Motor Racing
Grand Prix racing
- 12 July — the 5th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Amiens over 916.98 km (31.62 km x 29 laps). The winner is Georges Boillot of France driving a Peugeot L5 in 7:53:56.8. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XIII Grand Prix de l´ACF.
Indianapolis 500
- 30 May — 3rd running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Jules Goux (France) in a Peugeot L76
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“This biplane is the shape of human flight.
Its name might better be First Motor Kite.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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