European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse Paris race of 07 k a let alone any suitable place to drive one to get the race under Way it was first necessary to convince the ruling Man Daruns and ministers that the cars were not fiendishly Clever War machines arrived to spearhead an invasion. Aside from completely passes Mongolia was filled with raving bandits and passage through Russia meant not Only Negola Ting borsht like swamps and bogs but motoring thousands of Miles through a Bud where the red revolt was already boiling. But there they were off in their Cloud of dust to prove that As Long Asa Man has a car he can Dom Yihong and go were they As Brave and per haps Balmy a group of sportsmen sever raced on wheels. There was Prince so Plano Borghese a Many titled italian Nobleman at the wheel when not pulling or pushing Ofa mighty a horsepower Tau. He was the favorite not Only because he had the biggest car and a reputation As a steely nerved calculating explorer an Mountain climber but because he alone had enough Money to make the trip under his own Power. His chief rival was Charles Godard a former French jockey in a ii . Dutch Spyker. Godard matched or bet tend Borghese in driving skill courage and endurance. Scuba lacked was spare parts any knowledge of median let a Mechanic and Money for of Odd gasoline. Be started the ran dead Soke and ended k jail toe non Par of Billa. The others listed by Andrews were Georges Cormier and Victor Collignon factory team Drivers in a matched pair of de Dion Bostons which offered their pilots All the Speed and Power it .motors could deliver and Auguste Pons a Gallant Young Frenchman who full expected to cover the course in a three wheel t . had made their ways to peking by train and ship in answer to a Chal Lenge issued by the Paris newspaper be Matin. At stake were personal Pride the reputations of the French dutch and italian motor industries and the believed Fame and Money. The dust of peking had hardly Settle when the mad motorists got a taste of what Lay in store. Two cars made wrong turn on leaving the City and. For the first of several times got lost. When they wire found and the caravan proceeded the one sensible arrangement of the race was that the cars should stick together through Asiahe Cental s already in trouble on the rutted Camel Trail. Prough the rest of China and most. Of Mongolia the cars proceeded by of Camel and coolie Power. There were horse too not under the hoods but hitched in front pulling the machine sop and Down Mountain paths Only an abominable snowman could togetherness agreement the Book continues Cam to a cruel end to the Gobi. Pans and us Mechanic octave. Fouratt were unable to keep the Pace in their Little three Wheeler. They wan dered off course broke Down and were found three Days later by a passing caravan near death from thirst and sex survivors chugged on but maybe Pons and Foucalt were the Lucky Borghese who sped ahead of the others at the flirt Opportunity an who had the added resources of private fuel Supply depots and Cash to pay for emergency repairs and labor had his troubles. In Siberia his 1-ton car ran afoul of Quicksand and later it fell through a rotting unused Bridge into River. Despite such misfortune he gradually lengthened his Lead to tha Point where it was Only a matter of by How Many Days or weeks he would , Devil May care and desperate broke Down in the Gobi ran out of Gas almost Dally and had to beg his food and fuel for the entire 10,000-mile , he was the real hero of the race according to As he was. It was he who had carried the Naples Cental s supplies and he who had waited longest for the missing car to show up. He used his faster Auto to scout for the two de Lions until be ran into serious trouble and his companions deserted him in was at Cherem Khovov about 1,000 Miles from the finish line. His sturdy Spyker the Only car in the race that never needed major repair was stopped with a punctured rear Axle Case and worn out Magneto. In typical style Godard plugged the Hole in the Axle casing with a chunk of raw Bacon then parked the car and Rode by train some 100 Miles to Tomsk where a University professor rewound the Magneto. The sex jockey took the Magneto Backoo Cherem Khovov installed it himself and resumed the race about two week behind the de Lions. Despite everything All cars but the Cental made it to Paris Borghese drove triumphantly into the French capital on aug. 10, More than two week earlier than even the optimistic sponsor be Matin had predicted. The de Dion Sand. Spyker arrived As a group lit three weeks aug. A but without penniless hero of us greatest motoring venture in history was arrested in Kuerston Germany for false pre tenses. The editor of be Matin Accord ing to Andrews who had dreamed up the whole thing As a promotion to French cars was making sure that the dutch car did t finish ahead of the Home team Godard talked his Way out of jail Intima to catch the cars by train on the Utsuru of Paris but French police pulled him from the wheel a be tried to join the de Lions in their grand substitute Driver sent from the Spyker Plant took the author Andrews makes Clear every Driver Mechanic and newsman who Rode with the peking parts race of 07 was a Hen. As he also makes obvious some heroes Are a Little too heroic for their own Good. Bill Collins a Kloote read which Hod the eos Twenty of Downtrodden Eovito ims the 2-ton Halo my through a rotting Bridge in Siberia got sleek in Quicksand. Thi stars and souks one it
