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	Raymond Sommer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Sommer (born August 31, 1906, Mouzon, in the Ardennes département of France - died September 10, 1950) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver.
		Sommer traveled to Long Island, New York to compete in the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup where he finished 4th to the winner, Tazio Nuvolari.
		Raymond Sommer was instantly killed, his traditional canvas helmet proving to be no use at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_Sommer (453 words)

	Michael Schumacher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The son of a wealthy carpet manufacturer from Pont-a-Mousson in the Ardennes, Sommer was from a family of aviation pioneers, his father Roger having been an early pilot and constructor.
		Sommer started out as a successful boxer and then went to college in Manchester in England before returning to work in the family factory.
		During the war Sommer was an active member of the French Resistance, but at the end of hostilities he brought out the Alfa Romeo 308 he had campaigned as a works-backed privateer just before the war and found immediate success, beating the 158 Alfettas at St Cloud, before joining Maserati, unsuccessfully, in 1947.
	www.nansens.dk /drivers/raymondsommer.htm (504 words)

	8W - Who? - Raymond Sommer
		Raymond Sommer was born on 31 August 1906 in the small French Ardennes town of Mouzon, which today still boasts a Stade Raymond Sommer.
		In practice, Sommer, with not the fastest of Talbots, had equalled Villoresi's time with a two-stage blown 1.5-litre Ferrari and, in the race, he passed Villoresi on the fifth lap and then shook the Alfa pits by assuming the lead from all four of their cars when they made their first fuel stops.
		Sommer retired with ignition trouble on the second lap of his heat, before winning the repechage with great ease and then storming into an equally convincing lead in the final, until he left the road on a fast bend and was fatally injured in the ensuing crash on the fifth lap.
	8w.forix.com /sommer.html (3170 words)

	Raymond Sommer - Grand Prix Racing - the whole story
		One such pilot was Raymond Sommer a man who during his career displayed all the attributes we have grown to admire in a Grand Prix racer.
		Tenacity, courage, sportsmanship are all words that describe Sommer but above all his greatest asset was heart, for this was a man who never failed to try despite the failings of his machinery.
		Sommer first came into the public eye when he scored a notable victory in the 1932 Le Mans 24 Hour race.
	www.gpracing.net192.com /drivers/careers/545.cfm (875 words)

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		Raymond Sommer was born in the small French Ardennes town of Mouzon, which today still boasts a Stade Raymond Sommer.
		In 1937 Raymond raced for Ferrari and competed in France with a Talbot sports car, winning the Marseilles Three Hours at Miramas and the Grand Prix de Tunisie and becoming French Champion.
		During the war Sommer was a member of the French Resistance, but at the end of hostilities he brought out the Alfa Romeo 308 he had campaigned before the war and found immediate success, beating the 158 Alfettas at St Cloud, before joining Maserati, unsuccessfully, for 1947.
	www.historicracing.com /top100.cfm?driverID=1826 (552 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Drivers > Raymond Sommer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Raymond Sommer was born only a couple of months after the first Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France in the summer of 1906.
		At school in Pont-a-Mousson, near Metz, Sommer was a successful boxer and he was then sent to Manchester to study before going to work in the family firm.
		When Ferrari entered Grand Prix racing in 1948 Sommer was signed up as a works driver, being the first non-Italian to drive for Ferrari in a Grand Prix car of his own.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/drv-somray.html (710 words)

	Raymond Sommer - WOI Encyclopedia Italia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		At the time the French Bugatti team and the German manufacturers Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union, were the dominant force in GP racing, with Hitler unwilling to see drivers from non-fascist countries in the cars.
		Following the war, Sommer quickly returned to winning ways, and at the 1947 Turin Grand Prix in Valentino Park he won the first ever Grand Prix for Enzo Ferrari as an independent constructor.
		In 1950, the Formula 1 World Championship began and Sommer drove in five Grand Prix races for Talbot and BRM, retiring each time after his car failed.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Raymond_Sommer (446 words)

	bigMoneyracing.com: History of Le Mans
		Sommer was first to move, but Arthur Dobson — 20 cars up the rank and nearer the Champion Bridge in a new Lagonda — was the leader as the field headed for the esses.
		Sommer had the inertia and the power and got the lead before the scrum emptied onto Hunaudiers.
		Sommer finally got his wounded ALFA back to the pits, where the engine had to be partially disassembled.
	www.bigmoneyracing.com /bigmoney/lemans/lemans39.shtml (1059 words)

