SF Edge in a Napier Finish:Float frame October 1984

October 1984

candlestick

one to work the brakes and one to walk ahead wih a red flag to warn people of the coming car

An 1894 Peugeot 3

The River Thames and the Tower of London can be seen in the background

SF Edge in a Napier Finish:Float frame October 1984Selwyn Francis Edge in a Napier, 1903 Gordon Bennett race. The Gordon Bennett Races were organised by James Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New York Herald newspaper to help promote the motor industry. The first race was held between Paris and Lyon in 1900, but in 1903 the race was staged on a circuit for the first time, at Athy in Ireland. The Gordon Bennett Races are regarded as the birth of the idea of Grand Prix motor racing. Selwyn Francis Edge