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Victor Hémery

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Victor Hémery
Hémery in 1910
BornVictor Théodore Eugène Hémery
(1876-11-18)18 November 1876
Sillé-le-Guillaume, Sarthe, France
Died8 September 1950(1950-09-08) (aged 73)
Le Mans, Sarthe, France
Championship titles
Major victories
Vanderbilt Cup (1905)
Champ Car career
1 race run over 1 year
First race1911 American Grand Prize (Savannah)
Wins Podiums Poles
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Victor Théodore Eugène Hémery (18 November 1876 – 9 September 1950) was a French racing driver. He was the winner of the Vanderbilt Cup in 1905.

Life and career

Hémery was born in Sillé-le-Guillaume, Sarthe, France. In 1904 he joined Automobiles Darracq France as their chief tester and helped prepare cars to compete in that year's Gordon Bennett Cup. He drove a German Opel-Darracq to victory at Hamburg-Bahrenfeld.

1905 was one of the most successful years of Hémery's career. In August 1905, he drove a Darracq to victory in Circuit des Ardennes at Bastogne, Belgium. That October, he won the Vanderbilt Cup at Long Island, New York, beating Felice Nazzaro, Louis Chevrolet, and Ferenc Szisz. On 30 December 1905 Hémery set a land speed record of 109.65 mph (176.46 km/h) in Arles, France, driving a Darracq.

Hémery at the 1911 Grand Prix de France

Hémery left Darracq to join Benz & Cie. in 1907. In 1908, he won the St. Petersburg to Moscow race, and finished second in the French Grand Prix. He scored another second-place finish behind Louis Wagner at the 1908 American Grand Prize in Savannah, Georgia. On 8 November 1909, Hémery set another new speed record at Brooklands of 202.691 km/h (125.946 mph) driving the famous "Blitzen Benz" (German for "Lightning Benz").[1] In 1910, his Benz team finished 1–2 at the American Grand Prize, just 1.42 seconds behind winner David Bruce-Brown, the closest Grand Prize to date at the time. In 1911, Hémery won the Grand Prix de France at Circuit de la Sarthe in a FIAT S61.

Hémery died at Le Mans, France, on 9 September 1950, aged 73 years.

References

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  1. ^ "The Blitzen-Benz". AutoSpeed. No. 360. December 6, 2005.
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