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1752
272 years ago
Driving on the right was introduced in Russia by the decree of Empress Elisaveta Petrovna Read more…
1903
121 years ago
The Packard board approved the design and manufacture of the Model N, a low priced 1-cylinder car to compete with the Oldsmobile ‘Curved Dash’ Read more…
1914
110 years ago
1918
106 years ago
Thomas A. Edison Read more…
1919
105 years ago
The first Voisin automobile was completed and test driven by Gabriel Voisin Read more…
1931
93 years ago
Captain Malcolm Campbell established a new World Land Speed Record of 246 Read more…
1950
74 years ago
Harold Kite drove a 1949 Lincoln to victory in the 200-mile NASCAR Grand National race on the Daytona beach and road course Read more…
1952
72 years ago
The first automatic “Don’t Walk” signs were installed in New York City, at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square Read more…
1953
71 years ago
Weldon C Kocick Read more…
1954
70 years ago
Swedish born Carl Eric Wickman, the founder of the Greyhound Lines, Inc Read more…
1958
66 years ago
It was announced that Mayfair in London would be the first place in Great Britain to have parking meters Read more…
1961
63 years ago
Automatic level railway crossing Read more…
1967
57 years ago
The Daytona 24 Hour Race was won by Danny Chris Amon and Lorenzo Bandini in a Ferrari P4 Read more…
1969
55 years ago
Ford guaranteed that everyone of their dealers would have at least one Capri on the forecourt by this day Read more…
1970
54 years ago
AMC acquired Kaiser-Jeep Corporation Read more…
1974
50 years ago
The maximum speed on German Autobahns was reduced Read more…
1976
48 years ago
Mrs Maude Tull Read more…
1978
46 years ago
Doug Wolfgang won the 50-lap Southern Sprint Car Nationals afternoon race at the East Bay Speedway, Gibsonton, Florida (US) Read more…
1978
46 years ago
Sammy Swindell won the 50-lap James McElreath Memorial race on the heavily oiled 1/2 mile Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, Florida, US Read more…
1978
46 years ago
Rolf Stommelen, Toine Hezemans and Peter Gregg teamed to win the Daytona 24 Hours Sports Car race, round 1 of the 1978 World Championship for Makes Read more…
1982
42 years ago
Lee Shepherd became the first man to drive an NHRA Pro Stock car faster than 170 mph over the 1/4-mile when he achieved 174 Read more…
1989
35 years ago
Derek Bell, Bob Wolleck, and John Andretti drove a Jim Busby entered Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona, beating the second place Jaguar of Price Cobb, John Nielson, Jan Lammers, and Andy Wallace by only 90 seconds Read more…
1994
30 years ago
At the 1994 Chicago Auto Show, Buick used a product presentation theatre to promote the new 1995 Riviera Read more…
1995
29 years ago
Mike Skinner won the Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic, the first race of the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Read more…
1995
29 years ago
Jurgen Lassig, Christophe Bouchut, Giovanni Lavaggi, and Marco Werner drove a Porsche Spyder K8 to victory in the 24-Hours of Daytona Read more…
1995
29 years ago
Mike Skinner won the first ever NASCAR Supertruck race, at Phoenix, Arizona, US Read more…
1995
29 years ago
Frank Costin Read more…
1996
28 years ago
General Motors launched their official WWW page (www Read more…
1998
26 years ago
Tim Kelly (34), guitarist for the Slaughter band, died from injuries sustained when an 18-wheeler jackknifed and collided with his car on State Route 96 in Arizona Read more…
2001
23 years ago
Flavio Braitore revealed that Fernando Alonso would make his F1 debut with Minardi Read more…
2004
20 years ago
XK-RS concept car Read more…
2005
19 years ago
A special Rolls-Royce Phantom was bought at a charity auction in the USA for $800,000 – more than double the normal price Read more…
2005
19 years ago
KZ1R Read more…
2008
16 years ago
The official Elvis Presley Tennessee license plate was unveiled at a ceremony at Graceland Read more…
2009
15 years ago
Stevie Smith, driving the Zemco #1, won the O’Reilly Auto Parts All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car race at the Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, Florida, US Read more…
2009
15 years ago
New Citroën logo Read more…
