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1912 Coupe du Tsar (Warszawa run)
The third edition of Coupe du Tsar in 1912 has become the last one, partly because of a last year’s post-finish scandal. Only 19 cars have been entered with just 9 foreign equipages. Even a domestic Russo-Baltique did not attend the race with its works team.
Just like before, a new route has been chosen – St.-Petersberg – Reval – Riga – Warszawa – Kiev – Moscow. Again this year the rally was held with a personal classification. 11 cars have successfully finished in Moscow, with only 3 finishers without penalty points. Fedor Shorygin from Moscow has won the last of IRAO long distance races on a small 24hp Loreley.
Pictures:
1. Kendall on Austin driving into Reval.
2. Von Luecke on Komnick at the start in Reval.
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Q: Could all of you say a few words comparing driving the new cars to last year’s?
JB: <...> I think this car backwards would be almost as good as last year’s car forwards.
Last edited by faksta; 09-07-2009 at 07:15 AM..
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