The first important motor-car race took place in July, 1891, from Paris to Rouen, and in 1895 the Automobile Club de France was established. The famous race from Paris to Bordeaux and back, a distance of some 732 miles, was organised in -1895, and was won by M. Levassor, who covered the distance in 48 hours 48 minutes, at an average speed of about 15 miles per hour; the highest speed on the level being about 20 miles per hour, . , |
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Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 80, 15 October 1928, Page 12
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