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FANGIO WINS THE GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
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Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, is surrounded by a crowd after winning the Grand Prix of Europe at Rheims, France,…View Details
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BOWLFUL OF VICTORY
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Watkins Glen, N.Y, Graham Hill of England, holds aloft the victor’s silver bowl after he won the U.S. grand prix…View Details
FANGIO WINS THE GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
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Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, is surrounded by a crowd after winning the Grand Prix of Europe at Rheims, France, on July 1. Beside him is his friend, Miss Gilberte Thirion of Brussels. Fangio covered 601 kilometres, about 376 miles, in three hours, 22 minutes, 11 seconds, an average of 178.5 kilometres an hour about 111 mph. Alberto Ascari of Italy was second with Luigi Villoresi of Italy, third, Fangio drove an Alfa Romeo of 1½ litres with compressor. Ascari and Villoresi drove 4½- litre Ferraris. 7/3/51
BOWLFUL OF VICTORY
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Watkins Glen, N.Y, Graham Hill of England, holds aloft the victor’s silver bowl after he won the U.S. grand prix for second consecutive years at Watkins Glen, N.Y. October 3,1965. Hill drove his BRM over rain slowed 253 mile course in winning time of 14:36.1 at an average speed of 107.98 mph. Hill was 12.5 seconds ahead of second place Dan Gurney of the United States, driving a Brabham Climax. 10/3/65
Featured Collection – Associated Press Collection
The IMRRC’s Associated Press Collection is one of the first collections donated to the Center. It comprises 76 photographs, almost all black-and-white, taken across the United States and Europe between 1933 and 1973 by Associated Press/World Wide Photos photographers. Iconic drivers and events – some joyous and some tragic – are captured in the images. Each photograph is paired with its original cutline that was distributed by the international news service.
START OF 500-MILE SPEEDWAY RACE
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Racing cars get away to start the 500-mile auto race May 30 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Left to right in front rows are Wilbur Shaw, Rex Mays and Mauri Rose. Rose, driving as relief for Floyd Davis, won the race. 5/30/41
MYSTERY CAR GROOMED FOR 500-MILE RACE
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Mal Ord, chief mechanic of the Don Lee Experimental Engineering Co., Los Angeles, works on a so-called mystery Mercedes Benz named to race in the 500 mile classic at the Indianapolis Speedway May 30. The car was built for Adolf Hitler and his cohorts who hoped it would rule in speedways of the world. The V-12 engine is set diagonally on the frame and the wheels have air vanes which act like turbines to cool tires and breaks. 4/29/47
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30 -- PARSONS EASES HIS FEET DURING PIT STOP
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Johnny Parsons, who was declared winner of the 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway race today after a hailstorm stopped the event at 340 miles, steps from his Wynn’s Friction Proofing Special to ease his shoe from his foot shortly before the race ended. 5/30/50
START OF THE 500-MILE SPEED TEST
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Thirty-three speeding racers roar across the starting line at the Indianapolis (Ind.) Motor Speedway May 30 to start the grueling 500-mile race. Jack McGrath of Glendale, Calif., in the Hinkle Special (foreground), leads the pack. Troy Ruttman of Lynwood, Calif., copped top honors in the Memorial Day classic, coming in the first. His average speed of 128.922 mph was a record for the race. 5/31/52
May 30 -- SPECIAL FOR THE FRESNO BEE
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The champ of the 500 mile race, Bill Vukovich, waves a victory salute in victory lane today just after he came off the track. 5/30/53
FLAHERTY WINS INDIANAPOLIS RACE
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Pat Flaherty, driving a Zinc Special, crosses the finish line at Indianapolis Speedway today to win the 500-mile race. He averaged 128.490 miles per hour. 5/30/56
CHAMPION OF THE FIVE HUNDRED
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Jim Rathmann, begrimed from his strenuous battle with the Indianapolis Speedway today, sits in his racer after winning the speed test in record speed of 138.6767 mph for the five hundred miles. 5/30/60
GRAND PRIX CHAMPION PASSES DRIVERS’ TEST
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In a rear-engined car which looks more like a hydroplane than a traditional Indianapolis roadster, Graham Hill from London, England, 1962 world’s grand prix driving champion, adjusts a rear-view mirror before passing his driving test for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. Hill’s Chevrolet-powered car, which runs on 12-inch wheels, is one of five rear-engined cars built for the Memorial Day 500-mile race by Mickey Thompson of Long Beach, Calif. 5/2/63
