Jean Trévoux

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Jean Trévoux
Jean Trévoux (1939).
Nationality	French
Born	Jean Claude Marie Trévoux (1905-02-27)27 February 1905 Le Petit-Quevilly
Died	29 October 1981(1981-10-29) (aged 76) Mexico City

Jean Claude Marie Trévoux (born February 27, 1905 in Petit Quevilly (Seine-Inférieure) and died on October 29, 1981 in Mexico City) was a French rally and racing driver and winner of four editions of the Monte Carlo Rally.

Biography[]

Born in Le Petit-Quevilly, Trévoux began his racing career in early 1932 driving a Bugatti and winning the Criterium Paris to Nice race. He also drove a Bentley Blower at the Le Mans 24 Hours that year but crashed out on the first lap.

In 1934 Jean took the first of his four wins at Monte-Carlo, as co-driver to Louis Gas. In 1939 he took a joint win with . After racing returned following World War II, he claimed two other wins, driving a Hotchkiss and Delahaye 175 respectively.

Also success in Rallye du Maroc 1935 and 1937, and Criterium International de Tourisme Paris-Nice 1934.

He later settled in Mexico during the late 1940s, marrying a Mexican woman and opening a restaurant in Mexico City called Restaurant Bar La Cucaracha.^[1]

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• "Histoire de Jean Trévoux". forums.autosport.com.
• "Jean Trévoux". Les24Heures.fr (in French).
• "Jean Trévoux". HistoricRacing.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
• "Jean Trévoux". RacingSportsCars.com.
• "Jean Trévoux". 24h-en-piste.com (in French).
• "Curriculum vitæ succinct de Jean Trévoux". Talbot-lago.ch (in French). Archived from the original on 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2017-04-15.
• "Critérium Paris-Nice 1932". TeamDAN.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2017-04-15.