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1828
195 years ago
Internal combustion engineer pioneer Isaac de Rivaz (76) died Read more…
1898
125 years ago
Scientific American carried the first magazine motor-vehicle advertisement Read more…
1903
120 years ago
The Packard K Special race car was given its first road test in Warren, Ohio, US Read more…
1908
115 years ago
George Schuster arrived in Paris in the Thomas Flyer to win the New York to Paris Race having covered 13,341 miles – the German Protos had arrived 4 days earlier, but was penalised 30 days for rules violation Read more…
1913
110 years ago
Oden Johnson was speeding high up on the track at the Lagoon Motordrome in Ludlow, Kentucky (US) when he lost control and hit a light pole Read more…
1927
96 years ago
The 1928 Chandlers, featuring 25 different models, were introduced by Frederick C Read more…
1928
95 years ago
The Chrysler Corporation purchased Dodge Brother, Inc from the New York City banking firm of Dillon Reed & Company for $170 million Read more…
1930
93 years ago
The Cadillac V-12 was introduced by Division President Lawrence P Fisher Read more…
1950
73 years ago
The “Bug”, generally considered to be the first rail dragster, raced for the first time Read more…
1952
71 years ago
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge, the world’s largest continuous over-water steel structure, opened, linking Maryland’s eastern and western shores of the bay Read more…
1954
69 years ago
George Lister in Cambridge, England founded Lister Cars Read more…
1955
68 years ago
The London Trophy at Crystal Palace was won by Mike Hawthorn driving a Maserati 250F Read more…
1961
62 years ago
The 160,000 capacity Bristol Motor Speedway in Tennessee, formerly known as Bristol International Raceway and Bristol Raceway, held its first NASCAR race Read more…
1967
56 years ago
Phil Hill, in his last race as a professional driver, and Mike Spence drove the Chaparral 2F to victory in the BOAC 500 sports car race at Brands Hatch, England Read more…
1972
51 years ago
Jacky Ickx driving a Ferrari 312B2/72 won the German Grand Prix at at Nürburgring and scored his only Grand Chelem (English:Grand Slam) (led and won the whole race from pole position and set fastest lap) Read more…
1978
45 years ago
Okinawa at the end of World War II was under control of the United States and drove on the right hand side of the road Read more…
1978
45 years ago
Mario Andretti won the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in his Lotus Read more…
1984
39 years ago
Jaguar’s “Offer For Sale” document was published Read more…
1985
38 years ago
The Saturn Corporation announced that their first plant would be built in Spring Hill, Tennessee Read more…
1989
34 years ago
Ayrton Senna won the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim in his McLaren Read more…
1990
33 years ago
Ian Gow (53) MP was killed by a car bomb planted by the IRA while at his home in Sussex, England Read more…
1995
28 years ago
Scott Pruett won the Marlboro 500 at Brooklyn, Michigan, USA, his first CART win Read more…
1995
28 years ago
Scott Pruett won the Marlboro 500 at Brooklyn, Michigan, for his first CART win Read more…
2000
23 years ago
The 62nd German Grand Prix and the 24th to be held at Hockenheim was held over 45 laps of the 6 Read more…
2003
20 years ago
The last ‘classic’ Volkswagen Beetle, number 21,529,464, rolled off the production line at VW’s plant in Puebla, Mexico, and was shipped to the Volkswagen company museum in Wolfsburg, Germany Read more…
2006
17 years ago
Contested over 67 laps of the Hockenheim circuit, the German Grand Prix was won Michael Schumacher for Ferrari Read more…
2015
8 years ago
Former Top Gear hosts Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May signed up to present a new show on Amazon’s streaming video service Read more…
