Cafe waiter Fribault carries a tray loaded with glasses and a bottle of Byrrh through the streets of Paris in a competition.
Roberto Mieres, Maserati A6GCM, Grand Prix of Belgium, Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, 20 June 1954. The Maserai of Roberto Mieres ob fire as he climbs...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, the Tour caravan leaves the Stadion, July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th century press...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, Dutch team at the start in Stadion, July 8 teams, sports, cycling, The Netherlands, 20th century press...
Queen Elizabeth II patting her horse, Auriole, in the paddock after it won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, ridden by Eph Smith, at...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, start at Haagseweg, the official start with the French, July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands,...
Sport, Motor Racing, Formula One, pic: 5th July 1954, French Grand Prix at Rheims, Mercedes driver, German driver Karl Kling at practice prior to the...
Peter Collins driving an Aston Martin DB3S finishing 2nd in the Aintree International race, England 2nd October 1954.
Poster advertising Norton motor bikes, from a catalogue, 1954. A couple out for a ride on a Norton, with a race and spectators in the background.
Fangio in Alfa Romeo, prior to the San Remo Grand Prix, Italy, 1950. Juan Manuel Fangio won the race, his first at the wheel of an Alfa Romeo. In his...
Mechanics examine Juan Manuel Fangio's W196 Mercedes Benz in the pits at the French Grand Prix in Reims, 4th July 1954. Original Publication: Picture...
February 21, 1954: Cars exit the south turn of the Daytona Beach-Road Course during the NASCAR Cup race. Tim Flock in a 1954 Oldsmobile took the...
March 21, 1954: Herb Thomas leads the field in his 1953 Hudson Hornet on the pace lap for the NASCAR Cup race at Lakewood Speedway. Also pictured are...
Australian athlete Marjorie Jackson during the first heat of the Women's 100 Yard Dash at the British Empire Games in Vancouver, Canada, 6th August...
February 20, 1955: Jack Rutherfurd of Palm Beach, FL, brought this 12-cylinder Ferrari to the Daytona Beach-Road Course in 1954 and set a world...
The Queen's racehorse Aureole, ridden by Eph Smith wins the Hardwicke Stakes at Ascot, 18th June 1954. On the right is Janitor, ridden by Manny...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, Dutch team on old bicycles, July 8 teams, sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th century press...
Modified stock cars line up behind a pair of pace cars as they get ready for a race at Lynchburg Speedway. The track operated as a quarter-mile dirt...
Erwin ÒCannonballÓ Baker , the first Commissioner of NASCAR, chats with actor Jackie Cooper, one of the original ÒOur GangÓ members when he was a...
The 3rd Annual Waiters and Waitresses Race at The Festival Gardens in London. Picture taken 18th September 1954.
General view of an unidentified women rides her horse while participating in Gymkhana, which is an equestrian event consisting of speed pattern...
The site and location where it all began, the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach. Preliminary meetings for the formation of NASCAR were held here in...
Lee Petty poses with his car and trophy after winning the race at the Palm Beach Speedway in his Dodge, just as he did a year earlier when he won...
Double Twelve Race, Brooklands, Surrey, 1929. Artist: Bill Brunell.Bentley 4398 cc. Entry No: 12. Drivers: Birkin, H.R.S./Holder, H.N. Bentley 6597...
Pilot Karl-Heinz Schaufele breaks speed record with his streamlined version of a Lloyd LP 400 Weiss Maus in the racing circuit of Montlhéry, France,...
Fangio, of Argentina, in a Mercedes-Benz, and Stirling Moss, fight for position during the grand prix race at Silverstone last Saturday. The race was...
Grand Prix motorcycle racers Werner Haas, Rupert Hollaus and Carlo Ubbiali, following the Ultra Lightweight International T T Race, Isle of Man, June...
Tony Brooks at a BARC Members meeting at Goodwood, West Sussex, 1954. His win in 1955 on the Syracuse circuit in Sicily was Britain's first...
The finish of the 1954 Epsom Derby, with Lester Piggott on Never Say Die winning by two lengths, 2nd June 1954. Arabian Night, ridden by Tommy...
German driver Karl Kling in of the Mercedes racing cars which dominated the French Grand Prix at Reims. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7209 -...
Rally Monte Carlo passing Amsterdam, old Louis Chiron and Ciro Basadonna future winners, with Lancia Aurelia GT 2500 n°69, January 19 The...
The Queen's racehorse Landau, ridden by Sir Gordon Richards, wins the Rous Memorial Stakes at Ascot, 18th June 1954.
Early-1960s: Lee Petty ran 427 NASCAR Cup races between 1949 and 1964, winning 54 times. He finished in the top 10 in 332 races, an amazing average...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, Goddet in front of television camera, July 8 cameras, sports, television, cycling, The Netherlands, 20th...
Tour de France, departure from Amsterdam, cheering crowd with sign Vive Nolten, July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th century press...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, start at Haagseweg, the riders just after the start, July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, the Tour caravan leaves the Stadion, July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th century press...
Tour de France , departure from Amsterdam, the Tour caravan leaves the Stadion, July 8 sports, cycling, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency...
Tour de France , start Tour de France in Brasschaet , July 8 sports, bicycle racing, The Netherlands, 20th century press agency photo, news to...
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in the royal box at Auckland Racing Club, Ellerslie Racecourse, New Zealand, circa 1954.
Cars are prepared for the start of one of the La Carrera Panamericana races that were held in Mexico between 1950 and 1954.
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip at Trentham Racecourse, Wellington, during their visit to New Zealand on the queen's coronation world tour, 14th...
Before turning his attention to the USAC Indy Cars in 1964, Joe Leonard won the AMA Grand National Championship Series for motorcycles in 1954, 1956...
Veteran Elmo Langley ran 536 NASCAR Cup races as a driver in a career that spanned the years 1954 to 1981. He scored just two wins, both during the...
Al Keller won twice in NASCAR Grand National competition in 1954 before turning his attention to AAA/USAC Championship open wheel cars. Keller ran in...
Al Keller won the 200-lap NASCAR Grand National race at Oglethorpe Speedway driving George Miller's '54 Hudson.
Roy Hall in a modified Ford he drove for owner/cousin Raymond Parks. Mechanic Red Vogt tuned the car.
