC de Normandie?) III.
Grand Prix du Comminges Saint-Gaudens 4.47 km (?) 1 Simon/ Ascari Ferrari 3 416.34 km 94 laps 3:01'39.4" (?) 2 Farina Ferrari 2 412.86 km 94 laps 3:03'11.5" (?) 3 Behra Gordini 2 390.8 km (?) 4 Whitehead Alta ?
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Alfa Romeo P3
The Alfa Romeo P3 was a classic Grand Prix car designed by Vittorio Jano, one of the Alfa Romeo 8C models.
Louis Chiron won the French Grand Prix at Montlhery, whilst the German Silver Arrows dominated the other four rounds of the European Championship.
The P3 was bored out to 3.2 litres for Nuvolari for the 1935 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, in the heartland of the Mercedes and Auto-Union empire.
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 8W - When? - Racing in the 40s
A Grand Prix was held in Nîmes in the early 30s on a curious track consisting of a back and forth on the divided lanes of a central boulevard with a couple of chicanes in each one.
The Gueux circuit was witnessing the quiet debut in Grand Prix racing of one of the fastest drivers in history.
The return of a Grand Prix to Alsace for the first time since the 20s was not the forerunner of a new series, but one more of the kind of the one-off municipal races of the year before.
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 Drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Born in the small city of Osimo, Ancona Province in the Marche region of central Italy, as a boy Fagioli was fascinated by the relatively new invention of the automobile and the ensuing racing.
Blessed with great natural driving instincts, a young Fagioli spent several years participating in hillclimbing and sports car races before turning to Grand Prix racing in 1926.
Shortly after, while practicing for a touring car race to be held as part of the Monaco Grand Prix, he had what appeared to be a minor crash but one where his internal injuries were such that he died in hospital three weeks later.
www.historicracing.com /drivers.cfm?driverID=1595&AlphaIndex=F   (739 words)

  
 8W - When? - Racing in the 40s
The return of the Grand Prix de l‘ACF, which took the place of the race in St-Cloud that could not be repeated because of the problems provoked in the Paris traffic, was supposedly the main race of the year.
Finally, a new typical Petit Grand Prix was a one-off race in Strasbourg, which tried, with no luck, to re-establish a tradition that had seen Strasbourg as the venue of the GP de l’ACF in the 20s.
The first of the series of new Grand Prix cars, called T26C, appeared on track at Monthléry only in April 1948 and was delivered to Louis Rosier early in May the same year.
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 Drivers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In May he came third in the first heat of the Grand Prix d'Anvers but failed to finish in the final.
Early in June he came 4th at the Grand Prix du Centenaire in Luxembourg.
He started the season with a win in the first heat of the I Grand Prix du Marseille.
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 Le Garagiste Sculptures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The little sapling saved the lives of the horrified spectators who stood transfixed at the scene.
The Subject, Rene Dreyfus; The Place, The Grand Prix de Nice.
The engine stalled on a curve, Rene got out tried to crank it, tried to push it, tried everything, and finally got back in the car and slumped over the steering wheel in despair, scaring quite a few passers-by.
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 Atlas F1 Bulletin Board - Race names and numbers
Of course, there was the Grand Prix of America, the title taken by an ARCA event.
The previous Grands Prix de France were run by a variety of different clubs, but only the 1949 edition could really be considered to be in any way a top class event.
By its title, the first was the true French Grand Prix; to most people the race bearing the revived title of Grand Prix de France was the French Grand Prix - certainly in the eyes of authorities such as Faroux it was the major French race of the year.'
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 Premiere Music Distributors - ESCAICH : Chorus
After winning the improvisation grand prize at the Strasbourg International Competition in 1991, he was appointed organist at the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris in 1997, succeeding Maurice Duruflé.
His concert programs accord a preponderant place to the Romantic, symphonic and contemporary repertoires, as well as to the art of improvisation in the most varied styles and forms, as attest his previously released recordings.
In 1995, he received the Grand Prix de la Nouvelle Académie du Disque.
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 Grand Prix & Road Races Posters - Page 9 of 15   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Grand Prix & Road Races Posters - Page 9 of 15
WebCars!, in connection with Art.com, is making these posters available through a special affiliate agreement.
We made this selection because we feel that they offer excellent value and would be of interest to our readers.
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 History books in French: motor racing, rallying, traveling
Saint-Gaudens autrefois et le circuit du Comminges ([Pau]: [author], 2000).
Covers the Grand Prix of the Automobile-club de France, beginning in 1897, the Grand Prix de Dieppe and the rallyes.
NOTES ON CONTENTS: History of automobile racing focusing on Grand Prix racing, endurance races (Targa Florio, Mille Miglia, and Le Mans), and rallyes (Monte Carlo, Alpine, RAC, and Safari).
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 Colorado College news release: Matt Curlee   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1996, Curlee was the sixth American to win first prize in the international Grand Prix de Chartes organ competition, which was founded in 1971 in a campaign to save and restore the great organ at Chartes Cathedral.
Curlee has also attended the Davos Music Festival in Switzerland, the Festival St. Bertrand du Comminges in France, and the Organ Festival in Calgary, Canada.
After winning the Grand Prix de Chartes competition, he performed at Westminster Abbey, Winchester Cathedral, Chester Cathedral and King's College Chapel in Cambridge.
www.coloradocollege.edu /publications/newsreleases/sept1998/curlee.html   (411 words)

  
 www.hillmanimages.com
The Type 32 Tank was designed and built for one race only, the 14 mile circuit (496 mile long race) French Grand Prix de Tourisme on 2 July 1923.
Type 41 Royal There were six Royales built by Bugatti meant to be "the car of kings".
Wins included the 1936 GP du Comminges and the 1937 Grand Prex de Pau, however the chassis and suspension were now antique compared to new Auto Union, Mercedes, Alfa Romeo and Maserati designs.
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 1934 GRAND PRIX SEASON - PART 5
The enthusiasm in the city of Bern was great and the organizers succeeded in making the Grand Prix race to an instant classic.
The Comminges Grand Prix was run in France the same day so some teams like Ferrari split their effort and started in both races.
After the Prix de Berne Voiturette race won by Dick Seaman it was time for the GP class.
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 Luigi Fagioli - ArmchairGM - Sports Wiki, Sports Blog, Sports Resource, Sports Community, Sports 2.0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In April of the following year he went head to head with Louis Chiron and his Bugatti at the Monaco Grand Prix.
Fagioli went on to take the victory at the Monza beating Chiron as well as fellow Italian greats, Achille Varzi and Tazio Nuvolari.
Following this, Fagioli went on to take first place at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Lasarte.
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 Beautiful French Pyrenees holiday farmhouse setting between Pau and Toulouse
Bagneres is the gateway to the high pyrenees mountains with easy access to the Col de Tourmalet for fabulous walking, hiking, cycling, driving and taking in the scenery or in the winter for skiing and winter sports.
La Mongie, (40 kms) the ski resort on the Col deTourmalet you can take a cable car up to the Pic du Midi where there is an observatory (you can see it from the garden) with a space museum, cafe, and fantastic views.
In May, Pau also plays host to a Historic grand prix: one of the few events where cars can still race round a street circuit.
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 Amazon.fr : The French Sports Car Revolution: Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye and Talbot in Competition 1934-1939: Livres en ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
CHAPTER TEN January to June 1935--French Rally Successes, Grand Prix Failures and the
1937--The Grand Prix de Pau, the Paris-St Raphael Rally and the Berlin Motor Show.
Prix du Comminges and the Planned Grand Prix
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