Category: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend n history …….   -20 February- 1909: The Hudson Motor Car Company was founded. Hudson may be most famous for its impact on NASCAR racing, which it accomplished thanks to a revolutionary design innovation. In 1948, Hudson introduced the Monobuilt design which consisted […]

Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~13 February~ 1949: Nino Farina drove a Ferrari 125 to victory in the Temporada race in Rosario, Argentina. 1955: Lee Petty won the 100 mile NASCAR Grand National race on the 1/2 mile dirt Speedway Park oval in Jacksonville Florida. Petty’s […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. -6 February- 1952: NASCAR distributed over $40,000 in points money at the annual Victory Dinner at the Princess Issena Hotel in Daytona Beach. Herb Thomas collected $2,264.50 for winning the 1951 NASCAR Grand National ­championship. 1960: Bruce McLaren drove a […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. -30 January – 1910: Construction work began on the Playa Del Rey board track, the first of the great wood plank automobile US speedways. For years bicycle and motorcycle races were conducted on wooden velodromes, but Playa Del Rey brought […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. -23 January – 1948: The first annual Automotive Equipment Display and Hot Rod Exhibition, presented by the Southern California Timing Association, opened at the National Guard Armory in Exposition Park, in Los Angeles, California. 1949: NASCAR President Bill France promoted […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …….  -16 January- 1937: The Grosvenor Grand Prix run in Cape Town, South Africa was won by Ernst von Delius in a Auto Union Type C. 1955: Argentina hosted the first round of the F1 championship, and what was an endurance […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …….  9 January 1972: Lee Kunzman won the 75-lap USAC indoor midget race at the Allen County Memorial Coliseum ,Fort Wayne, Indiana, US. Sonny Ates was second followed by Mel Kenyon, Tom Steiner and Roger West. 1972: Ronnie Peterson and Tim […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …….  2 January 1961: The Pat Fairfield Trophy was held at the Roy Hesketh circuit at Pietermaritzburg in South Africa. Held over 45 laps of the three kilometres (1.803 miles) permanent road circuit, the Pat Fairfield Trophy was the opening round […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… -26 December – 1958: Colin Chapman met Jim Clark for the first time during a race meeting at Brands Hatch, England. Chapman won with Clark second, both driving Lotus Elises . 1978: The first Paris-Dakar Rally began. 182 vehicles (80 […]

Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …….   -12 December – 1953: NASCAR president Bill France disclosed plans for a 2.5-mile superspeedway in Daytona Beach. France estimated the facility would cost $1,674,000 to build and could open as early as 1955. 1959: At 22 years and 104 […]