This has been an interesting topic. I just thought that I would add that
the individual races were actually Grand Epreuve. I know that I misspelled
the "E" word. Oh well, there is not a french bone in my body. A german one
and a scottish one but no french ;^)).
Mike C
----- Original Message -----
From "Jacques Le Clainche" <hobbycars at cox.net>
To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:30 PM
Subject: RE: Misspelling and Frogs
> Jim wrote: Having been around the "Grans Prix" in Europe throughout the
> late
> 60s and having watched Ford and the GT40s kick Ferarri a$$ at
> "Le Mans", I can assure that they are both French words (not that
> I have any great love for the Frogs) and are correctly spelled in
> this paragraph.
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> Nope!... It's Grand Prix, meaning the top prize in any competition - Grand
> Prix, then Prix d'honneur, etc, were given for clocks, wines, etc!
>
> By the way, I was there in the 60s too - and I lived not far from Le Mans.
>
> Jacques Le Clainche, ex-Frog.
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