The Worlds First Motor Race
In the summer of 1894, the world saw its first fully fledged automobile race, the Paris-Rouen ‘Competition for Horseless Carriages’.All stories in our B L O G
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The Bois de Boulogne
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Neuilly-sur-Seine
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Courbevoie
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The Qualifying race was treated as one big publicity event to get people excited for the race and to let them know that Le Petit Journal was the place to read about it. Routes were littered in and around Paris to maximise the awareness for the event and it worked. The final heat began on Sunday, July 22nd, 1894 and crowds of people turned out to see this automotive race, a world first. Read more ...
