1920 Barcelona Truck Contest

The Auto-Truck Contest was organised by La Camara Sindical del Automovil of Barcelona.

This was the first race of this nature to take place in Spain - and the difficulties in its realisation were huge, one if the main being the state of the roads, not prepared to serve this modern means of transport.

The stages of the race were divided in the following way:

• 1. Barcelona - Lerida - 159km

  2. Lerida - Huesca - 151km

  3. Huesca - Zaragoza - 72km

  4. Zaragoza - Alhama - 116km

  5. Alhama - Guadalajara - 153km

  6. Guadalajara - Madrid - 54km

29 Trucks were registered, classified by nation in the following way:

• • France - 8 vehicles

  • America - 5 vehicles

  • Germany - 5 vehicles

  • Switzerland - 5 vehicles

  • England - 3 vehicles

  • Spain - 2 vehicles

  • Italy - 1 vehicle

Of these 29 trucks, 28 left Barcelona, three retired (one broke down) - 25 arrived in Madrid.

At 10pm on the 21st June, the first truck left Barcelona. The trucks left in a rigorous order of numeration. The heaviest and slowest trucks left first. Each truck carried a commissioner. Various touring cars - comprising of sportsmen, journalists and representatives of the Electrotechnical Centre (which, as always, provided valuable cooperation), Commander Seco and Captains Paul and Hernandez - closed the caravan.

On the departure of the caravan, a telegram of greeting was sent to the King of Spain.

Results - Gold Medal

Trucks - First Category

• • No.5 - "G.M.C." - 3/4 tonne - of Auto American Salon.

Second Category

• • No.4 - "Arbenz I" - 3 tonnes - Don Juan Frey

  • No.21 - "Federal" - 2 tonnes - Automobile Salon

  • No.16 - "Horch" - 3 tonnes - Sres. Moller and Co.

  • No.2 - "Unie" - 1.6 tonnes - Don A. Rieusset

  • No.29 - "Standart" - 2.5 tonnes - Don Rafael Bianchi

Third Category

• • No.10 - "Saurer I" - 5.5 tonnes - of Sres. H. A. Saurer

  • No.3 - "Saurer II" - 5.5 tonnes - of Sres. H. A. Saurer

  • No.25 - "Berliet I" - 5 tonnes - of Automobile Salon

  • No.17 - "Berliet II" - 5 tonnes - of Automobile Salon

  • No.12 - "Delahaye I" - 4 tonnes - of Don Antonio Jaen

  • No.1 - "Caledon" - 4 tonnes - of Sres. Stevenson, Romagosa and Co.

  • No.9 - "Issota Fraschini" - 4 tonnes - of Don E. Mas Llusa

  • No.8 - "Delahaye II" - 4 tonnes - of Don Antonio Jaen

  • No.27 - "Commer-Car" - 3.5 tonnes - of Garage Villa

  • No.6 - "Opel I" - 4 tonnes - of Union Commercial of Spain, S.A.

  • No.7 - "G.M.C." - 3.5 tonnes - of General Motors

Category outside of competition

• • No.22 - "Dewald I" - 7 tonnes - of Don Juan Salat

Omnibus - Second Category

• • No.11 - "Arbenz II" - of J. Frey

  • No.14 - "Hispano-Suiza"

  • No.13 - "Saurer III" - of Sres. H. A. Saurer

  • No.28 - "Commer-Car II" - of Garage Villa

  • No.24 - "Clydesdale" - of the Compania Automobile Espanola

Honourable Mention

• • No.23 - "Dewald II" - 4 tonnes

  • No.26 - "Opel II" - 4 tonnes

Classification by Points

First Category - Light

• • Truck - "G.M.C." - 95 points

Second Category - up to 3 tonnes

• 1. "Arbenz" - Juan Frey - 118 points

  2. "Federal" - Automobile Salon - 108 points

  3. "Horch" - 104 points

  4. "Standard" - Rafael Bianchi - 102 points

  5. "Unic" - 95 points

Third Category - up to 5.5 tonnes

• 1. "Saurer" - 127 points

  2. "Saurer" - 126 points

  3. "Berliet", Automobile Salon - 120 points

  4. "Berliet", Automobile Salon - 119 points

  5. "Delahaye", Antonio Jaen - 110 points

  6. "Caledon" - 110 points

  7. "Isotta Fraschini" - 108 points

  8. "Delahaye", Antonio Jaen - 107 points

  9. "Commer-Car" - 104 points

  10. "Opel" - 102 points

  11. "G.M.C" - 96 points

Omnibus Category

• 1. "Arbenz", Juan Frey - 115 points

  2. "Hispano-Suiza" - 111 points

  3. "Saurer" - 108 points

  4. "Commer-Car" - 105 points

  5. "Clydesdale" - 102 points

Outside of Competition (Superior Tonnage)

• • "Dewald" - 7 tonnes - 117 points

Declassified (below the minimum of punctuation)

• • "Dewald" - 4 tonnes - 71 points