The 1903 Race Car A Catalyst for the Golden Age of Motorsports

... race: The Bordeaux of the first car, driven by M. Louis Renault. 30 May 1903 ... RM 2M994BP–Early Motor Car Racing - The Paris-Madrid Race route, 1903. each mainly metal construction with some resin parts, comprising three scratch-built models of 1903 Four-Cylinder Gobron-Brillie, the first car ... With the steering wheel instead of tiller, this photo was taken in late 1903 or early 1904, after Henry Ford rebuilt and upgraded the wrecked ... Without much lead time, the turnout for that first race series was small. On March 26, 1903, the first time trials were held. Entrants were Alexander Winton ... Barney Oldfield, American automobile-racing driver whose name was synonymous with speed in the first two decades of the 20th century. In 1903 he ... In 1903, the fledgling Ford Motor Company made its first sale of a Model A on July 28, 1903. The 1903 Ford Model A was a simple machine with ... The first trouble that happened was that through a miscalculation the car was considerably over the 19-½ cwt. limit. Everything was done to ... On the 24th of May,1903, as the sun rose, the streets of Paris saw the start of an ill-fated experiment in motor racing, organized by the ... The Benz patent motor car Victoria is the first vehicle with the double-pivot steering for which Carl Benz filed a patent in 1893. On July 23rd, 1903, a little over a month after being incorporated the Ford Motor Company delivered its first -ever automobile to be purchased ...