GRAND PRIX CHAMPION PASSES DRIVERS’ TEST
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In a rear-engined car which looks more like a hydroplane than a traditional Indianapolis roadster, Graham Hill from London, England, 1962 world’s grand prix driving champion, adjusts a rear-view mirror before passing his driving test for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. Hill’s Chevrolet-powered car, which runs on 12-inch wheels, is one of five rear-engined cars built for the Memorial Day 500-mile race by Mickey Thompson of Long Beach, Calif. 5/2/63
GRAND PRIX CHAMPION PASSES DRIVERS’ TEST
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In a rear-engined car which looks more like a hydroplane than a traditional Indianapolis roadster, Graham Hill from London, England, 1962 world’s grand prix driving champion, adjusts a rear-view mirror before passing his driving test for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. Hill’s Chevrolet-powered car, which runs on 12-inch wheels, is one of five rear-engined cars built for the Memorial Day 500-mile race by Mickey Thompson of Long Beach, Calif. 5/2/63
PIERCING
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Eddie Sachs of Detroit guns the engine of his No. 25, American Red Ball Spl. causing officials and spectators to cover their ears to shut out the noise of the car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway today. Sachs was having trouble keeping the car from stalling while practicing for next week’s Indianapolis 500 time trials. 1964
DANGER ON TURN AT RACE
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Burning tire flies toward spectators on fourth turn at Indianapolis Speedway today. Men are running from flames that followed crash at the turn into stretch on second lap. In the wake of crash it was announced seven cars were out of competition -- and driver Eddie Sachs, Detroit, Mich. was fatally injured. 1964
READY TO RUN
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Graham Hill of London, England, wears what looks like an astronaut’s helmet at the Indiana (sic) Motor Speedway as he prepares for a practice run. Rear-view mirrors are mounted on a roll bar-like structure in front of him, but the silver bar behind him is the one designed to protect him in a crash. 5/69
SERIOUS CONFERENCE
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London driver Graham Hill talks with his crew Wed. after a practice run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Hill will attempt to qualify the STP turbine this weekend for the Memorial Day 500 mile race. 5/68
RECORD-SETTING HUG
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Car manager Andy Granatelli hugs Graham Hill today at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway after Hill ran the first official laps here at more than 170 m.p.h. The British driver’s 171.208 m.p.h. qualifying average for the Memorial Day Race in Lotus-turbine was record. 5/68
NEARLY THE END
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The legs of race driver Salt Walther protruded from his race car when he crashed last May during the start of the 500-Mile Race. Walther was seriously burned in the crash and it was feared he might never drive again. However, he was back in a race car last week at Ontario Motor Speed way. 1973
SEBRING, FLA., MARCH 5
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Charles Wallace, at wheel, Bethesda, Md., and Carroll Shelby, Dallas, Texas, with Aston Martin they’ll drive in Grand Prix of Endurance. 3/7/54
SPORTS CAR BURSTS INTO FLAME AFTER WRECK
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With driver Len Bastrup still struggling to get out, his English-made Lotus sports car bursts into flames after flipping over in trial runs here today before Grand Prix race tomorrow. Man in rear holds hand to face after being seared by flame. 3/23/56
OFF IN GRUELING 12-HOUR GRAND PRIX
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Drivers dash for their sleek sports cars in start of March23 International Grand Prix in which they’ll drive 12 hours over a 5.3-mile winding track on the Sebring Air Terminal at Sebring, Fla. Sixty five sports cars from 15 different countries were entered in the endurance race. 3/23/57
START OF THE LE MANS
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Drivers race for their cars at the start of the Le Mans 24-hour International Sports Cars Endurance Race at Le Mans, France, June 22. The race was won by Jaguars which took first, second, third, fourth, and sixth places. 24/06/57
START OF LE MANS RACE
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Drivers dash for their sports cars to start the Le Mans, France, 24-hour endurance race. June 20, with two Americans, Phil Hill and Dan Gurney, both driving Ferraris, as the favorites. The dark horse in the race is the British Aston Martin team, headed by Stirling Moss. 6/20/59
