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Peter Colwell
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Post Number: 46
Registered: 3-2005
Posted on Saturday, 07 April, 2007 - 08:19:   Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IP

Some people may have seenn the Top Gear story recently of a race between a car and a light plane from Italy to London.

Also very recently a race took place between the Ghan train, and a car, from Adelaide to Darwin. The car was a Landrover Discovery and it won, even though its driver arrived exhausted after the 3000Km run.

The same article also mentioned a 1939 race between the two transport modes, from Cannes to London. The car was driven by Bentley boss, Woolf Barnato, who wagered £200 that he could beat Le Train Bleu over the 1120 Kms from Cannes to London.

Barnato won easily.