Sunday, September 16, 2007
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Count Louis Zborowski was a racing driver and automobile engineer of Polish-American descent.Louis Zborowski's career as an amateur racing driver encompassed a wide experience of marques and events.He was an early patron of Aston Martin, and raced for them at Brooklands and in the 1923 French Grand Prix.In the 1923 Indianapolis 500 he drove a Bugatti.He drove in the 1923 Italian Grand Prix at Monza in a car designed by American engineer Harry Arminius Miller, the single seat "American Miller 122".Louis Zborowski joined the Mercedes team in 1924 but died in one of their cars, after hitting a tree during the Italian Grand Prix. He was just 29 years old.Zborowski designed and built four of his own racing cars in the stables at Higham Park, assisted by his engineer and co-driver Captain Clive Gallop. What were these cars called which later on inspired something?
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These things were called Chitti Bang Bang - which inspired Chitti Chitti Bang Bang
ya thts correct
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