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绿色 (British Racing Green) 英國賓利 (Bentley) 跑車
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英國賓利跑車贏得了1927年到1930年連續四年的勒芒24小時耐力賽。<p></p></P>
<>British racing green or BRG, identified with <I>brunswick</I>, <I>hunter</I>, <I>forest</I> or <I>moss</I> green (RAL 6005), takes its name from the green international motor racing colour of Great Britain. In the days of the Gordon Bennett Cup, Count Eliot Zborowski, father of inter-war racing legend Louis Zborowski, suggested that each national entrant be allotted a different colour. Every component of a car had to be produced in the competing country, as well as the driver being of that nationality. The races were hosted in the country of the previous year's winner. Britain had to choose a different colour to its usual national colours, red, white and blue, because those colours had already been taken by Italy, Germany and France respectively. When Selwyn Edge won the 1902 race for Britain in a Napier it was decided that the 1903 race would be held in Ireland, at that time a part of the United Kingdom, as motor racing at the time was illegal in Great Britain, and the opening of Brooklands still 4 years in the future. As a mark of respect for their Irish hosts the British Napier cars were painted shamrock green. As Napier had already used olive green during the 1902 event, and had adopted the colour as its corporate livery, they supported this choice wholeheartedly. In the 1920s Bentley cars were hugely successful at the Le Mans 24h races, all sporting a mid- to dark-green. This colour became known as <I>British Racing Green</I> and was regarded as a semi-official shade, especially in the 1950s and 1960s when British teams such as Vanwall, Cooper, Lotus, and BRM were successful in Formula One, all in different shades of dark green. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_racing_green)</P>
Bentley Motors was founded in England on January 18, 1919 by Walter Owen Bentley, known as W.O. Bentley or just "W.O." (1888–1971). He was previously known for his successful range of rotary aero-engines in World War I, the most famous being the Bentley BR1 as used in later versions of the Sopwith Camel. The 3 Litre was the sports car that put Bentley on the automotive map. It was a large car compared to the tiny, lightweight Bugattis then dominating racing, but its innovative technology and strength made up for its weight. The 4000 lb (1800 kg) car won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1924, with drivers John Duff and Frank Clement, and again in 1927, this time in Super Sports form, with drivers S. C. H. "Sammy" Davis and Dudley Benjafield. Its weight, size, and speed prompted Ettore Bugatti to call it "the fastest lorry in the world." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentley_3_Litre)</P> |
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