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Arthur Duray (9 February 1882 – 11 February 1954) was born in New York City of
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duray, Arthur 1882 births 1954 deaths French racing drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers American people of Belgian descent Grand Prix drivers
Arthur Duray (9 February 1882 – 11 February 1954) was born in New York City of Belgian
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parents and later became a French citizen. An early aviator, he held Belgian license #3. He is probably best known today for breaking the land speed record
The land speed record (or absolute land speed record) is the highest speed achieved by a person using a vehicle on land. There is no single body for validation and regulation; in practice the Category C ("Special Vehicles") flying start regula ...
on three separate occasions between July, 1903 and March, 1904. Driver George Stewart legally changed his name to Leon Duray in tribute to fellow driver Arthur Duray.
Indianapolis 500 results
Other race results (probably incomplete): * 1904 Eliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale DNF Gobron-Brillié * 1904 Circuit des Ardennes 6thDarracq
A Darracq and Company Limited owned a French manufacturer of motor vehicles and aero engines in Suresnes, near Paris. The French enterprise, known at first as A. Darracq et Cie, was founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq after he sold his Gladi ...
* 1904 Coppa Florio
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5th Darracq
A Darracq and Company Limited owned a French manufacturer of motor vehicles and aero engines in Suresnes, near Paris. The French enterprise, known at first as A. Darracq et Cie, was founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq after he sold his Gladi ...
* 1904 La Consuma Hillclimb 3rd Darracq
A Darracq and Company Limited owned a French manufacturer of motor vehicles and aero engines in Suresnes, near Paris. The French enterprise, known at first as A. Darracq et Cie, was founded in 1896 by Alexandre Darracq after he sold his Gladi ...
80 hp
* 1905 Eliminatoires Françaises de la Coupe Internationale 3rd De Dietrich 24/28 (Vanderbilt qualifier)
* 1905 Circuit des Ardennes 7th De Dietrich 24/28
* 1905 Coppa Florio
The Coppa Florio (or Florio Cup) was a motorsport race for automobiles first held in Italy in 1900. It was renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50,000 Lira prize money and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be a ...
2nd Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1905 Vanderbilt Cup
The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing.
History
An international event, it was founded by William Kissam Vanderbilt II in 1904 and first held on October 8 on a course set out in Nassau County on Long Island, ...
DNF De Dietrich 24/28
* 1905 Gordon Bennett Cup 6th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1906 Circuit des Ardennes 1st De Dietrich
* 1906 French Grand Prix
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at LeMans 8th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
(aggregate)
* 1906 Vanderbilt Cup
The Vanderbilt Cup was the first major trophy in American auto racing.
History
An international event, it was founded by William Kissam Vanderbilt II in 1904 and first held on October 8 on a course set out in Nassau County on Long Island, ...
3rd Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1907 Dieppe DNF
* 1907 Moscow-St.Petersburg 1st De Dietrich
* 1907 Kaiser Preis 12th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
with Fernand Gabriel
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Heat 1
* 1907 Kaiser Preis 4th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
Heat 2
* 1907 Kaiser Preis DNF Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
Final
* 1907 French Grand Prix
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at Dieppe DNF Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
(fastest lap 75.4 mph)
* 1907 Coppa Velocita di Brescia DNF (7th) Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1907 Targa Florio
The Targa Florio was a public road endurance automobile race held in the mountains of Sicily near the island's capital of Palermo. Founded in 1906, it was the oldest sports car racing event, part of the World Sportscar Championship between 195 ...
4th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1908 Moscow-St.Petersburg DNF Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1908 Dieppe DNF Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1908 Coppa Florio
The Coppa Florio (or Florio Cup) was a motorsport race for automobiles first held in Italy in 1900. It was renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50,000 Lira prize money and a cup designed by Polak of Paris. The cup was to be a ...
DNF Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1908 American Grand Prize 10th De Dietrich
* 1911 French Grand Prix
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at Lyon 8th
* 1911 French Grand Prix
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at LeMans 4th Lorraine-Dietrich
Lorraine-Dietrich was a French automobile and aircraft engine manufacturer from 1896 until 1935, created when railway locomotive manufacturer ''Société Lorraine des Anciens Etablissements de Dietrich et Cie de Lunéville'' (known as ''De Dietri ...
* 1911 Coupe des Voiturettes DNF Excelsior
* 1912 French Grand Prix
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at Dieppe 10th Alcyon
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Origins
Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented b ...
* 1912 Coupe de la Sarthe
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at LeMans 11th Alcyon
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Origins
Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented b ...
* 1912 French Grand Prix
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at LeMans 10th Alcyon
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Alcyon originated from about 1890 when Edmond Gentil started the manufacture of bicycles in Neuilly, Seine. In 1902, this was complemented b ...
* 1913 French Grand Prix/Coupe de la Sarthe 5th Delage
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* 1914 Grand Prix at Lyon 8th Delage
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* 1914 French Grand Prix
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at LeMans 4th
* 1924 Coupe de L'Autodrome 2nd D'Aoust Hispano-Suiza
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* 1924 Match des Champions 3rd D'Aoust Hispano-Suiza
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* 1925 Spa 24 Hours
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History
The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their a ...
38th
* 1926 24 Hours of Le Mans
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37th Ariès 5-8 CV
* 1927 24 Hours of Le Mans
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21st Ariès 8-10 CV
* 1928 24 Hours of Le Mans
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30th Ariès 8-10 CV
* 1928 French Grand Prix at Saint-Gaudens ??
* 1930 Belgian Grand Prix
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The first national race of ...
4th Ariès
* 1931 Spa 24 Hours
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History
The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their a ...
13th B.N.C.
Bollack, Netter, et Cie ''(french: Bollack Netter et compagnie)'', more commonly known as B.N.C., was a small French automobile company in Levallois-Perret, situated on Avenue de Paris 39.
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B.N.C. was established by Lucien Bollack (an e ...
(with Charlier, first in class)
* 1933 Spa 24 hours
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History
The Spa 24 Hours was conceived by Jules de Their a ...
14th Amilcar
The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.
History
Foundation and location
Amilcar was founded in July 1921 by Joseph Lamy and Emile Akar. The name "Amilcar" was an imperfect anagram of the partners' names. The b ...
C6 (with Jean de Gabardie, first in class)
* 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans
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?? Amilcar
The Amilcar was a French automobile manufactured from 1921 to 1940.
History
Foundation and location
Amilcar was founded in July 1921 by Joseph Lamy and Emile Akar. The name "Amilcar" was an imperfect anagram of the partners' names. The b ...
Land Speed Records
* 1903 July 17 Ostend, Belgium Gobron-Brillié :fr:Gobron-Brillié 'Paris-Madrid' * 1903 November 5 Dourdan, France Gobron-Brillié 'Paris-Madrid' * 1904 March 31 Nice, France Gobron-Brillié 'Paris-Madrid'External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Duray, Arthur 1882 births 1954 deaths French racing drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers American people of Belgian descent Grand Prix drivers