START OF LE MANS ENDURANCE RACE
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Fifty-five sleek race cars roar away in the classic start of the Le Mans 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, France, June 24. Phil Hill of the United States and Olivier Gendebien of Belgium drove a 12-cylinder Ferrari into first place to notch their second Le Mans victory in succession. Ferraris were second and third and Jaguars filled fourth and fifth places. 6/24/62
SIR MALCOLM CAMPBELL AT DAYTONA BEACH
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Riding a bicycle for pleasure at Daytona Beach, Fla., where he is getting ready for an assault on his own land speed record of 253 miles an hour in his giant Bluebird II. Sir Malcolm Campbell is waiting for good beach conditions before starting trials. In the meantime, the bike will do. 2/15/33
CAMPBELL OFF FOR FIRST TEST RUN
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Sir Malcolm Campbell starting off on his first test run at Daytona Beach, Florida, February 14, since his arrival there recently. He is seeking to break his own world record of 253 miles an hour. On his first trial Sir Malcolm “loafed” along at a speed of 212.63 miles an hour. 2/15/33
CAMPBELL SMILES AFTER RECORD RUN
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Sir Malcolm Campbell in the cockpit of his Bluebird II after making two runs at Daytona Beach, Fla., Feb. 22, for an average speed of about 273 miles an hour. 2/23/33
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA., FEB. 9
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Joe Weatherly of Norfolk, Va., stands by the 1939 model Ford that he drove in the 100-mile sportsmen type modified stock car race at Daytona Beach, today, February 9, 1952. Weatherly came in fourth place behind Tim Flock, Jack Smith and Curtis Turner.
HOT ROD DRAG
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In many sections of the United States on Sunday afternoon hot rodders gather at old airfields or flat sections of land to run their cars through “drag” races. Usually races are run on the mile drag strip set up on old runways. The races test acceleration of hot rod from standing start to best top speed at the end of the ¼ mile. Cars are electrically timed. Usually two race at once. National Hot Rod association advisor LeRoy Smith estimates 390 drag strips are in operation on Sundays. There are over 27,000 members in the association. These photos were taken at a recent Sunday Drag Race of the Miami Road Ramblers Club at the old U.S. Air Force base at Homestead, Fla. Starter Frank Bowman leaps into the air to wave a flag and start stock cars in a “drag” race. 9/11/54
FONTY FLOCK
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Fonty Flock portrait (casual pose) stock car racer on the beach-road course at Daytona, Feb. 26, 1956
PILE UP AND SMASH UP
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Nov. 12
WINNERS OF GRAND PRIX
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Frank T. Griswold, Jr. Wayne Pa, winner of the 52.8 mile Grand Prix of Watkins Glen and 2nd place winner Briggs S. Cunningham, Green Farms Conn., after finishing the Grand Prix race today (Oct. 2) here in Watkins Glen, N.Y. 10/2/48
SETS LAP RECORD AT WATKINS GLEN
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Graham Hill, of England, confers with Tony Rudd, chief engineer and team manager of the Owen Racing Team organization of England, after Hill had set a new practice lap record during today’s time trials for next Sunday’s 7th U.S. Grand Prix at Watkins Glen, N.Y. Hill’s best time around the 2.3- mile course in his BRM was 1:12.5 for a speed of 114.21 mph. 10/1/65
BOWLFUL OF VICTORY
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Watkins Glen, N.Y, Graham Hill of England, holds aloft the victor’s silver bowl after he won the U.S. grand prix for second consecutive years at Watkins Glen, N.Y. October 3,1965. Hill drove his BRM over rain slowed 253 mile course in winning time of 14:36.1 at an average speed of 107.98 mph. Hill was 12.5 seconds ahead of second place Dan Gurney of the United States, driving a Brabham Climax. 10/3/65
LOOK, NO HAND!
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Argentine motor racing ace Juan Manuel Fangio was caught by the camera as he took both hands off the wheel of his Ferrari racing car to adjust his glasses – at 175 miles an hour. He was racing in the Supercortemaggiore Grand Prix at Monza on June 24. 27/06/56
COUNTRYMEN
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Mike Hawthorn (left) and Peter Collins of Britain, sharing a Ferrari, won the Super Cortemaggiore (sic) Grand Prix sports car race at the Monza, Italy, track, June 24, 1956. They covered the 621 miles at an average speed of 121.34 miles per hour. Stirling Moss of Britain finished second in a Maserati. Ferrari team leader, Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, was third.
