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1897
125 years ago
The western Blackwall Tunnel, part of the A102, designed by Sir Alexander Binnie and built by S Read more…
1899
123 years ago
Plain Dealer reporter Charles Shanks first used the French word “automobile” in a series of articles he wrote about a road trip with car magnate Alexander Winton from Cleveland to New York Read more…
1899
123 years ago
The 80 km Bologna-Poggio-Renatico-Malalbergo-Bologna road race was won by Emilio Laporte in 2 hours 23 minutes driving a Orio & Marchand Read more…
1909
113 years ago
The grounds of Palace House, Beaulieu, where the Montagu Motor Museum is situated was used for a quarter-of-a-mile hillclimb by the RAC Read more…
1913
109 years ago
Guido Bigio (31), italian racing car driver and founder of the Turin-based Itala car manufacturer (with Matteo Ceirano and others), died in an accident, testing an Itala two months before the 1913 French Grand Prix Read more…
1932
90 years ago
From the elite of 16 international drivers only five finished the AVUS-Rennen, the fastest high-speed race in Europe Read more…
1933
89 years ago
Manfred von Brauchitsch won the AVUS race in Berlin with a Mercedes-Benz SSKL, setting a 200 km/h (124 mph) world record for the class Read more…
1934
88 years ago
ERA’s first raced at Brooklands Read more…
1935
87 years ago
Luigi Fagioli drove a Mercedes-Benz W25 to victory in the Monoco Grand Prix Read more…
1950
72 years ago
The Nash-Kelvinator Corporation registered the ‘Rambler’ and ‘Statesman’ names as trademarks Read more…
1953
69 years ago
Volvo introduced the Philip prototype, a large sedan looking very much like the US-built Kaiser Read more…
1955
67 years ago
French driver Maurice Trintignant driving a Ferrari 625 won the Monaco Grand Prix Read more…
1959
63 years ago
Lee Petty won the 100-mile race at Charlotte, North Carolina, US in an Oldsmobile, the last victory for the marque until 1978, Read more…
1961
61 years ago
The Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort was won by Wolfgang von Trips in a Ferrari 156 Read more…
1966
56 years ago
The 24th Monaco Grand Prix was run, the first of a new era for Formula One, the ‘return to power’ as engine regulations were altered from 1 Read more…
1966
56 years ago
Marvin Panch scores his final victory in NASCAR’s premier series in unusual fashion, with Richard Petty taking over his car in relief and driving to the checkered flag in the World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina, US Read more…
1977
45 years ago
Jody Scheckter won the Monaco Grand Prix, the 100th victory for the Cosworth DFV engine Read more…
1977
45 years ago
Janet Guthrie from Iowa, became the first female to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 Read more…
1978
44 years ago
Former Managing Director of the Birmingham Small Arms Company group of companies (BSA) from the early 1940s until 1956, and Chairman of the Daimler Motor Company, Sir Bernard Docker (81), died Read more…
1983
39 years ago
The first Belgian Grand Prix race to be held on the modern Spa circuit was won by Alain Prost driving a Renault RE40 Read more…
1985
37 years ago
The South African Motor Corporation, more commonly known as Samcor, was a South African car manufacturer created in 1985 through the merger of Ford Motor Company of Canada’s South African subsidiary and Sigma (previously known as Amcar – American Motors Corporation), which produced Mazdas for the local market Read more…
1991
31 years ago
Nearly six months after the breakthrough in the Channel Tunnel service tunnel, the breakthrough in the North rail tunnel was achieved Read more…
2001
21 years ago
Ford Motor Co Read more…
2005
17 years ago
The Monaco Grand Prix at Monte Carlo was won by polesitter and McLaren-Mercedes MP4-20 driver, Kimi Räikkönen Read more…
2006
16 years ago
Renault Trucks took over ACMAT Read more…
2007
15 years ago
NASCAR announced that the new car would be used full time in 2008 Read more…
2011
11 years ago
Saudi authorities re-arrested activist Manal al-Sherif for defying a ban on female drivers Read more…
2011
11 years ago
Despite making an epic start to go from fourth to first by Turn 1 at the Spanish Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari lacked pace and he slipped to fifth by the end, a lap behind race-winner Sebastian Vettel Read more…
2012
10 years ago
Zenos Cars, a British automotive company that produces high-performance, light-weight sports cars, was founded Read more…
2020
2 years ago
Car rental company Hertz filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid the global economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic Read more…
