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1909
114 years ago
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation was incorporated with Carl G Read more…
1911
112 years ago
Mercer recorded its first major racing victory as Charles Bigelow in a Type 35R raceabout won the Panama Pacici Light Car Race in San Francisco, California Read more…
1927
96 years ago
William Morris, using his own money purchased Wolseley Motors at auction for £730,000, possibly to stop General Motors who subsequently bought Vauxhall Read more…
1933
90 years ago
Ford introduced a revised Model 40 and a new Model B Read more…
1933
90 years ago
The 11 Series Packard Twelve Formal Sedan was introduced Read more…
1947
76 years ago
The Swedish Winter Grand Prix was held on a circuit surrounding a Swedish Air Force site at Rommehed Read more…
1952
71 years ago
A two-way radio was first used in NASCAR competition Read more…
1958
65 years ago
Jimmy Bryant, driving a Mercury, won the USAC stock car race on the dirt track at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, Arizona, US Read more…
1958
65 years ago
S G Allen won the Baskerville Grand Prix held in Hobart, Australia, driving a Fiat Special Read more…
1959
64 years ago
The former Packard factory on East Grand Boulevard in Detroit, Michigan was heavily damaged by fire Read more…
1962
61 years ago
Rod Perry won the Modified Stock Car race over Bobby Allison and Jackie Evans at the Palmetto Speedway in Miami, Florida, US Read more…
1964
59 years ago
Two time World Champion Jack Brabham drove his Brabham BT7A-Climax to victory in the Australian Grand Prix on the 1 Read more…
1969
54 years ago
Jochen Rindt splashed to his second win of the ’69 Tasman Series season when he won a rainy 45 lap, 101 Read more…
1978
45 years ago
Racer Hans Stuck (77) died in Gronau, West Germany Read more…
1985
38 years ago
Taking a different path toward promoting its products, Volvo displayed a crashed sedan at the 1985 Chicago Auto Show Read more…
1991
32 years ago
Mercury showed the Mystique concept minivan, Chrysler displayed a Neon with a two-stroke engine, and Pontiac’s ProtoSport 4 “idea car” suggested the possibility of a four-door Firebird Read more…
1993
30 years ago
NBC News announced it had settled a defamation lawsuit brought by General Motors over the network’s “inappropriate demonstration” of a fiery pickup truck crash on its “Dateline NBC” program. Read more…
2000
23 years ago
Sylvester Stallone disappointed F1 fans when he revealed that his highly anticipated motor racing film, Driven, would in fact be based on the American CART Champ Car series Read more…
2001
22 years ago
Automotive concept vehicles exhibited at the 100th Chicago Auto Show included the Buick Bengal convertible, Ford Forty Nine dream car, Cadillac Vizon crossover, Jeep Willys, Chevy Borrego and Hyundai HCD6 Roadster Read more…
2005
18 years ago
A Chinese truck driver was arrested for kidnapping two toll station operators to save the equivalent of £0 Read more…
2006
17 years ago
Ex-Formula One driver Gerhard Berger bought a 50% stake in Toro Rosso Read more…
2007
16 years ago
The Chicago Auto Show opened to the public Read more…
2009
14 years ago
Nissan said it was slashing 20,000 jobs, or 8 Read more…
2009
14 years ago
The French government announced that it would give $8.4 million in low interest loans to Renault SA and PSA Peugeot-Citroen in exchange for pledges that the car makers wouldn’t close any factories or lay off workers in France for the duration of the funding. Read more…
2010
13 years ago
In Germany GM’s Opel unit asked European governments for billions of euros (dollars) in aid even as it formally presented a restructuring plan that will result in some 8,300 job cuts in Europe Read more…
2010
13 years ago
Toyota officials formally notified Japan’s Transport Ministry that it was recalling the 2010 Prius gas-electric hybrid Read more…
2010
13 years ago
Honda Motor Co Read more…
2013
10 years ago
Crowds swarmed at the opening of the Chicago Auto Show to the Chevrolet exhibit to be among the first to see the 2014 Corvette on display Read more…
