Peugeot L76
winner of the 1912 French
Grand Prix and Indianapolis 500
The peugeot L76 was a highly successful race car. The L76 won both the 1912 French Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500. This car was also one of the first race cars to utilize 4 valves per cylinder driven by dual overhead camshafts.
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The French Grand Prix was held for the first time since 1908 and staged at Dieppe. Peugeot was the team to beat this year, with their new twin-cam 7.6-litre L76. In the French Grand Prix, after American David Bruce-Brown’s FIAT had retired after leading for most of the two-day race, victory went to the Peugeot of Georges Boillot. Team-mate Jules Goux repeated the success at the Coupe de la Sarthe held at Le Mans.
Of the three big races in the United States, the Peugeot L76 was victorious in two. Joe Dawson won the second running of the Indianapolis 500, and Ralph DePalma beat a small field in the Vanderbilt Cup.
