I would like to know more about a meeting held at Avignon in 1947 than the following:
"..starting money had to be increased for Parisian Jean Ondet to get him to loan his Amilcar to Maurice Trintignant.."
Trintignant won (his class??) on that car.
1947 GP(?) Avignon
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alessandro silva
, Apr 26 2001 12:44
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Marcor
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Posted 26 April 2001 - 15:06
I've also read the story about Ondet. The organisers of the race had loaned the Amilcar to Jean Ondet for Trintignant.
The Avignon circuit was above all for motorbike races. But in 1947 a racing car was added in the event.
Date: 20 April 1947, GP d'Avignon
Length of the circuit: 2.310 km
Race for little capacity (1100 cc with or without supercharger) and maximum 12 starters (restriction imposed by the ACF, due to the short length of the circuit).
Results:
1- Maurice Trintignant Amilcar C6 MCO 1,1 L #9
2- Alain Brault Simca Gordini 8 spéciale
FL- Paul Bodet, 1 min 42 sec, 81.529 kph
Other entries:
Paul Bodet, from Paris, Maserati #2 (a long time second, did the fastest lap but had ignition's problems and regressed)
T.A.S.O. Mathieson Simca Gordini
one Singer
one EB (a Special)
one RM (another Special)
one BR (yet a Special again)
2 other Amilcars
Organiser: the Automobile Club Vauclusien, including in his members some of the Moto Club Vauclusien.
Since 1989 the Avignon circuit is revived for historic races, in motorbike as well as racing car.
The Avignon circuit was above all for motorbike races. But in 1947 a racing car was added in the event.
Date: 20 April 1947, GP d'Avignon
Length of the circuit: 2.310 km
Race for little capacity (1100 cc with or without supercharger) and maximum 12 starters (restriction imposed by the ACF, due to the short length of the circuit).
Results:
1- Maurice Trintignant Amilcar C6 MCO 1,1 L #9
2- Alain Brault Simca Gordini 8 spéciale
FL- Paul Bodet, 1 min 42 sec, 81.529 kph
Other entries:
Paul Bodet, from Paris, Maserati #2 (a long time second, did the fastest lap but had ignition's problems and regressed)
T.A.S.O. Mathieson Simca Gordini
one Singer
one EB (a Special)
one RM (another Special)
one BR (yet a Special again)
2 other Amilcars
Organiser: the Automobile Club Vauclusien, including in his members some of the Moto Club Vauclusien.
Since 1989 the Avignon circuit is revived for historic races, in motorbike as well as racing car.
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 05:42
I would like to know more about a meeting held at Avignon in 1947 than the following:
"..starting money had to be increased for Parisian Jean Ondet to get him to loan his Amilcar to Maurice Trintignant.."
Trintignant won (his class??) on that car.
Alessandro silva,
Taken from the "Autodiva" discussion forum:
GP d'Avignon 20/04/1947 - 1100cc capacity limit - 40 laps of 2.35 km circuit
Entrants
1. TASO Mathieson Equipe Gordini Simca Gordini T11 - DNA
2. Paul Bodet Maserati 4CM
3. Le Jamtel Amilcar
4. Alain Brault Simca-Gordini
5. Emmanuel Baboin Ecurie Verte Simca EB
6. Raoul Martin Ecurie Verte Simca RM
7. Jean de Montrémy Simca Monoploe
8. Louis Brugairolles Singer
9. Maurice Trintignant Amilcar CO
10. Paul Marcerou Simca-Siata
11. Louis Robert Simca BR
12. Philippe Mas Amilcar
?. Aymard
Results
1° Trintignant 1h 10 min 15 sec. - average speed 70.918 km/h
2° Brault 1.11.13
3° Marcerou 1.11.53
4° Brugairolles 3 laps down
5° Aymard 6 laps down
6° Bodet 8 laps down
