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1905 Richard-Brasier Race Car (96 Horsepower)

At six a.m on July 5 the start of the 1905 Gordon - Bennett Cup took place on the circuit of Auvergne, near Clermont-Ferrand, France. The cars crossed the starting line at intervals of four minutes. The race consisted of four laps over a closed circuit of 82.4 miles. The circuit was so tortuous that the longest straight stretch was scarcely more than 880 yards, Between the highest and lowest point, the gradient reached more than 2,970 feet so that the drivers had to face a dangerous ascent and difficult descent on every lap. Speed alone was not enough to win the race, for each car had to be able to be agile enough to negotiate sharp curves and climb precipitous inclines at racing speeds.

The first driver to start was Leon Thery at the wheel of a 1905 Brasier, a French car. The hopes of France essentially rested on this driver, for he was known as steady performer. They had led a Brasier to victory in the 1904 Gordon-Bennett Cup race, a success which had earned the marque a reputation for endurance. The 1905 Brasier resembled the 1904 model a great deal, its main difference being an increased cylinder capacity bringing its power from 80 to 95 horsepower. It had a three-speed gearbox, a cone-clutch, a lateral chain transmission and a low-tension magneto.

One hour, 41 minutes and seven seconds after crossing the starting line. Thery completed his first circuit, to be followed seven minutes later by another car. Thery noted with great astonishment that it was Vincenzo Lancia's Fiat, fourth car in the lineup, which had secured a comfortable lead in actual time elapsed. Then, one after the other, the competitors were faced with mechanical difficulties. The English Napier lost its gas tank, and an American Pope-Toledo would have had to give up because of a break in the oil system if the mechanic had not held the two parts together with his own hands.

On the third lap, the fiat was beginning to increase its lead when its motor jammed. Forced to stop, the car would not start again. Thus Thery  finished first with an average speed of 46.82 mph. He drove the race with such consistency that there was a difference of only eight minutes between his slowest and fastest lap.

The people of France took special satisfaction in this seccond consecutive French victory. However, the 1905 Gordon-Bennett Cup was the last race of its kind to be held by the Automobile Club of France, which began to investigate a new type of internatioanl competition: the Grand prix of the Automobile Club of France.
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