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Rally Monte Carlo 1931 - Donald Healey and his Invicta S

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Created on January 20, 2011

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Bernhard Brägger

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Rallye Monte Carlo 1931 - Der Sieger Donald Healey fährt ohne Beifahrer in einem Invicta S

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Rallye Monte Carlo 1931 - Der Sieger von 1931, Donald Healey, fährt ohne Beifahrer in einem Invicta S

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The 1931 Monte Carlo Rally is decided by the acceleration and braking test. Ridiculous when you consider the exertions of the participants on the rest of the route. The winner was Donald Healey, who was alone in the car, accompanied by a sandbag.

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Preview (beginning of the article)

The 10th Rallye Automobile Monaco - now finally called the Rallye Monte Carlo - is the most difficult in its short history. Neither the GP drivers Louis Chiron in a 16-cylinder touring car nor Count Lurani reach their starting point in Stavanger, desperately try to find Oslo in the snowstorm, succeed in doing so, start themselves and are immediately disqualified from the distant, sunny Monaco. Bad news also comes from Tallinn. A single car can be started. But near Königsberg, Perl crashes into a tree, totally exhausted. Total loss! All the others are waiting for a thaw somewhere in a snowdrift!

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