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1898
124 years ago
Elwood Haynes, who built America’s first gasoline-powered car, and Elmer Apperson, founded the Haynes-Apperson Company in Kokomo, Indiana Read more…
1904
118 years ago
Pierre de Caters broke the World Land Speed Record, driving a DMG Mercedes Simplex at 97 Read more…
1907
115 years ago
In a 24 hour “Endurance Derby” on the 1 mile dirt Point Breeze oval, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Read more…
1914
108 years ago
Ettore Bugatti was issued with a French patent for his ‘pursang’ trademark Read more…
1927
95 years ago
Ford Motor Company announced the end of Model T and named its replacement, the Model A Read more…
1930
92 years ago
At the sixth Rome Grand Prix there were five Alfa Romeos, four Maseratis, four Bugattis, one Talbot and one Mercedes-Benz Read more…
1930
92 years ago
Théodore Namont driving a Rally crashed fatally at the Fontainebleau hill climb, near Paris, France Read more…
1945
77 years ago
Car-component manufacturing began at Ford’s Dagenham plant in east London, having been speedily re-equipped for peacetime operations Read more…
1947
75 years ago
Franco Cortese gave Ferrari their first race win when he drove 125 Sport chassis 01C to victory on the Caracella Baths circuit in Rome, Italy Read more…
1947
75 years ago
Round 3 of Grand Prix de France F2 Championship, the 3 hour Paris Grand Prix, held at Montlhéry, was won by Piero Taruffi driving a Ferrari 500 Read more…
1947
75 years ago
Chung Ju Yung founded Hyundai Construction, the first of the Hyundai companies Read more…
1950
72 years ago
The Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel, known as the Hugh L Read more…
1950
72 years ago
Tragedy struck the streets of Chicago when 33 people died in what was the greatest public transportation disaster in US history to date Read more…
1955
67 years ago
Italian racing driver and twice Formula One World Champion Alberto Ascari (36), died Read more…
1967
55 years ago
Beatle John Lennon took delivery of his famous psychedelic Rolls-Royce. Read more…
1975
47 years ago
Wally Dallenbach Sr Read more…
1975
47 years ago
In the Grand Prix at Zolder, Belgium, Niki Lauda in his Ferrari showed the way, sitting on pole and winning in a time of 1:43:53, 19 Read more…
1979
43 years ago
Amédée Gordini (79), Italian-born race car driver and sports car manufacturer in France, died Read more…
1981
41 years ago
USAC striped Al Unser Sr Read more…
1985
37 years ago
The 112,000 seater Charlotte Motor Speedway (North Carolina, US), aka the Mecca of Motorsports, held its first race Read more…
1986
36 years ago
The 44th Belgian Grand Prix and the 32nd to be held at Spa-Francorchamps, run over 43 laps of the 7 Read more…
1994
28 years ago
The ashes of 71-year-old George Swanson are buried (according to Swanson´s request) in the driver´s seat of his 1984 white Corvette in Hempfield County, Pennsylvania Read more…
1997
25 years ago
At the Spanish Grand Prix held in Catalunya, Jacques Villeneuve sat on pole and won in his Williams with a race time of 1:300:35 Read more…
2000
22 years ago
The US government proposed a rating system telling consumers how prone vehicles are to rolling over Read more…
2003
19 years ago
Gil de Ferran won the 87th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race by 0 Read more…
2004
18 years ago
TVR Tuscan 2 and Sagaris were unveiled on press day of the Birmingham Motor Show, Read more…
2004
18 years ago
The Rover 75 Limousine, with a quad-cam, 2 Read more…
2005
17 years ago
Robert Jankel (66), arguably the world’s most famous designer of limousines, armored cars and other specialty vehicles, died Read more…
2005
17 years ago
A1 Grand Prix unveiled the provisional race calendar for its inaugural season, taking in a mix of established world-famous venues, exciting new state-of-the-art facilities and tight twisty street circuits Read more…
2006
16 years ago
The 1 Read more…
2014
8 years ago
Nico Rosberg won the Monaco Grand Prix Read more…
