Born on this day in…
1891
132 years ago
Born on this day, Sigurd Olson “Sig” Haugdahl, IMCA champion and an early promoter of stock car racing in the United States Read more…
1900
123 years ago
Violette Cordery Read more…
1903
120 years ago
Born on this day, Flaminio Bertoni, Italian automobile designer, responsible for some of the most radical reconceptualisations of automobiles ever, including Citroen 2CV, H van, DS, and the Ami 6 models Read more…
1921
102 years ago
Born on this day, Roger Ward, American race car driver who won the Indianapolis 500 twice and was a racing star in the late 1950s and early ’60s Read more…
1940
83 years ago
Born on this day, Harry Phil Gant, American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit Read more…
1944
79 years ago
Born on this day, Rory Byrne, South African engineer and car designer, currently Design and Development Consultant for the Scuderia Ferrari Read more…
1953
70 years ago
Born on this day, Robert “Bobby” Woodward Rahal, an American auto racing team owner (Rahal Letterman Racing) and former driver Read more…
1958
65 years ago
Eddie Cheever Read more…
