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    Selwyn Francis Edge (1868–1940) was a British businessman, racing driver, cyclist and record-breaker. He is principally associated with selling and racing...
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  • and activist Selwyn Edge (1868–1940), Australian businessman and racing car driver Selwyn Fernandes (born 1980), Indian footballer Selwyn Fremantle (1869–1942)...
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    first international motor race to be held in Ireland, an honorific to Selwyn Edge who had won the 1902 event in the Paris-Vienna race driving a Napier...
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  • for the 1900 race by America, Germany and France respectively. When Selwyn Edge won the 1902 Gordon Bennett Cup race for England in his Napier & Son...
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    Selwyn College, Cambridge (formally Selwyn College in the University of Cambridge) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college...
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    running by 1919. The Weller engine would be produced until 1963. In 1921, Selwyn Edge (who had previously been with Napier) bought shares in the company, and...
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    Dorothy Levitt in a Napier launch designed to the specifications of Selwyn Edge. This motorboat was the first proper motorboat designed for high speed...
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  • Edge (1903–1954), Canadian-born American player and coach of ice hockey Sandra Edge (born 1962), New Zealand netball coach and former player Selwyn Edge...
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    with Selwyn Edge leading three specially converted Napier cars around the circuit. A statement of intent had been made in 1906, and Selwyn Edge entered...
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    remembered in the song "13 Miles" by Skinny Lister. On 19 August 1900, Selwyn Edge became the first person to drive a motor car up Porlock Hill, winning...
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    from the executors of his father's estate. After undertaking work for Selwyn Edge on his Panhard et Levassor racing car, Napiers diversified to manufacturing...
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    reference to the 24-hour world speed record, set in 1922 by racing driver Selwyn Edge in a Spyker C4. The Spyder T is a modified version of the original C8...
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    then formed Ivel Agricultural Motors Limited. The other directors were Selwyn Edge, Charles Jarrott, John Hewitt and Lord Willoughby. He called his machine...
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    first international motor race to be held in Ireland, an honorific to Selwyn Edge who had won the 1902 event in the Paris-Vienna race driving a Napier...
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    of politics and history at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia Selwyn Edge (1868–1940) – businessman, racing driver, and record-breaker. He is principally...
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  • the Dutch winter weather in just over a month. In 1922, racing driver Selwyn Edge took to Brooklands in a Spyker C4 fitted with streamlined racing bodywork...
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    first of three drives in the event. In August 1908 Watson bought from Selwyn Edge his 1907-built four cylinder racing car known as Little Dorrit, after...
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    injunction against Biocolour in 1912, but the Sussex-based, racing driver Selwyn Edge funded an appeal to the High Court. This overturned the original verdict...
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    cycle industry. Following a meeting with businessman and racing driver Selwyn Edge in 1899 Napier diversified into automobile manufacturer, and for a time...
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  • Circuit du Nord Maurice Farman Panhard 26–28 June Coupe Gordon Bennett Selwyn Edge Napier 26–28 June Paris–Vienna race Marcel Renault Renault 31 July Circuit...
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  • race in the shortest time winning the race on behalf of his country. Selwyn Edge driving a Napier, and representing the Automobile Club of Britain and...
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  • competitor placed was Sidney Girling driving a Wolseley. Australia's Selwyn Edge, the 1902 winner who again drove a Napier, was reported to have held...
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    19.53 mph at Queenstown in Cork harbour. It was owned and entered by Selwyn Edge a director of Napier Motors. France won in 1904. In 1907, it was won...
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  • Frank Newton drove a 90hp Napier motor car for its Australian owner Selwyn Edge, who had a £500 bet with Baker that his car could go faster than Felice...
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  • (62 mph), and also the first to break the 24-hour distance record set by Selwyn Edge at Brooklands in 1907. This year saw the entry of the Peugeot works team...
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  • miles (4.43 km) long and 100 ft (30 m) wide. It opened on 28 June with Selwyn Edge setting a new 24-hour distance record of 1,581 miles (2,544 km). The...
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    he formed Ivel Agricultural Motors Limited. The other directors were Selwyn Edge, Charles Jarrott, John Hewitt and Lord Willoughby. He called his machine...
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    at Brooklands, Newton drove a 90 hp Napier for its Australian owner Selwyn Edge, who had a £500 bet with D'Arcy Baker that his car could go faster than...
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    attracted many spectators.[citation needed] Locke King was spurred on by Selwyn Edge (1868–1940), an experienced racing driver and car dealer, to complete...
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  • colours of red, white and blue, as these had already been allocated. Selwyn Edge's winning Napier of 1902 was painted olive green, and green was well-established...
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