New York-to-Paris Auto Race recipient-men the event was front page

the event was front page news

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The silhouette of cranes

New York-to-Paris Auto Race recipient-men the event was front pageSix automobiles leave Times Square on February 12, 1908, for a 20,000 mile race to Paris sponsored by The New York Times. The route was established in three stages, with cars to be shipped by steamer from San Francisco to Seattle, then driven through Alaska and across the Bering Strait to Siberia for a home run toward Paris. The Americans reached Alaska first, but that route was declared impassable. Instead the contestants agreed to an alternate route