	Amazon.com: "Raymond Sommer": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The potential of Ferrari's plan was confirmed by Raymond Sommer's performance at Spa, when his slow but reliable Lago-Talbot briefly snatched the lead during the Alfa Romeo pit stops.
		Raymond Sommer managed to salvage fourth in his works 3((8, but that was poor compensation considering the effort Alfa Corse had made...
		In the Belgian GP it was Wimille, Varzi and Trossi, though Raymond Sommer's Maserati had run in second place until his transmission broke.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Raymond-Sommer (531 words)

	Alberto Ascari
		He won his first Grand Prix race in San Remo, Italy[?] in 1948 and won another race with the team the following year, but his biggest success came after he joined Villoresi on the Ferrari team, and he won 3 more races that year with them.
		The first official Formula One season took place in 1950, and the Ferrari team made its debut at Monte Carlo with Ascari, Villoresi, and popular French driver Raymond Sommer[?] driving with the team.
		Ascari finished 2nd in that race and later in the year shared a 2nd place at F1's first race in Monza.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/al/Alberto_Ascari.html (565 words)

	bigMoneyracing.com: History of Le Mans
		Sommer had covered the first lap at nearly 87mph from a standing start and urged the lap average to 90mph over the next few circuits.
		The Le Mans "rookie" passed Sommer on the next lap and settled in for the slog to Sunday afternoon.
		Wimille and Sommer had banished the rest of the field to spear carrier status and the "second race" clot of supporting players were running in a loose pack on the ninth lap when Kippeurt’s Bugatti skidded off the road into the earth bank.
	www.bigmoneyracing.com /bigmoney/lemans/lemans37.shtml (1056 words)

	Raymond Sommer
		August 1906, the son of a wealthy carpet manufacturer and aviation pioneer.
		Raymond was a successful boxer and went to college in Manchester, England before returning to work for the family business in France.
		Only a fortnight later, in September, Raymond Sommer became the first fatality in a Cooper when the steering failed on the 1,100cc Mk IV he had borrowed from Harry Schell for the Haute Garonne Grand Prix at Cahours.
	www.500race.org /Men/Sommer.htm (429 words)

	8W - Where? - Cadours
		Sommer, Thépenier, Gerbout and Antonelli were there and agreed to come to Cadours, a small 500-inhabitant town, in September.
		Later on, when people asked Sommer why he accepted the invitation, he answered that “The organizers of Cadours are so kind.” But many of his friends did not understand why such a great driver wanted to race there.
		Of course, Sommer’s death was a big shock for racing fans in France as well as the world.
	8w.forix.com /cadours.html (1675 words)

	Raymond Sommer - Wikipedia
		Der Sohn eines Flugpioniers hatte aufgrund seiner beherzten Fahrweise den Spitznamen "Raymond Löwenherz".
		Sommer lehnte alle Angebote der großen Werksteams ab und war lieber sein eigener Chef.
		Ins Rampenlicht rückte Raymond Sommer durch seine zwei Siege beim 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans 1932 und 1933, wobei er 1932 nach Erkrankung seines Partners über 21 Stunden fuhr.
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_Sommer (168 words)

	Scarce "B.R.M." Member's Lapel Badge. 1950 (Chris Balm Early Aviation & Motoring Items) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This badge was made during the team's first year of racing while it was still under the control of Raymond Mays.
		British Racing Motors was established in 1947 by the famous pre-war racing driver Raymond Mays in an attempt to create an all British, world class racing car.
		The first car did not compete until August 1950 when two BRM's were entered in the International Trophy at Silverstone by Mays and Raymond Sommer, neither cars started the race.
	www.cjbalm.com /auto-aero/mitem107.htm (238 words)

