Description: 1914 JOSEF CHRISTIAENS INDY 500 SPEEDWAY AUTO RACING 8X10 PHOTO SUNBEAM RACE CAR This would be a fantastic addition to your collection! It is a reproduction 8 x 10 inch glossy photo with white border. Sharp and clear. You will love it!We will ship in a photo mailer for safety. (Note: ONLYCLASSICS WEB-IMAGE print-does not appear on product-only on scan) Thanks for looking!..p4524-8x10 JOSEF CHRISTIAENS STARTED 1914 INDY 500 7TH AND FINISHED 6TH. He was born in 1879 to a prosperous Belgian family. On 13 August 1905 at age 26 he participated in the Coupe de Liedekerke et Williame race held near Dinant, Belgium. The race spanned 102,740 km, but Josef failed to complete the race. He also failed to qualify for the Il Coupe de Normandie with his Vivinus 6 racecar on 29 August 1909.But that very same car helped change his luck and won him his first victory in the 2nd Coupe de Liedekerke et Williame in Ostend,Belgium on 13 September 1909. Josef never looked back, and went on to win a string of victories in Europe and in the US. On 9 September 1916 Josef and his 2,300 lb (1,000 kg) English Sunbeam racecar, became the first foreigner to enter the Indianapolis Motor Speedway "Harvest Classic", composing of three races held at 20, 50 and 100-100-mile (160 km) distances. Johnny Aitken, in a Peugeot, came in first in all 3 distances. Josef's Sunbeam failed to start the race due to a broken crankshaft. When Henri Farman flew the Voisin-designed biplane and took Ernest Archdeacon for a 1241-metre flight at Ghent, Belgium on 30 May 1908, he was immediately captivated and inspired by the spirit of flying. In March 1910 Josef met Géo Chavez at Camp de Châlons, France and learnt to fly on a Farman plane from him. By 12 April in the same year, he is registered with licence N°7, becoming one of the first 11 pilots registered at the Aéro-Club de Belgique (Aero Club of Belgium). On 14 March 1911, Josef received much enthusiasm and assistance from the British Colonial Government in Singapore. a squad of Royal Engineers soldiers were dispatched to assemble and test the Bristol Boxkite. On 16 March 1911 Josef made history in Singapore as the first man to fly an aeroplane on the island. Josef died in the road accident while performing a test drive on a Sunbeam race car near Moorfield Works on 25 February 1919 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. Shortly after leaving the Works, his car crashed into a wall along Upper Villiers Street trying to avoid a horse-cart coming out of Fowler Street. His passenger, Sunbeam mechanic Frank Bills was handicapped from that accident Pay with PAYPAL-you can charge it! MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover and your Checking Bank Card We offer FREE SHIPPING on all United States addresses with NO QUANTITY LIMITS. We also offer International Shipping-Pay first items shipping and it is NO COST for each additional item when shipped in the same package (NO QUANTITY LIMITS). Photos and smaller prints are shipped in a stiff photo mailer. Larger Prints and Posters are shipped in a heavy duty mailing tube. We take great care in shipping our merchandise. *Bid with confidence - we have over 75,000 POSITIVE ratings and growing!To Help You Narrow Your Search On What I Have - Scroll Down To Find My Categories (on the left hand side of my listings). You can also Hit my Store Icon *OnlyClassics Photo and Paper* on the top of this page - that will take you to my store where near the top is a "search my store box" where you can type in key words to help you find what I have available you might be interested in. With thousands of items to look at -you won't be disappointed!You may be interested in our other eBay listings. No COPYRIGHT expressed or implied. Sold as collectible only. Minnesota residents please add 7.275% Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Driver: JOSEF CHRISTIAENS
Team: SUNBEAM
Sport: Auto Racing-Indy 500
Photo size: 8X10 Inches on Fuji photo paper
Year: 1914
Location: Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Product: Photo
Car Type: Sunbeam