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Frontenac Motor Corporation was the joint venture of Louis
Louis Chevrolet

Louis-Joseph Chevrolet , of French descent was a racing driver and a co-founder of the Chevrolet, which was acquired by General Motors Corporation and is their bestselling brand nationwide and in many cases synonymous with General Motors itself....
 and Gaston Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet

Gaston Chevrolet was a France-born United States racecar champion driver and automobile manufacturer.Born near Beaune, in the C?te-d'Or d?partement of France where his Switzerland parents had emigrated to a few years earlier, he was the younger brother of Louis Chevrolet and Arthur Chevrolet ....
. Louis returned to the Indy 500 racing circuit after leaving Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
 in 1915. His first year on the circuit, he drove a Cornelian
Cornelian automobile

In 1914, the Cornelian, the smallest chain-drive automobile to ever hit the racing circuit, was manufactured in a short-run by Howard E. Blood , who had joined forces with Swiss racecar driver Louis Chevrolet....
, but the following year, 1916, he was behind the wheel of a car of his own design.

The company was named Frontenac after the 17th century governor of France's North American colonies. The Frontenac racecars were seen on the racetrack running strong in 1916 and 1917.






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Frontenac Motor Corporation was the joint venture of Louis
Louis Chevrolet

Louis-Joseph Chevrolet , of French descent was a racing driver and a co-founder of the Chevrolet, which was acquired by General Motors Corporation and is their bestselling brand nationwide and in many cases synonymous with General Motors itself....
 and Gaston Chevrolet
Gaston Chevrolet

Gaston Chevrolet was a France-born United States racecar champion driver and automobile manufacturer.Born near Beaune, in the C?te-d'Or d?partement of France where his Switzerland parents had emigrated to a few years earlier, he was the younger brother of Louis Chevrolet and Arthur Chevrolet ....
. Louis returned to the Indy 500 racing circuit after leaving Chevrolet
Chevrolet

Chevrolet is a brand of automobile, produced by General Motors . It is the top selling GM marque, with "Chevrolet" or "Chevy" being at times synonymous with GM....
 in 1915. His first year on the circuit, he drove a Cornelian
Cornelian automobile

In 1914, the Cornelian, the smallest chain-drive automobile to ever hit the racing circuit, was manufactured in a short-run by Howard E. Blood , who had joined forces with Swiss racecar driver Louis Chevrolet....
, but the following year, 1916, he was behind the wheel of a car of his own design.

The company was named Frontenac after the 17th century governor of France's North American colonies. The Frontenac racecars were seen on the racetrack running strong in 1916 and 1917. Racing was suspended for a few years during World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, and then the Frontenac was back up and running again until 1921, when the Chevrolet Brothers retired from racing.

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