Aug 10 2009
Great Automobile Race
I took a look at this event and thought that maybe it was with Horse and Buggy since it was in 1907. I guess the automobile did have a few ‘horses’ under the hood to master a race. On this day in 1907, the greatest automobile race took place.
The race stretched 8,000 miles from Beijing, China, to Paris, France. The event last for 62 days and was won by Prince Borghese of Italy. The prince drove like a madman across Asia and Europe and along the way he encountered a brush fire, got stuck in a swamp, and was pulled over by a police man who refused to believe he was in a race and not out speeding.
From the historical archives of the History Channel
