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The 1906 Circuit des Ardennes
Circuit des Ardennes
The Circuit des Ardennes was an auto race held annually at the Circuit de Bastogne, Bastogne, from 1902 to 1907. It was the first major race to run on a closed course instead of from one city to another.- Winners of the Circuit des Ardennes :...

was a Grand Prix

Grand Prix motor racing

Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...

motor race held at the Bastogne

Bastogne

Bastogne Luxembourgish: Baaschtnech) is a Walloon municipality of Belgium located in the province of Luxembourg in the Ardennes. The municipality of Bastogne includes the old communes of Longvilly, Noville, Villers-la-Bonne-Eau, and Wardin...

circuit on August 13, 1906.

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Car	Laps	Time/Retired
1	7	Arthur Duray Arthur Duray Arthur Duray was born in New York City of Belgian 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 on three separate occasions between July, 1903 and March, 1904...	Lorraine-Dietrich 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 Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	7	5h38m39.2
2	13	René Hanriot	Darracq 120 hp	7	5h40m21.0
3	12	Henri Rougier Henri Rougier Henri Louis Rougier, was a French sportsman, racing cyclist, pioneer aeroplane pilot and sporting motorist. He is best remembered for his victory in the inaugural Monte Carlo Rally when he drove his Turcat-Méry from Paris to Monte Carlo, but he was also a regular competitor in both 'City to City'...	Lorraine-Dietrich 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 Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	7	5h50m11.4
4	5	Jules Barillier	Brasier 105 hp	7	5h50m27.0
5	17	Fernand Gabriel	Lorraine-Dietrich 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 Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	7	5h52m14.0
6	3	Albert Clément Albert Clément Albert Clément was a French motor racing driver. In 1904 he won the II Ardennes Cup race and finished third in the III Ardennes Cup race at Bastogne. He also finished second in the Vanderbilt Cup on Long Island. In 1906 he finished third in the inaugural French Grand Prix and 4th in the...	Clement-Bayard 100 hp	7	6h02m55.2
7	21	Marc Sorel	Lorraine-Dietrich 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 Etablissments de Dietrich and Cie branched into the manufacture of automobiles...	7	6h04m38.0
8	8	Louis Wagner Louis Wagner Louis Wagner was a French race car driver who won the first ever United States and British Grands Prix. Wagner was also a pioneer aviator.Wagner was born in Le Pré-Saint-Gervais, Seine-Saint-Denis...	Darracq 120 hp	7	6h14m46.0
9	15	Otto Salzer Otto Salzer Otto Salzer was a German racing car driver, famous for his contributions to the success of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft in Untertürkheim near Stuttgart, where he became team leader in 1903, previously having worked as an engineer since 1896.He had some good results, and was one of the first German...	Mercedes 120	7	6h14m50.0
10	4	Camille Jenatzy Camille Jenatzy Camille Jenatzy was a Belgian race car driver. He is known for breaking the land speed record three times and being the first man to break the 100 km/h barrier....	Mercedes 120	7	6h15m09.6
11	9	A. Villemain	Clement-Bayard 100 hp	7	6h32m40.6
12	14	Pierre Garcet	Clement-Bayard 100 hp	7	6h51m37.4
Ret	20	Paul Bablot Paul Bablot Paul Bablot was a French racecar driver. He also owned an early French-built Wright-model airplane....	Brasier 105 hp	5
Ret	2	Victor Hemery Victor Hémery Victor Hémery was a champion driver of early Grand Prix motor racing who was born in Sillé-le-Guillaume, France, Sarthe, France. In 1904 he joined Automobiles Darracq S.A. as their chief tester and helped prepare cars to compete in that year's Gordon Bennett Cup...	Darracq 120 hp	2
Ret	18	Victor Demogeot	Darracq 120 hp	2	Light Car
Ret	10	Alexander Burton	Mercedes 120	1
Ret	16	"Pierry Pierry Pierry is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.... "	Brasier 105 hp	1
Ret	1	Robert d'Hespel	Corre Corre Corre is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Franche-Comté in eastern France.-Geography:The Côney flows southward through the middle of the commune, crosses the village, then flows into the Saône, which forms most of the commune's south-western border.-References:*...	0
Ret	11	Paul Baras Paul Baras Paul Baras was a road racing cyclist and racing driver from France. He competed in several early Grand Prix motor races, and held the world land speed record between November 1904 and January 1905....	Brasier 105 hp	0
DNS	6	Theodore Pilette Théodore Pilette Théodore Pilette was a Belgian racecar driver.Father of André Pilette and grandfather of Teddy Pilette, Théodore was the first member of that racing dynasty....	Gregoire 70 hp		Did Not Appear
DNS	19	Foxhall Keene	Mercedes 120		Did Not Appear

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