Dragutin Esser
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Dragutin Esser was a race car driver, driving cars designed or built by Émile Mathis.
The production cars of Mathis driven by Dragutin Esser or by Emile Mathis achieved numerous successes in the touring classes:
Dragutin Esser designed two cars of 2025cc and 2253cc which were built by Mathis under license from Stoewer.
In July 1914, Esser drove a Nagant
on the XIV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France - and finished 6th.
The production cars of Mathis driven by Dragutin Esser or by Emile Mathis achieved numerous successes in the touring classes:
- Grand Prix du Mans - 1911
- Grand Prix de l'A.C.F. - 1913
- Tour de France - 1913
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Dragutin Esser designed two cars of 2025cc and 2253cc which were built by Mathis under license from Stoewer.
In July 1914, Esser drove a Nagant
Nagant
The firm Fabrique d'armes Émile et Léon Nagant was established in 1859 in Liège, Belgium, to manufacture firearms.Émile and Léon Nagant were brothers, and probably best known for their important contributions to the design of the Mosin-Nagant Russian service rifle, adopted in 1891...
on the XIV Grand Prix de l'Automobile Club de France - and finished 6th.
External links
- http://club.mathis.free.fr/home.en.htm
- http://vea.qc.ca/vea/marques1/mathis.htm