Rally Monte Carlo 1924 - Antony Noghès becomes Monsieur Rallye
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In 1924, the Monte Carlo Rally is held again for the first time after the First World War, with new ideas but the old regulations. And thus degenerates into a coffee run.
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In 1924, the Rallye-Automobile-Monaco became the Rallye-Automobile Monte Carlo. Antony Noghès takes the rally into his own hands, adds an additional loop timed over the Col de Braus, demands that all vehicles be started by an electric starter and moves the event to March. He also opens up a category for motorcycles - with or without sidecars! On the other hand, he failed to thoroughly revise the regulations from before the First World War. As a result, the 3rd rally becomes a leisurely coffee ride that even a 20-year-old Renault survives. Only one Studebaker is said to have broken down somewhere between Naples and Monaco. The winners - the Ledure couple in a 2-liter Bignan 11CV - managed to score the most points from a variety of options. They were awarded 1 point for every 20 kilometers covered, 2 points per person on board, 6 points for closed vehicles and 1 point per 100 cc. The two almost had to throw in the towel in Glasgow. Competent commissioners seal the Bignan so skillfully that it gives up the ghost from all the short circuits and can only be made to run at the last second before the start. Second-placed Monsieur Marquet on the Métallurgique - which started in Amsterdam - loses around 30 points to the Ledures, which explains the victory of Monsieur Jaques Eduard Ledures and his wife: Glasgow gives away the most points for track length. P.S. Motorcycles will be removed from the start list in future. Little interest among the riders themselves - or do the poor motorcyclists not fit into the sophisticated cityscape of the Principality?
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