2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed Goes Horseless to Hybrid Honoring World's First Car Race

In July of 1894 (that's almost 130 years ago to the month) a bunch of strange contraptions and machines lined up at one of the entry points in the city of Paris, Porte Maillot, aiming to travel a total distance of 78 miles (126) and see which of them is faster. The event became known as the Paris-Rouen trial, and it is considered by many to be the world's first organized race between vehicles. The pioneering competition saw no l... (continue reading...)