Pic of the Day 20th January, 2008
1924 Grand Prix Darragon
As long as we're discussing stayers...
Robert "Toto" Grassin, in white, passes Gustave Ganay during the 1924 Grand Prix Darragon. Note the differences between the two motos, from forks and handlebars to the structure supporting the roller. Grassin's moto seems to have suffered some damage around the front of the fuel tank.
Grassin was French National Stayer Champion in 1924 (ahead of Ganay), and World Champion in 1925.
Ganay won the Mont Faron hill climb in 1920 and 1923, and was French
National Stayer Champion in 1926. He died August 23rd 1926 after a
crash on the track at the Parc des Princes in Paris. Ganay was very
popular in his hometown of Marseille... today there is still a road
named after him, on which you can find the Bar du Vélodrome, and there
is a tribune named for him at Le Stade Vélodrome de Marseille.
>From "Match l'Intran" No.281, 26 January 1932.
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Aldo Ross
Middletown, Ohio, Etats-Unis