Selwyn Edge
Selwyn Francis Edge (born March 29, 1868 in Concord, New South Wales , Australia , † February 12, 1940 in Eastbourne , England ) was a British racing driver born in Australia .
Career
His first race was Paris – Bordeaux in 1899 , where he retired with a De Dion Bouton tricycle . As a result, he switched to the British brand Napier , which he retained until 1913, initially as a driver and then as a dealer. The 50 hp 17 liter car that he used in 1901 was still too unreliable; With a smaller car he celebrated his greatest success at the Gordon Bennett Cup in 1902 , but with the flaw that all other participants were eliminated. Nonetheless, it was the first British victory in an automobile race. In 1904 he became team boss at Napier, but concentrated mainly on the British racing scene.
In 1907 he set a new 24-hour world record on the British Brooklands circuit with 2546 km, which corresponded to an average of 106 km / h. A comeback attempt on the international stage at the Grand Prix of France in 1908 failed.
After the First World War he remained loyal to the British racing scene, which was mainly concentrated in Brooklands and hardly came into contact with the European races. In 1922 he improved his 24-hour world record to 2,868 km, and in 1937 he competed there.
Selwyn Edge died in Eastbourne in 1940. He is buried in All Saints Churchyard in Tilford , Surrey .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ David B. Wise: Edge: Progenitor of the six-cylinder engine . In: Tom Northey (Ed.): World of Automobiles , Orbis Publishing Ltd, London 1974, Volume 5, p. 589. (English)
- ↑ a b Selwyn Edge in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 13, 2017 (English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Edge, Selwyn |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Edge, Selwyn Francis (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Concord, New South Wales , Australia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1940 |
| Place of death | Eastbourne , England |