
Episode 183: The 1908 New York to Paris Race
Half-Arsed History
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The First Team to Arrive in Paris?
The first car to make it across the finished line in paris was the protos team, the german car. But as they drove triumphantly through the streets of paris, they were met with a very lukewarm reception. People weren't that excited that they arrived. And you already may have figured out why,. only i'll give you a couple of minutes toto, potentially, see if you can remember why. The germans had been panalyzed 15 days race time, back in the united states for making that short cut seattle; and on top of that, the american thomas flier team which had been granted a bonus 15 days to make up for
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