New zealanders, bruce and harry washington took overall honours in the vintageants in their 1929 chrysler 75 roadster, while the aussie combo of mark pickering and dave boddy secured top position in. Peking to paris book has a different look at the rally. Jul 02, 20 paris nicky bailey and nadja saralam were not among the top finishers in the 20 peking to paris motor challenge when they reached the checkered flag at the magnificent place vendome here on saturday. Peking to paris 2016 the 6th peking to paris motor.
In 20 the australian crew of gerry crown and matt bryson won the event outright in their leyland p76, a replica of the p76 that finished on the podium of the 1974 world cup rally. The route will pass through a number of countries china, mongolia, russia, kazakhstan, belaurus, lithuania, poland, germany, and france. Video check out our latest videos from the peking to paris race 2016. Aug, 20 peking to paris book has a different look at the rally posted on august, 20 by steve mckelvie i recently finished reading dina bennetts new book about competing in the 2007 peking to paris motor challenge. The peking to paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between peking now beijing, then qing china and paris, france, a distance of 14,994 kilometres 9,317 mi the idea for the race came from a challenge published in the paris newspaper le matin on 31 january 1907, reading. The peking to paris motor challenge commemorates a car race that took place in 1907, after a french newspaper, le matin, wrote on the 31st of january that year. Leyland p76 wins the peking to paris published 29 june 20 octogenarian gerry crown is celebrating after winning the fifth peking to paris rally with navigator matt bryson in a 1973 leyland p76 just as the vehicle is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Nov 16, 20 the 1907 peking to paris race november 16, 20 in light of our recent completion of the series on the 1908 new york to paris race, we have some other interesting photos and an ebook were you can read about another early and fascinating race, the 1907 peking to paris motor challenge. Peking to paris 20 little red october 26, 2019 on our return from the lake mirror concoursmidflorida auto show in lakeland, fl, both analog and digital voltmeters started fluctuating wildly between. Events competitions 2016 2015 2014 20 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004. In the classic category, meanwhile pre1975 models, gerry crown and matt bryson are in first place driving their leyland p76. Ah, the disappointment and reality of being completely ignored when theyre back in australia. Everyone loves a winner and thats certainly true when its comes to preparing a car for the worlds toughest endurance rally the peking to paris motoring challenge. Despite the time difference from 1907 to 2016 the book appears to reveal the same issues and conflicts that are prevalent in todays efforts to participate and complete the race.
The trek to end polio will take place during the next peking to paris motor challenge on june 2, 2019. May 07, 20 the fifthever peking to paris rally will be held this year from may 28th to june 29th, stretching an epic 9,300 miles across two continents and eight countries, through some of the harshest and most remote terrain on earth. The peking to paris rally is organized by the endurance rally association. Posted in video, video format on june 20, 2016 by sanjay v. A race that gives reminiscent of jules vernes around the world in 80 days, published in 1873, and also gives the chance to explore your skills, determination and the extent of your human spirit. One of our members, andrew drinkwater and his navigator diana cooper entered the 2010 peking to paris rally with this little renault 750 more commonly known as the 4cv which is left hand drive. The cars primative engines were too weak to power them up the steep and narrow mountain roads and men often had to push the cars up by hand, or get mules to pull on the cars with. In a nutshell, its a 36 day race starting in peking on sunday 12616, ending in.
In a challenge to test man and machine, the original cars follow the original route, 14,000 kilometres through china, mongolia, the gobi desert, siberia and russia to end under the eiffel tower. Mar 04, 2017 2019 peking to paris motor challenge the 2019 peking to paris motor challenge will take place from june 2 to july 7, 2019, obviously starting in pekingbeijing and ending in paris. Entrants camped at the foot of mount everest, and cracked open the border between tibet and nepal. The greatest motoring adventure from peking to paris. The peking now called beijing to paris motor race now called a rally was the first transcontinental motorrally, covering a gruelling distance of 14,994 km 9,317 miles. Plus great roads, great meals and a fun atmosphere. Is there anyone who will undertake to travel this summer from peking to paris by automobile.
