1896 Grand Prix and Paris Races

30 MayCosmopolitan Road Race
7,8 & 11 SepProvidence Race
24 Sep - 3 OctParis-Marseille-Paris Trail
14 NovEmancipation Day Run

Cosmopolitan Road Race
30 May 1896 - New York: 100 km




Result
 1 J. Frank Duryea            Duryea            7h13m, 13.4 kph
 2 Charles E. Duryea          Duryea 




Providence Race
7,8 & 11 September 1896 - Rhode Island: ? km



Aggregate Result
 1 Anthony L. Riker           Riker Electric         40.2 kph
 2 Henry B. Morris/Adams      Electric Carriage     
 3 J. Frank Duryea            Duryea

N.B. - Aggegrate result based on three heats.


Paris-Marseilles-Paris Trail
24 September - 3 October 1896 - Paris-Marseilles-Paris: 1710 km


Results
 1 Mayade                     Panhard               67h42m58s, 25.25 kph
 2 Merkel                     Panhard               68h11m05
 3 Viet                       de Dion trike         71h01m05 Class B
 4 Emile Levassor-d'Hostingue Panhard               71h23m22
 5 Collomb                    de Dion trike         73h30m12 Class B
 6 Berlet                     Peugeot               75h26m24 Class A2
 7 Ernest Archdeacon          Delahaye              75h29m48 
 8 Doriot                     Peugeot               81h23m51
 9 Delieuvin                  De Dion trike         83h13m16 Class B
10 Ernest Delahaye            Delahaye              84h27m02 
11 Guyonnet                   Parisienne           102h41m45
12 Labouré                    Parisienne           108h39m00 
13 Landry                     Landry et Beyroux    119h44m21 
14 Pary                       Bollée               141h10m47 Class C
  
Did Not Finish:                                  stage completed (distance)
   Lebrun                     Lebrun              5 stages
   Dubois                     Panhard             5 stages  Class A2
   Ferradje                   Rochet Schneider    2 stages
   Valentin                   Triouleyre          2 stages
   Amédée Bollée              Bollée              1 stage
   Lejane                     Bollée              1 stage   Class C
   Camille Bollée             Bollée              1 stage   Class C
   Chevalier                  De Dion trike       1 stage   Class B
                              Peugeot             1 stage
   Rossel                     Rossel              1 stage   
   Boiron                     De Dion trike       1 stage   Class B
   Tissandier                 Tissandier          1 stage
                              Bollée              1 stage   Class C
   Ferté                      Fisson              0 stages
   Comte Jules de Dion        de Dion             0 stages
   Estève                     Triouleyre          0 stages
   Tenting                    Tenting             0 stages
   Comte de Chasseloup Laubat De Dion             0 stages  Class A2


N.B.
1) Race named in retrospect the II Grand Prix de l'A.C.F.
2) There were four classes: Class A series 1, Class A series 2, Class B 
   (Motor Cycles) and Class C.
3) All cars above are Class A series 1 unless otherwise stated.
4) In stage 4 near Orange, Emile Levassor swerved to avoid hitting a dog.
   His high, short-wheelbased car turned over and threw Levassor out. Levassor was soon up
   and away and drove on to Avignon. There he handed the car over to d'Hostingue, his 
   companion, who drove the car through the rest of the race. Levassor never really 
   recovered from that accident and died on 14 April 1897.
5) Stagewinners
  1 Paris-Auxerre     177.85 km   Lejane        Bollée   5h34m03s  31.94 kph.
  2 Auxerre-Dijon     150.95 km   Levassor      Panhard  6h51m40s  22.15 kph.
  3 Dijon-Lyon        197.95 km   Levassor      Panhard  7h01m08s  28.20 kph.
  4 Lyon-Avignon      218.90 km   Merkel        Panhard  8h19m28s  26.30 kph.
  5 Avignon-Marseille 100.90 km   Viet          De Dion  3h18m18s  30.53 kph.
  6 Marseille-Avignon 100.90 km   Viet          De Dion  3h50m28s  26.27 kph.
  7 Avignon-Lyon      218.90 km   Merkel        Panhard  9h50m50s  22.23 kph.
  8 Lyon-Dijon        197.95 km   Mayade        Panhard  6h35m50s  30.01 kph.
  9 Dijon-Sens        209.20 km   Mayade        Panhard  7h04m00s  29.60 kph.
 10 Sens-Paris        136.50 km   Mayade        Panhard  5h42m15s  23.93 kph.



Emancipation Day Run
14 November 1896 - London-Brighton: ? km


Results
 1 Léon Bollée                Bollée Trike                 
 2 Camille Bollée             Bollée Trike     
 3 Earl of Winchilsea         Panhard Wagonette