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GRAND PRIX MOTOR RACING DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY | FORMULA ONE RECORDS AND RACING SPEED ACES | THE BLUEBIRD ELECTRIC ... (14761 words) |
 | From 1927 to 1934, the number of races considered to have Grand Prix status exploded, jumping from five events in 1927 to nine events in 1929 to eighteen in 1934 (the peak pre-World War II year). |
 | The 1933 Monaco Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the sport that the grid was deciding by timed qualifying rather than the luck of a draw. |
 | The Grand Prix of Argentina was noteworthy as Moss, driving a Cooper, used one less pitstop and had to conserve his tires in the later stages of the race, just crossing the line with the canvas showing. |
| Prix Goncourt - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (116 words) |
 | Prix Goncourt, major French literary prize, awarded annually. |
 | The Prix Goncourt was founded in 1903 by the will of Edmond Goncourt, the 19th-century... |
 | Proust was born July 10, 1871, in Paris, of a well-to-do family and educated at the LycÊe Condorcet. |