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1900
125 years ago
Carlo Biscaretti drove a Phenix to victory in the first Italian hillclimb, the 5 km Madonna Del Pilone-Pino Toerinese Read more…
1902
123 years ago
William K Read more…
1903
122 years ago
Karl Benz resigned from the Board of Directors of Benz & Cie Read more…
1906
119 years ago
The first Montreal (Canada) Automobile Show opened Read more…
1916
109 years ago
Georges Louis Frederic Boillot (31), a mechanic by training who began automobile racing in 1908 and became a driving force behind the Peugeot Grand Prix team, died Read more…
1930
95 years ago
C Benitah in an Amilcar won the Moroccan Grand Prix held at the new Anfa Circuit Read more…
1939
86 years ago
The 2,000,000th Studebaker was produced Read more…
1947
78 years ago
Chico Landi in a Alfa Romeo 308 won the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix at Gávea Read more…
1962
63 years ago
Ford Motor Company’s”An Adventure in Outer Space” exhibit opened at the Seattle World’s Fair, US Read more…
1963
62 years ago
The 4th Imola Grand Prix was run to Formula One rules at the Autodromo di Castellaccis Read more…
1963
62 years ago
1963
62 years ago
Richard Petty took the lead with 40 laps to go and went on to beat Tiny Lund by a lap to win the NASCAR Grand National ‘Virginia 500’ at Martinsville Speedway Read more…
1965
60 years ago
Renault and Peugeot agreed to form an ‘association for immediate close cooperation’ in research, design, investment and purchasing Read more…
1967
58 years ago
General Motors (GM) celebrated the manufacture of its 100 millionth American-made car, a Caprice Custom Coupe Chevrolet made in the Janesville, Wisconsin plant Read more…
1968
57 years ago
When leader LeeRoy Yarbrough blew an engine with 10 laps to go, David Pearson went on to win the NASCAR GN ‘Gwyn Staley Memorial’ on the Read more…
1968
57 years ago
Ray Elder drove his Dodge to victory in the 100 lap NASCAR PCLM (Pacific Coast Late Model) race on the 1/2 mile dirt Ascot Park Speedway, California Read more…
1976
49 years ago
A Cadillac convertible, the ‘last’ American-made soft-top car, rolled off the assembly line at GM’s Cadillac production facility in Detroit, ending a tradition that began in 1916 Read more…
1980
45 years ago
Joe Thompson (92), Ford stylist involved with the Ford Model A and the Lincoln-Zephyr, died in Glendale, California, US Read more…
1983
42 years ago
The 1984 Chevrolet Corvette was introduced as the first completely restyled Corvette since 1968 Read more…
1985
40 years ago
The late Ayrton Senna won his first of 41 Formula One Championship victories driving a Lotus-Renault at the Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril Read more…
1991
34 years ago
Darrell Waltrip survived 17 cautions and late-race pressure from Dale Earnhardt to win the First Union 400 at North Wilkesboro (North Carolina) Speedway, marking his first victory since leaving Hendrick Motorsports after the 1990 season to form his own team Read more…
1996
29 years ago
Rusty Wallace passed Jeff Gordon with 12 laps to go and went on to win the Goody’s Headache Powder 500 at Martinsville Speedway Read more…
1996
29 years ago
The “Father of the Corvette”, Belgium-born American engineer, Zora Arkus-Duntov (86), died Read more…
1998
27 years ago
Malaysian skydivers guided the national car, a Proton Wira, on a parachute to a landing at the North Pole, where the engine started right away Read more…
2001
24 years ago
Mike McLaughlin captured his final of six career NASCAR Xfinity (Busch) Series wins in the Subway 300 at Talladega Superspeedway Read more…
2002
23 years ago
Dale Earnhardt Jr Read more…
2005
20 years ago
31 war veterans died in bus crash on the old Ho Chi Minh trail, Vietnam Read more…
2006
19 years ago
Kevin Harvick scored his second straight NASCAR Xfinity (Busch) Series victory with an overtime win in the Bashas’ Supermarkets 200 at Phoenix Raceway Read more…
2007
18 years ago
The record for driving to the highest altitude by car is 6,688 metres (21,942 ft) was established by Gonzalo Bravo and Eduardo Canales (both Chile) with a 1986 modified Suzuki Samurai on the slopes of the Ojos Del Salado volcano, Atacama, Chile Read more…
2007
18 years ago
Jeff Gordon scored his first Phoenix Raceway win and tied Dale Earnhardt on the all-time NASCAR Cup Series win list with a victory in the Subway Fresh Fit 500 Read more…
2011
14 years ago
Bristol Cars was purchased by Kamkorp, who also owned the Frazer-Nash Group of Companies Read more…
2011
14 years ago
Italian automaker Fiat, closed in on its goal of taking a majority stake and full control of Chrysler LLC by announcing a deal to buy another 16 percent share at a price of $1 Read more…
2012
13 years ago
James Buescher scored his first career NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series victory in the SFP 250 at Kansas Speedway Read more…
2013
12 years ago
Matt Kenseth outran a hard charging Kasey Kahne to win the NASCAR Cup Series STP 400 at Kansas Speedway Read more…
2018
7 years ago
Kyle Busch came from the 32nd starting position to win his third straight NASCAR Cup Series race of the season in the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond Raceway Read more…
