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Jean Pierre Wimille

Resurrection at Cockfosters

August 9, 2021 By pete

Are you going to Cockfosters?

Story by Graham Gauld

I was locked into an interesting discussion recently on motor sport and racing at the end of WWII in Europe and how soon motor sport had restarted in England. It is easy to forget that motor sport in Europe literally stopped dead in 1939 for the next six years save for a few events in Italy in 1940 whilst World War II was going on. Finally, on May 8, 1945 war in Europe came to an end but continued in the Far East.

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Tagged With: Anthony Rivers-Fletcher, Aston Martin Atom, Bob Gerard, cockfoster rally, Graham Gauld, Jean Pierre Wimille, WWII racing

Bois de Boulogne, September 9, 1945 Racing Begins

September 15, 2015 By pete

Jean Pierre Wimillie's winning and famous Bugatti T50-50B on display at the National Museum.  Photo unknown.

Jean Pierre Wimillie’s winning Bugatti T50-50B on display at the Cité de l’Automobile.

By Clyde Berryman

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The big day, September 9, came at last. It had a distinctly patriotic theme about it to commemorate the participants and their sacrifices during the war. A crowd of over 200,000 was on hand to watch. [Read more…] about Bois de Boulogne, September 9, 1945 Racing Begins

Tagged With: Bois de Boulogne Grand Prix, Bois de Boulogne racing, Charles Faroux, First postwar Grand Prix, gordini, Jean Pierre Wimille, Races in Paris, Robert Benoist

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