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Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

  • Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)
  • Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)
  • Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)
  • Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)
  • Who knows about the early days of Spa? (Upd. Inauguration Race & Copy of Warwick vase)

According to all records the first official race on the circuit of Francorcamps took place in 1921. However, Jean Marc Jacques from Belgium owns the gold medal on the left plus the  impressive bronze cup that you see below. They belong together as the inscription is the same on both. It reads “Grand Prix de Spa 1920, coupe JO DE CRAWHEZ, first prize F.RENIER on Harley Davidson; organized by the MCV.” The cup is impressive as it weighs 15 kg and is 44 cm high and measures 40 cm around. It was made by a company called Luppens in Brussels. But it’s the date that puzzles Jean Marc as he can’t find any reference to a race held on the Spa circuit in 1920. Yet the size of the cup tells us that it must have been an important race. Who can tell more about the early history of Spa ?          

Gepubliceerd:
dinsdag oktober 9th, 2012

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[email protected]
03 November 2012, 07:57
Bien sur c'était un grand prix motos mais pas sur le circuit de Francorchamps mais au départ de la ville de SPA
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[email protected]
30 October 2012, 14:23
La coupe et la médaille ont été identifiées par la concervatrice du musée de SPA, Madame Fourneau. Il s'git du premier prix pour la course organisée le 6 juin 1920sous le patronage de M le Baron Jos de Crawez bourgemestre de Spa , président d'honneur du moto club de Verviers et doté de cinq milles francs ( de l'époque ) et d'une coupe challenge .
Il y eu 51 concurrents engagés pour une course de vitesse pure au départ de Spa .Merci a tous pour les renseignements Jean marc Jacques
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Onbekend
11 October 2012, 07:51
Ferdinand Renier was a Belgian race driver. Jo de Crawhez was the wife of the Baron Pierre de Crawhez, early motoring pioneer and gentleman driver, who developed the idea of a closed-off race course proposing the Circuit des Ardennes in 1902. My opinion is this motorcycle race held in 1920 was a sort of inauguration of the SPA track.
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Onbekend
11 October 2012, 07:27
The cup is a copy of the Warwick vase (I A.C. period), discovered in the Adriano emperor estate of Tivoli in 1771, near Rome. The Luppens of Bruxelles were specialized in artistic reproductions.
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Onbekend
10 October 2012, 09:41
Gezien de aanduiding Harley Davidson zal dat wel een race voor motorfietsen geweest zijn. Het is hoogstwaarschijnlijk dat er voor de bouw van het circuit er wel al geracet werd.
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