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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland. [1] He was the second child of Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet, a watchmaker, and Marie-Anne Angéline Mahon. [2]
He won a 100-mile (160 km) match race against top racers Tommy Milton (driving a Chevrolet race car) [1] and Ralph Mulford. With the coming of winter in late 1920, racing moved to the West Coast . While competing in the last race of the season on the board track at the Beverly Hills Speedway , Chevrolet was killed when his Frontenac crashed on ...
Driving a Frontenac, Chevrolet qualified for the Indianapolis 500 again in 1916, but was forced out after 35 laps when the car developed ignition magneto problems. His driving career ended during practice rounds for the 1920 Indianapolis 500 when he was severely injured in a crash. Brother Gaston won that year's race in a Frontenac, but Gaston ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 August 2024. American sports car (built 1963–1966) Cheetah number 002, aluminum-bodied An original 1964 Cheetah on track at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed The Bill Thomas Cheetah was an American sports car designed and engineered entirely with American components, and built from 1963 to 1966 by ...
On November 8, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Company was incorporated. [6] It was founded by Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant and investment partners William Little (maker of the Little automobile), former Buick owner James H. Whiting, [7] Edwin R. Campbell (son-in-law of Durant) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin CEO ...
Louis Chevrolet c. 1910 Frontenac Motors ad Frontenac race car before the 1921 Indianapolis 500. Driver Tommy Milton at the wheel, with Barney Oldfield and Louis Chevrolet. Frontenac Motor Corporation was a joint venture of Louis Chevrolet , Indy 500 winner Joseph Boyer Jr. , Indianapolis car dealer William Small, and Zenith Carburetor ...
[10] [9] [13] Chevrolet had got through the race without taking a single tyre-change, [14] [15] and his Monroe-Frontenac was the first win by an American car at Indianapolis since 1912. On 25 November, Gaston Chevrolet and Eddie O'Donnell collided when racing at the last race of the championship, at the new Beverly Hills Speedway. Both drivers ...
James Ellis Hall (born July 23, 1935) [1] is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest American racing drivers of his generation, capturing consecutive United States Road Racing Championships (1964, 1965), two Road America 500s (1962, 1964), two Watkins Glen Grands Prix for sports cars (1964 ...