Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/1906 French GP

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Original - Silent clip of driver Elliott Shepard, running off the wooden planking outside Saint-Calais on the eighth lap of the 1906 French Grand Prix

Reason: rare, good quality (for a century old video), interesting and good EV (first GPs were on dusty or planked roads)
Articles in which this image appears: 1906 French Grand Prix
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle/Sport
Creator: from Shell History of Motor Racing

Question: is this a significant moment in the race or just a representative snippet? The article is somewhat ambiguous; it mentions Shepard running off the planks but doesn't make clear whether the time lost was significant or whether it contributed to his eventually breaking down.
Chick Bowen 20:29, 5 March 2011 (UTC)[reply
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I'm the major contributor to 1906 French Grand Prix. It would be very hard to say whether Shepard lost time as a result of running off, as he retired soon afterwards. Whether it contributed to his retirement... maybe. The wheels were fragile things and running off the road certainly wouldn't have helped. But I can say the video is a very useful addition to the article, which was unique in its use of plank roads (which were essentially a failure). Aptery gial 09:36, 9 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very interesting. And as a century old video – rare and unexpected quality. – SMasters (talk) 06:33, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 08:05, 14 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]