Royal Automobile Club (Great Britain)

LC control no.	n 80044804
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	Royal Automobile Club (Great Britain) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Royal Automobile Club, London RAC (Great Britain) R.A.C. (Great Britain)
See also	Predecessor: Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1907
Associated country	Great Britain
Located	London (England)
Field of activity	Automobile driving Automobile drivers--Services for
Affiliation	Motor Sports Association (Great Britain)
Found in	Ed. J. Burrow & Co. The R.A.C. county road ... maps and guide, 1927. RAC www site 5 Feb. 2007 History page (founded on 8 December 1897. Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland 1902 known as The Royal Automobile Club, a private club not to be confused with RAC plc, a motorists' organization, which it formerly owned) ; 26 February 2019: home page (Royal Automobile Club) about page (established in 1897 by Frederick Simms and awarded a royal warrant in 1907; promotes the motor car and its place in society; promoted the first pre-war British Grand Prix at Brooklands in 1926; in 1999 the Club demerged the motoring services and established an independent body, the Motor Sports Association (MSA), to govern motor sport in the UK; continues to develop and support motor sports through its promotion of motoring events and the Club's representation on the Motor Sports Association (MSA), the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and the RAC Foundation) Wikipedia, viewed 26 February 2019 (Royal Automobile Club; British private club; not to be confused with RAC, an automotive services company, which it formerly owned; based at 89-91 Pall Mall, London; founded on 10 August 1897 as the Automobile Club of Great Britain (and, later, Ireland); moved to 119 Piccadilly in 1902; the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland became known as The Royal Automobile Club in 1907) Its
Associated language	eng