Mille Miglia Racer de Portago passes Rome
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Spanish dare-devil Marquis Alfonso de Portago roars off from the Rome checkpoint of the Mille Miglia (1,000 Mile) race at the wheel of a Ferrari racer today. A few hours later de Portago was killed near Mantova, with only some 130 miles to go before finishing the race, when a tire blew. De Portago’s car leaped across a canal and killed three spectators, leaped back over the canal again and killed five others. His co-driver is the American bob-sled ace Edmund Nelson (home-town, state unknown) who was killed in the accident, too. May 12, 1957
DE PORTAGO KILLED IN MILLE MIGLIA
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Spanish dare-devil Marquis Alfonso de Portago sits at the wheel of his works Ferrari at the start of the classic Italian road race, the Mille Miglia, at Brescia, Italy, May 12. With him is his co-driver, Eddie Nelson (right) of the United States, American bobsled ace. They were both killed when the huge car blew a tyre at Mantua, Italy, and ploughed into the spectators. Nine onlookers were killed and many more injured. 13/05/57
NUERBURGRING (sic) RACE
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The field of the sports cars in the south curve of the Nuerburgring (sic) course shortly after the start of the VI. International 1000 kilometer race. May 22, 1960
THE START OF THE PESCARA GRAND PRIX
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Fifty-two drivers from eight countries race for their cars at the start of the sports car Grand Prix at Pescara, Italy, August 15. The race was won by Lorenzo Bandini and Giorgio Scarlatti, driving a Ferrari, and averaging 143.219 kilometres an hour. 17/08/61
FERRARIS WIN IN RHEIMS
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Graham Hill, Britain, and Joachim (sic) Bonnier, (left) Belgium, with their Ferrari after winning the 12-hour sports car race at Rheims, France, July 5. They covered 1521 miles at an average speed of 127 mph to lead Ferraris into the first four places. 07/07/64
ITALIAN RACER GETS VANDERBILT CUP
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Tazio Nuvolari of Italy who won the 300 mile Vanderbilt Cup race today at Roosevelt Raceway is shown receiving the huge trophy from George Vanderbilt. 10/12/36
TAZIO NUVOLARI
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former ace of the Italian motor racing sport, died in his home in Mantova in Northern Italy, yesterday. The old champion was 61, but since 1948 he had withdrawn from active racing. Nuvolari lying in state in his home. On shelves are some of his many trophies. 8/12/53
THE NEW AUSTIN RACER
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Sir Herbert Austin’s “Seven,” built for the International Trophy Race but could not compete owing to not qualifying in the final, was seen at Brooklands today May 18 when practice runs were held for the Whitsuntide Races. Associated Press photo shows: L.P. Driscoll at the wheel of Sire Herbert’s new Austin Seven racer at Brooklands. 18/5/34
FRANKFURT, GERMANY, SEPT. 24
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Frenchman Jose Meiffret has a last instructive word with his pacer Georges Grignard before he starts on a trial run prepatory to his world speed record attempt for a motor-paced cycle here today. At left is the 4.5 liter Talbot Lago racing car which is driven by Grignard. The present speed record is held by Jose Meiffret himself with 175 kilometers per hour. He now intends to better the record and hopes to reach 200 kilometers per hour. Meiffret makes his trials for the record attempt on the new Super highway between Lahr and Riegel which is not yet opened to traffic. 8/28/61
BENEDICTO CAMPOS
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Benedicto Campos (leaning over) and Juan Emmanuel Fangio before the tests. 5/31/49
GRIGNARD WINS GRAND PRIX DE PARIS
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Georges Grignard, driving a 4½ litre Talbet won the Grand Prix de Paris at Montlhery today, April 30th, after all but three of the fourteen starters had dropped out. Grignard in action during the race. 30/4/50
FANGIO WINS THE GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE
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Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina, is surrounded by a crowd after winning the Grand Prix of Europe at Rheims, France, on July 1. Beside him is his friend, Miss Gilberte Thirion of Brussels. Fangio covered 601 kilometres, about 376 miles, in three hours, 22 minutes, 11 seconds, an average of 178.5 kilometres an hour about 111 mph. Alberto Ascari of Italy was second with Luigi Villoresi of Italy, third, Fangio drove an Alfa Romeo of 1½ litres with compressor. Ascari and Villoresi drove 4½- litre Ferraris. 7/3/51
