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1900
124 years ago
The first successful sprint meeting in Britain was held as part of the Thousand Miles Trial managed by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland Read more…
1904
120 years ago
1906
118 years ago
Charles Baillairges (79) died in Quebec, Canada Read more…
1917
107 years ago
Billy Taylor drove his Stutz to victory in the 112 Read more…
1921
103 years ago
Ford in Detroit, US produced a record 4,072 cars in one day Read more…
1922
102 years ago
The 1,000th Rickenbacker car was produced Read more…
1923
101 years ago
Alfred P Read more…
1926
98 years ago
Earl DeVore won the 250 mile AAA Championship race on the 1 Read more…
1927
97 years ago
The first Dodge Senior Six was produced Read more…
1927
97 years ago
1929
95 years ago
(10th-11th): The first Brooklands ‘Double-Twelve’ race was run Read more…
1931
93 years ago
René Dreyfus was the only foreigner in the 22nd Targo Florio where just 13 cars arrived at the start Read more…
1936
88 years ago
Just 9 cars competed in the Finnish Grand Prix held over 50 laps of the 2 Read more…
1936
88 years ago
The X° Gran Premio Di Tripoli was run over 40 laps of the Autodromo Di Mellahaa circuit Read more…
1949
75 years ago
Sam Breadon, a millionaire St Read more…
1952
72 years ago
Buck Baker drove a Cadillac-powered open-wheel car to victory in the 200-mile NASCAR Speedway division race at Darlington Raceway, South Carolina, US Read more…
1959
65 years ago
The Monaco Grand Prix was held at the Circuit de Monaco over 100 laps of the three kilometre circuit for a race distance of 315 kilometres Read more…
1959
65 years ago
Jack Brabham claimed his first F1 victory for Cooper at the Monaco Grand Prix after Stirling Moss retired with fewer than 20 laps to go and early leader Jean Behra was hit with engine troubles Read more…
1960
64 years ago
Erwin George “Cannonball” Baker (78), a motorcycle and automobile racing driver and organizer in the first half of the 20th century, died of a heart attack at Community Hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana Read more…
1964
60 years ago
Graham Hill’s BRM outlasted Jim Clark’s Lotus and Dan Gurney’s Brabham to allow the moustachioed Mr Monaco to take the second of his five wins in the Principality, a lap ahead of teammate Richie Ginther and three laps in front of third-placed Pete Arundell Read more…
1964
60 years ago
Graham Hill won the Monaco Grand Prix in his BRM Read more…
1967
57 years ago
Lorenzo Bandini (31) died three days after crashing his Ferrari 312/67 during the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo Read more…
1967
57 years ago
The Road Safety Act 1967 in Great Britain paved the way for regulations covering the licensing and testing of HGV drivers Read more…
1969
55 years ago
LeeRoy Yarbrough inherited victory when Bobby Allison crashed four laps from the end in a 400-mile main event at Darlington (South Carolina, US) Raceway Read more…
1970
54 years ago
11 years after his first, Jack Brabham denied himself a 15th grand prix victory at Monaco after making a costly mistake on the last corner of the last lap Read more…
1972
52 years ago
An overloaded South Korean bus plunged into reservoir, killing 77 Read more…
1980
44 years ago
The United States Secretary of the Treasury G Read more…
1985
39 years ago
Antoine ‘Toni’ Branca (68), a Swiss amateur who, legend has it, financed his motor racing thanks to the donations of an admiring Belgian countess, died Read more…
1997
27 years ago
Mark Martin won the Winston Select 500 at the 2 Read more…
1998
26 years ago
The Spanish Grand Prix held at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona) was won by Mika Häkkinen driving a McLaren-Mercedes MP4-13 Read more…
2004
20 years ago
Dutch postage stamps issued included images of Spyker motor cars: the 1904 Spyker driven by Kenneth More in the 1953 film Genevieve, and a 1906 Spyker from the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run Read more…
2007
17 years ago
Dale Earnhardt, Jr Read more…
2007
17 years ago
Perodua launched the new compact car, the Viva Read more…
2009
15 years ago
Despite losing the lead to teammate Rubens Barrichello at the start of the Spanish Grand Prixc, Jenson Button made it four wins from five for Brawn GP after making his two-stop strategy work better than Barrichello’s three-stopper Read more…
2012
12 years ago
Carroll Shelby, the American automotive designer, racing driver and entrepreneur who gave his name to the famous Shelby Cobra sports car, died at the age of 89 Read more…
2015
9 years ago
Nico Rosberg won his first race of the season from pole, at the Spanish GP, after teammate Lewis Hamilton spoiled his chances with a bad start, which meant he spent much of the race stuck behind Sebastian Vettel and unable to run the optimum strategy Read more…
