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1900
124 years ago
The first production Packard, a Model B, was shipped to a company official, George L Weiss Read more…
1902
122 years ago
The French racer Georges Osmont set a speed record of 67 Read more…
1902
122 years ago
Leon Serpollet established a new world land speed record of 76.06 mph, the first time that the 75 mph had been exceeded, in his steam powered Gardner-Serpollet Oeuf de Pacques (‘Easter Egg’) at Nice, France Read more…
1904
120 years ago
The Cadillac Motor Car Company’s factory in Detroit, Michigan, US was heavily damaged by fire Read more…
1907
117 years ago
The Rolls Royce Silver Ghost was introduced to the press Read more…
1910
114 years ago
Four thousand people were on hand at the new Los Angeles Motordrome on a weekday during the track’s opening week to see Barney Oldfield smash the half mile racing record, driving more than 100 mph in his Blitzen-Benz on the mile round course made out of 2-by-4 planks Read more…
1925
99 years ago
Elwood Haynes (67) founder of the Haynes Automobile Company died Read more…
1926
98 years ago
The first Salmson GSS was sold Read more…
1936
88 years ago
Rudolph Caracciola drove a Mercedes to victory in the Monoco Grand Prix Read more…
1958
66 years ago
Curtis Turner and Joe Weatherly finished first and second in the 100-mile NASCAR Grand National race at Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta (US) Read more…
1958
66 years ago
Bob Welborn started from the pole and rolled to victory in the NASCAR Convertible Series at Asheville-Weaverville (North Carolina, US) Speedway Read more…
1958
66 years ago
Luigi Musso in a Ferrari 246 won the Syracuse Grand Prix held at Syracuse Circuit in Sicily, Italy Read more…
1960
64 years ago
Stirling Moss lost his driving licence for a year after being convicted of dangerous driving. Read more…
1965
59 years ago
The 10,000,000th Pontiac was produced, a 1965 gold Catalina Read more…
1969
55 years ago
Porsche rebounded from their disappointments in the U Read more…
1970
54 years ago
The four-door Saab 99 and the Sonett III were premiered Read more…
1974
50 years ago
The lowest numbered Duesenberg Model J, a LeBaron dual-cowl phaeton with serial J-101, set an auction record of $205,000 in Atlanta, Georgia, US Read more…
1975
49 years ago
Niki Lauda driving a Ferrari 312T won the 27th BRDC International Trophy non-championship Formula One race held at Silverstone, Northamptonshire, England Read more…
1979
45 years ago
David Kennedy in a Wolf-Cosworth WR won the International Gold Cup held at Oulton Park, England Read more…
1980
44 years ago
David Pearson, making his first start in the Hoss Ellington Chevrolet, was out front when rain curtails the Rebel 500 at Darlington (South Carolina, US) after 258 miles Read more…
1986
38 years ago
Dale Earnhardt dominated the TranSouth 500 for his second of nine career wins at Darlington Raceway Read more…
1986
38 years ago
At Jerez, Ayrton Senna, in a Lotus, beat Britain’s Nigel Mansell, to win the Spanish Grand Prix Read more…
1991
33 years ago
Bobby Labonte captured his first of 10 career NASCAR Xfinity (Busch Grand National) Series wins in the Budweiser 250 at Bristol Motor Speedway Read more…
1992
32 years ago
Britain’s shortest motorway opened, the 300m long A635(M), part of the Mancunian Way in Manchester Read more…
1994
30 years ago
Daimler-Benz unveiled a fuel cell-powered vehicle at its research centre in Ulm, Germany Read more…
1997
27 years ago
The Argentine Grand Prix held at Autódromo Oscar Alfredo Gálvez in Buenos Aires, Argentina was won by Jacques Villeneuve in a Williams-Renault FW19 Read more…
1997
27 years ago
Jeff Gordon nudged past Rusty Wallace on the final lap to win the Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway, Tennessee, US Read more…
2000
24 years ago
The first 450 Chrysler PT Cruisers bound for Europe were loaded on a ship at the port of Veracruz, Mexico Read more…
2002
22 years ago
Scott Riggs scored his first career NASCAR Xfinity (Busch) Series win with a strong performance in the No Read more…
2003
21 years ago
21 students died in collision between their bus and a truck in Tembi, Greece Read more…
2003
21 years ago
Jeff Gordon won the Virginia 500 from the pole at Martinsville Speedway after a late-race battle with Bobby Labonte Read more…
2006
18 years ago
The C70 model — the first car built by the joint venture between Volvo Cars and Pininfarina (Pininfarina Sverige AB) sharing the Volvo P1 platform used in the S40, was presented Read more…
2007
17 years ago
In San Francisco Mayor Newsom brokered an agreement to ban cars from Golden Gate Park’s main road for 6 months of the year and to make permanent a Sunday ban for a smaller area Read more…
2009
15 years ago
Former Major League Baseball all-star pitcher Mark “The Bird” Fidrych was found dead at the age of 54 Read more…
2011
13 years ago
The first new MG for 16 years rolled off the production line in Longbridge Read more…
2012
12 years ago
Ricky Stenhouse Jr Read more…
2013
11 years ago
Kyle Busch captured his first career Texas Motor Speedway NASCAR Cup Series victory in the NRA 500 Read more…
2015
9 years ago
Production of the Jaguar XE formally commenced at Jaguar Land Rover’s Solihull plant Read more…
2019
5 years ago
Martin Truex Jr Read more…
