There is bit of overreach in this MotorSport claim for an SS 100 Jaguar win …
While the 11th Grand Prix de la Marne field was split into two classes as above, there seems little doubt that Australia’s cad, bon-vivant, gigolo, Olympian, and sometime occasional racing driver, Frederick Joseph McEvoy finished 15th of 21 starters in the July 5, 1936, 51 lap, 399km race.
Most certainly he did not ‘win a continental race’, much as I would like to claim it for my countryman. More on the evolution of the Marne GP here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Prix_de_la_Marne
I do find McEvoy a most interesting character, not long after I wrote this masterpiece: https://primotipo.com/tag/freddie-mcevoy/ a book was published about him. It’s worth a read albeit I cover McEvoy’s racing and alpine career more fulsomely than the book. By the way, McEvoy signed his name Freddy, not Freddie, so I’ll stick with that. It’s not Frank either…
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MotorSport Images: https://www.motorsportimages.com/ John Medley
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