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N° 208 Carter / Whitehouse on Humber, undergoing the breaking and starting test. Cars will have to accelerate as fast as possible for 200 metres from a standing start, and then pull up in the shortest possible distance, for the cars have to keep a line between the axles. Rallye Monte Carlo 1951 - Photo by Edward Quinn

N° 208 Carter / Whitehouse on Humber, undergoing the breaking and starting test. Cars will have to accelerate as fast as possible for 200 metres from a standing start, and then pull up in the shortest possible distance, for the cars have to keep a line between the axles. Rallye Monte Carlo 1951

During the 1951 Rallye Monte Carlo, drivers Carter and Whitehouse navigate the breaking and starting test. Their car, a Sunbeam-Talbot 90 bearing number 208, manoeuvres through a course of striped cones on the wet pavement. This challenge required rapid acceleration from a standing start followed by sharp braking in the shortest possible distance. A crowd watches from behind advertising banners for brands like Lucas and AC.

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Cars, Racing, Rallye

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Photo Edward Quinn, © edwardquinn.com
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