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Episode 183: The 1908 New York to Paris Race

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The New York to Paris Race

The 19 o eight new york to paris race ended up having quite a significant impact on the world, it has to be said. This race helped to entranch the idea that the automobile was actually a very reliable and very dependable mode of transport. People began to see cars as not just a plaything for the very rich, but an increasingly accessible technology. It also brought attention to the terrible state of road intera structure, in the united states elsewhere. But sadly, george shuster himself, he never got the one thousand dollar prize money that was promised to the winner. The rise of the car as the default form of transport for billions world wide to day was sped on

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