JUAN MANUEL FANGIO
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Juan Manuel Fangio on Maserati in action during the Grand Prix of Reims July 5, 1953. Fangio took second place behind Britain’s Mike Hawthorn in a Ferrari. 05/07/53
RED MASERATI
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Closeup, one of red Maserati which won race at Pescara, Italy. It is in pits with two mechanics looking at engine. Also, view of pit area, with Maserati No.8, which won race, in clear view. Also, unidentified Maserati No.10. 8/17/54
PESCARA, ITALY
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(Pescara, Italy, August 1954. Cutline not provided)
LUIGI MUSSO
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Luigi Musso of Italy shown at speed in his new Maserati won the Pescara Grand Prix auto race, August 15, 1954. He covered the 16-lap 409 kilometer course in two hours, 55 minutes and 55 seconds, at an average speed of 139.580 kilometers an hour (87.24 mph). Prince Bira of Siam, also driving a Maserati car, was second. Harry Shell of New York and Paris, and Jorge Daponte of Argentina, both driving Maserati cars, finished third and fourth while fifth place went to Jean Behra of France, driving a Gordini car. Only those five of 12 starters finished the race, while the seven others were forced out by motor failures. 8/17/54
TRINTIGNANT WINS EUROPE GRAND PRIX
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Maurice Trintignant of France, won the Grand Prix of Europe at Monte Carlo May 22, in a Ferrari, in 2 hours 58 min. 9.8 sec. at an average speed of 65.8 miles an hour. Eugenio Castellotti was in second in a Lancia; Jean Behra third in a Maserati. Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss, both in Mercedes cars, dropped out with engine trouble. Alberto Ascari, of Italy, sheered off the road, plunged 50 yards through the air in his Lancia, then disappeared in the waters of the harbor. He came up uninjured and swam to a small yacht. Mike Hawthorn, in the only British car, the Vanwall, retired before the halfway. 5/27/55
FANGIO WINS BELGIAN GRAND PRIX
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Juan Manuel Fangio won the Belgian grand prix in a Mercedes at the Francorchamps circuit in the Ardennes June 5. He covered the 316 miles in 2 hours 39 min. 29 sec., an average speed of 118 miles an hour. Britain’s Stirling Moss, also in a Mercedes, was a close second. Photo shows: Fangio leads immediately after the start on the Burnenville, followed by Eugenio Castellotti in a Lancia. Castellotti was forced to abandon the race at the half-way when his car blew up. 6/9/55
MONACO GRAND PRIX
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Juan-Manuel Fangio (centre) looks dejected as he leans on the Ferrari pit counter during the Monaco Grand Prix today after he had stopped with wheel trouble. Later he took over the Ferrari of Peter Collins (GB) one of his team mates and finished second behind Stirling Moss (GB) who drove a Maserati. 5/13/56
FRANCORCHAMPS GRAND PRIX
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The start of the Francorchamps Grand Prix in Belgium, June 3, 1956. Left to right, first row: Peter Collins, Britain, Ferrari; Stirling Moss, Britain, Maserati ; and Juan Manuel Fangio, Argentina, Ferrari. Second row: Eugenio Castellotti, Italy, Ferrari; and Jean Behra, France, Maserati. Third row: Paul Frere, Belgium, Ferrari; Maurice Trintignant, France, Vanwall; and Harry Schell, United States, Vanwall. Fourth row: Louis Rosier, France, Maserati; and Cesare Perdiga, Italy, Maserati. 06/03/56
HARRY SCHELL
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American driver Harry Schell takes the 2½ - liter Vanwall round the Reims track June 27, 1956 in preparation for the Reims International Grand Prix. 06/27/56
PETER COLLINS AFTER HIS WORLD RECORD
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British Peter Collins, just after his victory, he has just won the world record of one lap on Italian 2.5 liter Ferrari, at the average speed of 205.263 kilometres per hour, yesterday June 27, on Reims track, before coming Reims International Automobile Race. Britain’s Peter Collins just after he set a new world’s record for one lap at 128 miles per hour in his Dino Ferrari D50 at the Rheims circuit in France, June 27 1956. 28/6/56
VICTORY RIDE
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Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina rides smilingly on the shoulders of his mechanics after winning the Grand Prix of Germany and the World Championship for race drivers for the fifth time in his life at Adenau, Germany, Aug. 4. Fangio staged a dramatic finish to beat Mike Hawthorn of Britain for his fourth straight German Grand Prix victory. Although one more heat of the driving World Championship remains, Fangio’s win put him beyond reach of his closest pursuer. 8/4/57
