Jim wrote: Having been around the "Grans Prix" in Europe throughout the late
60s and having watched Ford and the GT40s kick Ferarri a$$ at
"Le Mans", I can assure that they are both French words (not that
I have any great love for the Frogs) and are correctly spelled in
this paragraph.
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Nope!... It's Grand Prix, meaning the top prize in any competition - Grand
Prix, then Prix d'honneur, etc, were given for clocks, wines, etc!
By the way, I was there in the 60s too - and I lived not far from Le Mans.
Jacques Le Clainche, ex-Frog.
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