Coming from Pauillac ( not too far from Le Mans ) I am glad to
see another ex-frog correct the list. To answer Ed's question, I
believe the spelling for Gran came from Chevy, it would have cost
another penny to spell it correctly so they took the "d" off.
Mike
At 07:30 PM 11/29/2005, Jacques Le Clainche wrote:
>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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