A LOSER COOLS OFF
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World Champion racer Juan Manuel Fangio of Argentina gets doused with water after losing the 25th Grand Prix of Pescara in Italy to Stirling Moss (right), British driver. Moss, piloting a British Vanwall auto, won first place and set a new record for the 286 mile race with a time of two hours, 59 minutes, 22.7 second. Fangio was second in the race and seemed a little hotter than Moss after it was over. 8/26/57
FANGIO IN NEW MASERATI FORMULA ONE
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World motor racing champion Juan Manuel Fangio tests the new Maserati Formula One on the Monza motor circuit near Milan, Italy, June 24. Fangio is expected to pilot the car in the German Grand Prix. 25/06/58
TIRED SPEEDSTER
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Jim Rathmann of Miami, Fla., holds up a hand after winning the 500-mile Monza road race at Monza, Italy, June 29. His 166.788 miles an hour in a Zink Leader Card Special established a new world racing record. This was the first Monza race for Rathmann. The old world record of 162 miles an hour was set by a German in a Mercedes 20 years ago on a track with a six-mile straightaway. The Monza track is a 2.6 mile steep banked oval. Rathmann holds flowers in his right hand. 6/29/58
GRAND PRIX
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The Grand Prix of Germany race for Formula I cars was held August 2, 1959 on West Berlin’s AVUS track. Fifteen of the world’s top drivers took part in the race, which counts toward the world championship. AP PHOTO SHOWS left to right after the race: Phil Hill, Santa Monica, California, third placer; Dan Gurney, Riverside, California, second placer, and Tony Brooks, Britain, the winner. 8/11/59
TROUBLE ON TRIAL RUN
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British driver Cliff Allison is tossed out of his Ferrari after hitting a straw barrier on curve during trial run at Monte Carlo, May 27, for the Monaco Grand Prix on May 29, Allison suffered concussion, a broken left arm, facial cuts and probable rib fractures. 5/27/60
BRABHAM WINS THE RHEIMS GRAND PRIX
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Jack Brabham, (Australia) poses with flowers, beside John cooper, (son of the owner of the Cooper firm) after winning the Automobile Club de France Grand Prix at Rheims, July 3, 1960, with a speed of 131.7 miles per hour -- half a lap ahead of all other cars. Brabham drove a Cooper Climax. 7/7/60
BONNIER WON GRAND PRIX OF GERMANY
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Adenau, Germany, July 31 start for the Grand Prix of Germany automobile race on the southern slope of the Nurburgring track near here. Leading from left to right are, Joakim Bonnier (6), Hans Herrmann (14), both on Porsche, who came in first and second, followed by Jack Brabham (1) on Cooper. 8/4/60
FOGGY FINISH
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Dense fog shrouds the Nuerburgring (sic) track at Adenau, Germany, July 31, as Sweden’s ace drivers Joakim Bonnier is flagged over the finish line to win the German Grand Prix auto race. He drove a German Porsche. World champion Jack Brabham, in a Cooper, was second and Wolfgang Von Trips in a Porsche was third. Porsches also finished fourth, fifth and sixth. 02/08/60
WINNING FORM
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Giancarlo Baghetti of Italy in a new rear-engined Ferrari car (32), is shown in action in the Siracusa Grand Prix automobile race in Sicily April 25 which he won at an average speed of 167.691 kilometres an hour. He covered the 308-kilometre (191 mile) course -- 56 laps -- in 1 hour, 50 minutes and 8.2 seconds. Dan Gurney of Riverside, California, was second in a German Porsche and Sweden’s Joachim (sic) Bonnier was third. 27/04/61
THE REIMS GRAND PRIX
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An official flags away the starters in the Reims Grand Prix auto race at Reims, France, on July 2. Winner was Italy’s Giancarlo Baghetti in an Italian-built Ferrari. Dan Gurney of the United States was second in a Porsche and Jim Clark of Britain was third in a Lotus. 04/07/61
GRAND PRIX OF MODENA AUTORACE
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American driver Daniel Gurney, from Riverside, Cal., at wheel of a Porsche car (n. 12) precedes Britain’s Stirling Moss (n. 26) driving a Lotus car during the 6th Grand Prix of Modena autorace, Sept. 3. -- Moss won the race and Gurney placed third. This was the 15th race that Moss won this season. Sept. 4, 1961
32TH GRAND PRIX OF ITALY
