Louis Chiron basically ended Nice’s illustrious racing carrer by blackballing her as a nazi. She died penniless and disowned by her family. This is part of the reason I resent Bugatti’s naming their current hyper-car after him.
Since no-one knows exactly what Chiron accused her of, nor what grounds he might have had for doing so, it's hard to judge whether his accusation had any merit. Miranda Seymour has established that there is no record of HN as a paid-up Gestapo...
The picture is not of Helle Nice, but (thanks to friends of the Bugatti Trust) has been identified as an Australian woman, Jean Anderson, whose husband (Bill Thompson)'s car she is sitting on at Gerringong beach race, NSW, Australia, May 10, 1930.
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Louis Chiron basically ended Nice’s illustrious racing carrer by blackballing her as a nazi. She died penniless and disowned by her family. This is part of the reason I resent Bugatti’s naming their current hyper-car after him.
Since no-one knows exactly what Chiron accused her of, nor what grounds he might have had for doing so, it's hard to judge whether his accusation had any merit. Miranda Seymour has established that there is no record of HN as a paid-up Gestapo...
Read moreLove the picture! She's amazing. Promoted for Best Of #wod
Thank you!
Pity it isn't Helle Nice though
The picture is not of Helle Nice, but (thanks to friends of the Bugatti Trust) has been identified as an Australian woman, Jean Anderson, whose husband (Bill Thompson)'s car she is sitting on at Gerringong beach race, NSW, Australia, May 10, 1930.