Robert Peugeot

And the reason was it showcased the most advanced cars, had the biggest crowds, the biggest danger, and a winning Peugeot Grand Prix car would be awesome for the company.

And they were trying to convince Robert Peugeot of just that.

The neatest part about Grand Prix racing at this time was that the rulebook was effectively non-existent.

And a massive publicity coup for the company would come with any sort of success or victory if they got it right.

And Carl Fisher, he hit the European continent to work on drawing some French competition into the fold to raise the specter of the race, to raise its prestige.

He wanted it to be a global competition.

It worked, and it worked on Robert Pujo, and he was interested in building a small number of full-fledged race cars for Grand Prix and Indy 500 competition.

Initially, the team was kind of resistant because of the way they viewed American racing at the time.