Evolution of the beast
To anyone with a desire to go racing, one of the sweetest phrases in the English language must be ‘money no object…’ That appeared to have been the case for…
BARCELONA FLASHBACK “DAILY EXPRESS” I,000-MILE RALLY VETERAN CAR RUN TO BRIGHTON
Top left : ASCARI. WINNER AT BARCELONA. taking a corner rendered tricky by the kerbs on both sides of the road—not to mention spectators and soldiers oil ready to be written off should a less-skilled driver gyrate. Top right : DRAMAT1C.—Cabantous pushes his stricken Talbot over the line as Ascori receives the chequered flog at Barcelona. Beside the Tolbot is Claes, who ran down to tell Cabantous not to cross the line until the winner hod been flagged. Bottom : ANOTHER VIEW of the finish of the last Formula I race of 1950. with Grignard’s Talbot crossing the line in seventh place as a Maserati comes op behind.