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Thanksgiving Day, 1920, Gaston Chevrolet, the winner of the Indianapolis 500 that year, entered a race at the Beverly Hills Speedway. The Speedway was a board track and board tracks were notoriously dangerous places for cars and motorcycles. Joe Thomas was racing low on the track and Chevrolet tried to pass him on the high side when he struck Eddie O'Donnell's car.
20 de sept. de 2013 · Gaston Chevrolet Youngest brother, Gaston Chevrolet, appears to have been the dare devil of the trio. He was born in France in 1892. He was sent for, to come to America, in 1902 when brother Louis was already well on his way to establishing a name for himself as an automotive master.
Gaston Louis Chevrolet was born in 1892 in Beaune, France to Swiss-born parents Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet and Marie Anne Angéline Mahon. His father was a watchmaker by trade. Gaston was the youngest child of nine and grew up in the shadow of his older siblings. His parents had immigrated from Switzerland to France between 1885 and 1888, and ...
Chevrolet es un fabricante estadounidense de automóviles y camiones con sede en Detroit, perteneciente al grupo General Motors.Nació de la alianza de Louis Chevrolet y William Crapo Durant el 3 de noviembre de 1911. [2] Actualmente, Chevrolet incrementó su participación en el mercado mundial a partir de la implementación del nuevo concepto de diseño global llamado GPix o Global Pix, con ...
4 de may. de 2020 · British Pathe' Film showing 1920 Triple-A racing action from Tacoma Speedway. This event featured 5 winners of the Indy 500 including Tommy Milton, Jimmy Mu...
Gaston, the youngest of the three Chevrolet brothers originally immigrating to the United States, survived the "500" as much as won it. His team, headed by his eldest brother Louis and also tended to by middle brother Arthur , entered seven cars for the Monroe Company , a manufacturer that had been revived from bankruptcy by Indianapolis businessman William Small .
La historia de Chevrolet, Louis crea la marca y la tragedia le aparta de las carreras (III) En los 15 años que fueron de 1905 a 1920, Louis se pasó tres recuperándose de los fuertes accidentes que sufrió. Pero el que le apartó de las carreras fue el que le costó la vida a su hermano Gaston. En 1909 Louis abrió un garaje en Detroit.