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Thirty two crack drivers from ten nations roared off today at the Monza Autodrome, one of the world’s fastest. During 2nd lap famous German driver Wolfgang Von Trips was involved in one of the worst incidents happened on this autodrome. Together with Von Trips, died in the accident, were injured Gerald Ashmore and Jim Clark both of Britain. At least eight spectators were killed and 25 hurt. Phil Hill of United States won the dramatic race at average of 209.387 kmph. Hill was at wheel of his powerful Ferrari car. German driver Wolfgang Von Trips at the start of the ‘Grand Prix of Italy’. It is the last pic. of him alive. Sept. 10, 1961
RACE ACCIDENT SCENE AT MONZA, ITALY
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This is view of the track during running of annual Grand Prix of Italy championship race at Monza, Italy, Sept. 10, minutes after accident that killed ace German driver Wolfgang Von Trips and at least eight spectators. At left, driver in the race steers to avoid Von Trips’ car which rests on the track. Von Trips’ racer and one driven by Britain’s Jimmy Clark locked wheels to cause the accident. Clark’s car is just off track, center. Clark escaped injury. Von Trips’ body lies on ground beside track, beyond race official with flag. People in crowd at right were killed when Von Trips’ car spun into guardrail, struck Clark’s car and bounced into the crowd watching race. 9/10/61
WRECKAGE REMOVED AFTER MONZA DEATH CRASH
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Officials and mechanics remove the wrecked Ferrari of German driver Wolfgang Von Trips from the track after the accident in which Von Trips and 11 spectators were killed in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, September 10. In the foreground is the Lotus of Britain’s Jim Clark which collided with the Ferrari. Clark later returned to the pits uninjured. The passing car is the Cooper-Maserati of Italy’s Lorenzo Bandini. At right an official waves the danger flag to warn other drivers. 11/10/1961
GRAND PRIX RACING AT BRANDS HATCH
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Exhausts blow up the dust as sleek Formula One racers get away at the start of the British and European Grand Prix auto race on the Brands Hatch circuit in Kent July 11. In front row are (left to right): eventual winner Jim Clark, British world driving champion in a works Lotus (1), Britain’s Graham Hill in a works BRM (3) and Dan Gurney of the United States in a Brabham Climax (6) who dropped out in the early stages of the grueling grind. Clark led from start to finish averaging 94.11 miles per hour (151.50 kph.). He lowered the lap record several times during the race. 12/07/64
OFFICIAL TRIALS FOR GRAND PRIX OF ITALY AT MONZA
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British ace driver John Surtees (left) and Italian racing car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari at the Ferrari pit of the Monza, Milan racing track after Surtees Sept. 4, during official trials for the Grand Prix of Italy race Sept. 6, had bettered the track record. The former record was 1:38.9, but Surtees unofficial time was 1:37.4, for an average speed of 212.526 kilometers per hour, in an eight-cylinder Ferrari car. 9/10/64
WAITING FOR THE OFF
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Top British drivers sit in their Formula 1 racing cars in a side street Guildhall, City of London, today, November 14, before taking part in the Lord Mayor’s Show. Front to rear: Jim Clark in a Lotus, Graham Hill, BRM; Jack Brabham, Brabham; and Bruce McLaren, Cooper. The drivers slowly circuited part of the processional route before the procession began from Guildhall to the Law Courts. The procession accompanied London’s new Lord Mayor, Sir James Miller, on his traditional drive in a horse-drawn coach. Theme of this year’s show was the History of British Motoring. 14/11/64
CLARK REGAINS WORLD TITLE
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A happy wave from Scottish driver Jim Clark, 29, after he had won the German Grand Prix at Nurburgring, West Germany, August 1, to regain the World Drivers’ Championship. He was champion in 1963. This season, Clark has won all six Grand Prix he has raced, in addition to his success in the American Indianapolis 500. Second behind Clark’s Lotus at Nurburgring was Graham Hill’s BRM, with Dan Gurney third. 03/08/65
START OF THE “RACE OF CHAMPIONS”
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Formula One three litre racing cars roar off from the starting grid at Brands Hatch, Kent, England, today, March 12, in the third and final section of the “Race of Champions”. The race was finally won by Dan Gurney (car No.7) of California driving an Eagle-Gurney Weslake with Lorenzo Bandini driving a Ferrari (No.9) coming second and Jo Siffert in a Cooper-Maserati (No.12) coming third. 12/03/67