Lee and i naturally thought of our original tatty 1956 bentley s1. The rules are deceptively simple, setting off from point a to reach point b, following a prescribed route against a fixed time schedule. Capturing all the drama and the excitement, peking to paris is an extraordinary series recreating one of the worlds greatest overland adventures the magnificent peking to paris car race of 1907. See photos, read our blog and follow our race against the clock when we drive from peking to paris a total of 7610 miles spread out in 33 days. This is the story of their spectacular adventure, told as a fourpart documentary on abc television. The fifthever peking to paris rally will be held this year from may 28th to june 29th, stretching an epic 9,300 miles across two continents and eight countries, through some of the harshest and most remote terrain on earth. In a nutshell, its a 36 day race starting in peking on sunday 12616, ending in paris on sunday 17716.
Follow the peking to paris rally here or visit our facebook page for the latest updates. You can read all manner of details regarding this racerally from their web site. Gerry brown et matt bryson ont couru toutes les editions du pekinparis. Fran has delved back into his preparation of a 356 coupe, set to do this years peking to paris rally. As much as crossing the finish line is all the victory most need, the peking to paris is still a competitive event, and there are of course winners. We had enjoyed that great rusty beast of a car whilst poor students in london. Published on aug 6, 20 brothers antony and daniel woodcock drove their late father louis vintage bentley from peking to paris to honour his longheld ambition to take part in the rally. The 2016 peking to paris motor challenge starts from the great wall outside beijing on sunday, june 12th, and finishes with a drive into paris to cross the finish line in place vendome on sunday, july 17th. It was to be a daring recreation of the peking to paris raid and a journey that took them more than a third of the way around the globe. I recently finished reading dina bennetts new book about competing in the 2007 peking to paris motor challenge. Jan 20, 20 posted on january 20, 20 march 12, 2017 not sure what retirement means in francis dictionary but it seems to be something like visit more deserts and do more work. Its the third victory in the classic car section of the pekingtoparis motor challenge for gerry crown and his codriver and car builder matt bryson.
On the 28th of may 20, the next peking to paris motor challenge will take off. The run into the rest day at kazan started with it cold and wet with some great tests on rural roads with ample red mud for everyone to have fun and make all the cars dirty. The second peking to paris was not held until the summer of 1997, when on the 90th anniversary, the firstever rally for classic and vintage cars was created to cross china, and the firstever rally to cross tibet. The winners arrived first and were showered with their reward, a magnum of french champagne, under the peking to paris banner. Despite the time difference from 1907 to 2016 the book appears to reveal the same issues and conflicts that are prevalent in todays efforts to participate and complete the. Funny how such an infrequentlyrun race rates in the mind with such legendary and longrunning endurance events as the 24 hours of le mans, the isle of man tt, and dakar.
Starting in beijing, china, harman and ward will join drivers in 100 vintage cars to traverse treacherous mountains and blistering deserts all the way to paris, france. Its guided by one dina bennett, the worlds least likely navigator. I will be competing in the 2019 peking to paris motor. In a challenge to test man and machine, the original cars follow the original route, 14,000 kilometres through china, mongolia, the gobi desert. The history of grand prix racing through the lives of its greatest drivers, people and events. The 20 running of the event is the 5th such recreation of the original rally held in 1907. Recently returned from fun times in the sahara with the dakar 911, fran has delved back into his preparation of a 356 coupe, set to do this years peking to paris rally. After preparing the chevrolet fangio coupe crewed by phil garratt and kieron brown, winners of the 20 event, rps has worked with 24 competitors from across the. The route taken by the races competitors, from peking, china, in the east, to paris, france, in the west this first mountain range was the death of almost everyone. Peking 2 paris 20 transcontinental classic car rally. The engine should be back from trevor seaman of trevs trumps with its revised camshaft hopefully by the end of this week.