	GrandPrix.com > GP Encyclopedia > Constructors > BRM (British Racing Motors)
		British Racing Motors was the brainchild of Raymond Mays and was established in 1947 with a base in Bourne, Lincolnshire.
		The prototype began testing in 1949 and appeared for the first time in the International Trophy at Silverstone in August 1950 with Raymond Mays and Raymond Sommer entered.
		A month later Reg Parnell raced one of the cars to victory in the Goodwood Trophy and at the end of October two cars appeared for Parnell and Peter Walker in the Penya Rhin GP in Barcelona.
	www.grandprix.com /gpe/con-brm.html (1604 words)

	Ferraris first GP win 1948 - FerrariChat.com
		This new racing team was the brainchild of two aristocrats, Count Bruno Sterzi of Milan and Prince Igor Troubetskoy, a White Russian who lived in exile in Paris.
		Troubetskoy, in a later interview with Doug Nye recounted: “Right at the end of 1947, Raymond Sommer won the GP of Turin with the absolutely new Ferrari.”;
		Raymond Sommer was a reasonably big name in those days...
	www.ferrarichat.com /forum/showthread.php?t=51922 (1492 words)

	VeloceToday - Online Magazine for Italian Car Enthusiasts!
		Another effort on the track was the lone 8C/2900B Le Mans in the 1938 French 24-hour race.
		Raymond Sommer entered and drove this coupe; a closed-bodied car was rare at the time and attracted much attention.
		The Sommer coupe caught much more attention in the race by leading until it retired with a broken engine.
	www.velocetoday.com /cars/cars_6d.php (497 words)

	1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 MM LeMans Sommer-Replicarz - Diecast models, model cars, cars, racing videos
		1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 MM LeMans Sommer
		Nicely crafted in 1:43 scale by IXO Models, this is the 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 MM as driven to victory at LeMans by Raymond Sommer and Tazio Nuvolari.
		Superior quality and finish, you will marvel at the precision and accuracy applied to these small scale models.
	www.replicarz.com /prodinfo.asp?number=LM1933 (103 words)

	Non Championship Races 1939
		30 Raymond Sommer / F Alfa Romeo 412S Alfa Corse 17 0:43:52,000 3.
		30 Raymond Sommer / F Alfa Romeo 412S Alfa Corse 17 0:43:03,500 3.
		6 Raymond Sommer / F Talbot MD 90 40 2:51:09,000 3.
	wspr-racing.com /wspr/results/nonchamp/nonchamp1939.html (1475 words)

	Raymond Sommer Circuits where participate
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	www.4mula1.ro /history/driver/Raymond_Sommer/tracks.html (49 words)

	Westfield State Athletics
		Raymond, Sommer, Harrigan, Hart Receive Major Awards At Sports Banquet
		Left to right: Eileen Sommer, Colleen Harrigan, Jessica Hart, Sara Raymond, and college president Dr. Vicky L. Carwein.
		Four senior members of the competition cheering team received special achievement awards at the Westfield State College sports banquet on May 8.
	www.westfieldstateowls.com /index.asp?path=cheer (177 words)

	WWW.FORMULA-UNO.ORG
		gpv: Luigi Villoresi (Maserati 4CL) /Raymond Sommer (Maserati 4CL), 2:17.2, 71.74mph
		2 Raymond Sommer Simca-Gordini T11 2h31m50.9 R Eugène Chaboud Delahaye 135 39 laps/crash
		R Mario Porrino Cisitalia 56 laps R Lamberto Grolla Cisitalia 56 laps R Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CLT/48 53 laps R Raymond Sommer Maserati 20 laps R Nello Pagani Maserati 1 lap R "B.Bira" Maserati 1 lap R Louis Chiron Maserati R Emmanuel de Graffenried Maserati R Lorenzo Arrigoni Maserati
	www.racing.it /f1/gp/nonvalide/1947.htm (836 words)

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