May 2nd


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1909

114 years ago

The fourth Targa Florio, held at the Grande Circuito delle Madonie over 148 Read more…

1915

108 years ago

Effie Hotchkiss and her mother Avis left Brooklyn, New York on the adventure of a lifetime Read more…

1918

105 years ago

The General Motors Corporation (GM) acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware Read more…

1923

100 years ago

The first Triumph car was completed Read more…

1925

98 years ago

The Rolls-Royce Phantom I was introduced Read more…

1926

97 years ago

Renato Balestrero, driving an OM 665, won the Coppa Vinci held at Messina in Italy Read more…

1926

97 years ago

The second Tripoli Grand Prix held on a circuit just outside Tripoli was won by François Eysermann in a Bugatti T35 Read more…

1937

86 years ago

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1941

82 years ago

The second experimental Highway Post Office began service between South Bend, