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1888
136 years ago
Henry Ford married Clara Bryant Ford in Greenfield, Michigan, on her 22nd birthday Read more…
1906
118 years ago
Crossley Motors Ltd was founded in Manchester, England by the Crossley brothers, William and Francis The marque produced approximately 19,000 high quality cars until 1938, 5,500 buses from 1926 until 1958 and 21,000 goods and military vehicles from 1914 to 1945 Read more…
1908
116 years ago
The Rockford Automobile & Engine Company of Rockford, Illinois, US registered ‘The Federal’ as a trademark Read more…
1913
111 years ago
Ettore Bugatti first proposed designing the super car that would eventually emerge as the Bugatti Type 41 Royale Read more…
1916
108 years ago
The Nash Motor Company, based in Kenosha, Wisconsin, US, was founded by former General Motors president Charles W Read more…
1920
104 years ago
Malcolm Campbell in the 1912 Lorraine-Dietrich “Blue Bird” won the first official race held at Brooklands following World War I, after extensive track repairs. Read more…
1925
99 years ago
Cecil Kimber, founder of MG, drove the first MG sports car to victory in the Land’s End Trial Read more…
1926
98 years ago
Claude Johnson (63), Managing Director of Rolls Royce Ltd died in London of pneumonia Read more…
1928
96 years ago
The Opel RAK 1 rocket car driven by Kurt Volkhart was publicly demonstrated for the first time in Russelshiem, Germany Read more…
1933
91 years ago
William Ernest Metzger (64), an automotive pioneer and salesman from Detroit, died Read more…
1954
70 years ago
The Syracuse Grand Prix held at Syracuse was won by Giuseppe Farina in a Ferrari 625 Read more…
1955
69 years ago
Roy Salvador won the Glover Trophy at Goodwood driving a Maserati 250F Read more…
1955
69 years ago
The Pau Grand Prix held in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, southwestern France was won by Jean Behra driving a Maserati 250F Read more…
1958
66 years ago
Friedrich Flick announced the merger of Daimler-Benz AG and Auto Union AG Read more…
1966
58 years ago
Europe’s first permanent, purpose built drags racing venue, the Santa Pod Raceway opened Read more…
1971
53 years ago
At the Easter meet at Santa Pod Raceway, Clive Skilton debuted his new dragster ‘Second Revolution’ and became the first to run 200 mph in the UK and set a new UK low E.T Read more…
1975
49 years ago
American company International Semiconductor Ltd purchased Aston Martin-Lagonda for £1.05 million. Read more…
1976
48 years ago
The 28th BRDC International Trophy, a non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone was won by James Hunt in a McLaren-Cosworth M23 Read more…
1987
37 years ago
Morgan Shepherd won the NASCAR Xfinity (Busch Grand National) Series Budweiser 200 at Bristol Motor Speedway Read more…
1993
31 years ago
At the Grand Prix of Europe held at Donington Park, England, Ayrton Senna in his McLaren, set the fastest lap on his way to victory in 1:50:46 Read more…
1997
27 years ago
Daimler-Benz presented the high performance sports car 6-litre V12 CLK-GTR Read more…
1998
26 years ago
Ed Berrier captured his only NASCAR Xfinity (Busch Grand National) Series win in the Galaxy Food Centers 300 at Hickory Motor Speedway Read more…
1999
25 years ago
Rusty Wallace held off Mark Martin to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway Read more…
2005
19 years ago
Bobby Labonte (USA), driving a Chevrolet truck, won his first career NASCAR Craftsman Series race, at Martinsville Speedway Read more…
2008
16 years ago
Kyle Busch picked up his second consecutive NASCAR Xfinity (Nationwide) Series win of the season, and second-straight at Phoenix Raceway, in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 Read more…
2009
15 years ago
Joey Logano held off his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Kyle Busch to win the NASCAR Xfinity (Nationwide) Series Nashville 300 at Nashville Superspeedway Read more…
2014
10 years ago
Chase Elliott won the VFW Sport Clips Help a Hero 200 at Darlington Raceway for his second career, and second consecutive, Xfinity Series win Read more…
2015
9 years ago
Jimmie Johnson scored his fifth of seven wins at Texas Motor Speedway, and second consecutive, when he took the checkered flag in the Duck Commander 500 Read more…