Funny how such an infrequentlyrun race rates in the mind with such legendary and longrunning endurance events as the 24 hours of le mans, the isle of man tt, and. The book is aptly named peking to paris about life and love on a short drive around half the world. Aug 06, 20 published on aug 6, 20 brothers antony and daniel woodcock drove their late father louis vintage bentley from peking to paris to honour his longheld ambition to take part in the rally. The idea for the race came from a challenge published in the paris newspaper le matin on 31 january 1907, reading. It all began here and, in this as in so many other cases, its best to blame it on the dog. Prince borgheses route in 1907 what needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. After deciding to take on the challenge of the peking to paris rally we began a serious search for the right car to carry us to the finish line. Jun 20, 2018 starting in beijing, china, harman and ward will join drivers in 100 vintage cars to traverse treacherous mountains and blistering deserts all the way to paris, france. The 28th may the next peking to paris motor challenge will take off.
Gerry brown en profitera pour feter son 87e anniversaire. We only learned of the 2007 peking to paris classic car motor challenge, because a man driving a 1928 mercedes benz had the same breed of dog as we did, a bernese mountain dog. I just started reading the book and as someone who is planing the 2016 peking to paris should be a must. The next event planning for the 6th peking to paris motor challenge is already in the works, and will take place in 2016.
Masters, apprentice or tour navigation is available. We are chuffed that our 403 silvia, formerly the bulldog will be the first bristol to participate in the peking to paris endurance rally, organised by the endurance rally organisation, based in the uk. Featuring what was described at the time as the standard australian wheelbase of 111 inches, it was intended to provide the company with a genuine rival to large local models like the ford falcon, the holden kingswood, and the chrysler valiant. The peking to paris motor challenge begins on sunday 12th june from the great wall of china with 110 crews journeying 8,500 miles to the centre of paris, crossing the finish line on sunday 17th july. Jul 06, 2016 race day peking to paris 2016 video has been provided by a third party and remains the property of the individual. Driving a 1940 ford coupe called shiner, they have driven through china, mongolia, russia and are now on the final stretch of the journey from ukraine through to france. After competing in the 20 outing, rod wade will once again take on the worlds greatest motoring challenge the peking to paris 2016 peking to paris 2016 route map the first ever peking to paris event took place in 1907. In total 96 cars will be driving, and our car has start number 8, which is a lucky number in china. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. The leyland p76 is a large car that was produced by leyland australia, the australian subsidiary of british leyland. The peking to paris motor race was an automobile race, originally held in 1907, between peking now beijing, then qing china and paris, france, a distance of 14,994 kilometres 9,317 mi. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Days 3336 july 4th7th 2019 a mad dash to the finish in paris. See photos, read our blog and follow our race against the clock when we drive from peking to paris.
Jul 11, 20 the peking now called beijing to paris motor race now called a rally was the first transcontinental motorrally, covering a gruelling distance of 14,994 km 9,317 miles. They won in the p76 in 20, when crown was only 81, and in 2010 in a 1964 eh holden. However, they managed to impress everyone with their feat of driving an opentop 100yearold automobile 7,610 miles, negotiating harsh terrain and weather in the process. It will be the beginning of a great adventure that is very demanding for the car, the navigator and driver. On may 15 2005 a crew of 15 ten drivers and codrivers and five support crew set off in five 100 yearold cars on a 14,000 kilometre journey. Now, for a giggle, boys on the podium in silvia at 29. After nearly a month on the road, michelle jana chan and mike reeves are coming to the end of the marathon peking to paris vintage car rally. Driver navigator car class medal pos cls pos 4 scott perekslis chance perekslis chrysler b70 b 10314. The car that has fewest penalties by the time we reach paris will be the winner. The idea for the race came from a challenge published in the paris newspaper le matin on january 31, 1907, reading. After it being cold and wet for the first week across russia the weather has changed and turned very tropical for the last 2 days.
May 01, 20 in may 2007, leaving chinas great wall is car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the peking to paris motor challenge. What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and go anywhere. What needs to be proved today is that as long as a man has a car, he can do anything and. Peking to paris p76 the mighty p76, last seen in the trans america rally, is back at p504 services for its freshen up. The 2016, 6th edition, peking to paris motor challenge started from the great wall outside beijing on sunday, 12 june and finished 36 days later with a drive into paris. In may 2007, leaving chinas great wall is car 84, one of 128 antique autos racing in the peking to paris motor challenge. P76 peking to paris win 20 alpine lassi 19th 20th october enjoy a fantastic weekend in the entral west of n.