Category: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

  • 26-27 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. -26 September – 1965: A.J. Foyt, drove a Lotus-Ford to victory at the USAC Championship race on the kidney-shaped oval at Trenton, New Jersey. 1965: The Mini Marcos made its racing debut at a rain soaked Castle Combe race track.…

  • 19-20 September: this Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history…….. ~19 September~ 1916: Johnny Aitken won all 3 races held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. These were the last races held there until after the end of World War I. 1953: NASCAR’s first nighttime superspeedway, a 220-mile Modified-Sportsman race at Raleigh Speedway,…

  • 12-13 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the most momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history ……   ~12 September~ 1897: Giuseppe Cobianchi drove a Benz to victory in an Italian road race from Arona to Stresa and back. He covered the 22 miles/35 km in 1 hour and 34 minutes at an average speed of 13.5 mph/22…

  • 5-6 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the most momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history…….   ~5 September ~ 1896: The first race held on a track in the U.S. took place at Narragansett Park near Providence, Rhode Island on September 5, 1896. The race was won by Andrew L. Riker of New York on the Riker…

  • 29-30 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……   ~29 August~ 1914: The last hillclimb held in England before World War I, organised by the Coventry and Warwickshire Motor Club at Style Kop, Staffordshire, was won by William Morris (Lord Nuffield) driving a Morris Oxford. 1964: Graham Hill won…

  • 23-24 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ………   ~22 August~ 1927: Mercedes finished 1-2-3 at the Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten. After the start, Hans Stuck (Mercedes W125) chopped across the nose of the other drivers to take the early lead, followed by Rudolf Caracciola (Mercedes W125) and…

  • 15-16 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~15 August~ 1934: Guy Moll (24), winner of the 1934 Monaco Grand Prix, was killed when his Alfa Romeo P3 crashes during the Coppa Acerbo voiturette race in Pescara, Italy 1939: Rene Dreyfus in a Delahaye won the ‘Million Franc’ challenge…

  • 10-16 August: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in motoring history ….. 100 years ago this week, British manufacturer Sunbeam merged with the French company Automobiles Darracq [13 August 1920]. Alfa Romeo and Opel both started out in the car industry by building Darracqs under licence, and in 1919 Darracq had bought…

  • 8-9 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History9

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that too place this weekend in history ……  ~8 August~ 1933: The Swedish Summer Grand Prix (in Swedish: “Sveriges sommar-Grand Prix för automobiler”) arranged by Kungliga Automobilklubben (the Royal Automobile Club) was held on a 29.7 kilometre circuit at Norra Vram was held. The circuit was made up at…

  • 25-26 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. ~25 July~ 1900: The Paris – Toulouse – Paris road race began. It was run in three stages over three days during a heat wave, and tyre troubles were numerous. Levegh on his Mors covered the distance of 838.08 miles, excluding controls,…