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1872
151 years ago
George B Read more…
1896
127 years ago
Armand Peugeot set up his own company, Société Anonyme des Automobiles Peugeot Read more…
1910
113 years ago
Thomas B Read more…
1919
104 years ago
The 3,000,000th Ford Model T was produced Read more…
1922
101 years ago
Italian privateer Count Giulio Masetti celebrated victory in the overall classification at the Targa Florio in Sicily Read more…
1924
99 years ago
The Nash Motors Company purchased the Mitchell Motor Company of Racine, Wisconsin, US, primarily to acquire additional production capacity Read more…
1925
98 years ago
After an accident involving Francis Giveen’s Bugatti at the Kop in Buckinghamshire, the RAC banned hillclimbs on public roads because of difficulties in controlling spectators in places to which the public had the right of access Read more…
1932
91 years ago
The Plymouth PB was introduced, the first of the marque to officially have an assigned model year Read more…
1934
89 years ago
The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo was won by Guy Moll in an Alfa Romeo B/P3 Read more…
1939
84 years ago
Hermann Lang in a Mercedes-Benz W154/39 won the Pau Grand Prix in France, run over 100 laps (172 miles in total) Read more…
1943
80 years ago
The first issue of the revived ‘Ford Times’, edited by B Mark Mucahy, appeared Read more…
1950
73 years ago
Tim Flock scored his first victory in NASCAR’s top series, outrunning his brother Bob to prevail at 0 Read more…
1950
73 years ago
The Ferrari 195 S, a racing sports car produced by Ferrari was introduced at the Giro di Sicilia Read more…
1956
67 years ago
Alfred P Read more…
1964
59 years ago
Saab resolved to design a new and larger car Read more…
1967
56 years ago
Cale Yarborough won the Atlanta 500 at the Atlanta International Speedway in dominating fashion after leading 301 of 334 laps and lapping the entire field Read more…
1967
56 years ago
Fred Lorenzen, the first stock car driver to win $100,000 in a single season, retired Read more…
1972
51 years ago
Dennis Priddle ran unopposed at Santa Pod in front of 23,000 people in the final to record the quickest E Read more…
1972
51 years ago
Racer Alfred ‘Speedy’ Thompson died one day before his 46th birthday, on Easter Sunday, at Metrolina Fairgrounds in Charlotte, where he started the NASCAR late race despite reporting he was not feeling well, Thompson’s car stopped on the track Read more…
1973
50 years ago
John Z DeLorean resigned from General Motors Read more…
1978
45 years ago
Darrell Waltrip scored his first career win at Bristol Motor Speedway in the Southeastern 500 Read more…
1978
45 years ago
The USA Grand Prix West at Long Beach (the East version was held later in the season at Watkins Glen) was won by Carlos Reutemann who took the lead at the halfway mark from Ferrari team-mate Gilles Villeneuve, when he crashed, and won by 11 seconds Read more…
1987
36 years ago
The United States Government allowed individual states to increase the speed limit on rural roads from 55 mph to 65 mph Read more…
1989
34 years ago
Harry Gant scored his third of four wins at Darlington Raceway in the TranSouth 500 and ended a long winless streak in the process Read more…
1993
30 years ago
Vauxhall launched its all-new Corsa supermini, the replacement for the Nova, which like its predecessor was built at the Zaragoza plant in Spain Read more…
1995
28 years ago
Jeff Gordon posted his third win in the season’s first six races with a victory in the Food City 500 at Bristol, Tennessee (US) Read more…
1995
28 years ago
Emilio Scotto of Buenos Aires, Argentina, completed the longest ever journey by a motorcycle, covering over 735,000 km (457,000 miles) and 214 countries and territories Read more…
2000
23 years ago
Third-generation driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr Read more…
2006
17 years ago
Tony Stewart dominated to win his second of three career wins at Martinsville Speedway in the DIRECTV 500 Read more…
2006
17 years ago
The Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park was won by Fernando Alonso, driving a Renault R26 Read more…
2006
17 years ago
A1 Grand Prix held its first Gala Awards night honouring the success and achievements of the 2005/06 teams and drivers Read more…
2010
13 years ago
Kyle Busch turned in a dominating performance to win his first race as a NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series owner-driver in the Nashville 200 at Nashville Superspeedway Read more…
2011
12 years ago
Johnny Sauter passed Kyle Busch with two laps to go and went on to win the Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway Read more…
2014
9 years ago
DSA and the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) merged to create the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) Read more…
2015
8 years ago
A US jury ordered automaker Chrysler to pay $150 million to the family of a four-year-old boy who was killed when their Jeep exploded into flames Read more…
2016
7 years ago
Kyle Busch held off John Hunter Nemechek in overtime to win the Alpha Energy Solutions 250 at Martinsville Speedway Read more…
2017
6 years ago
Brad Keselowski captured his first Martinsville Speedway win in the STP 500 for his fifth straight top-five finish of that season Read more…
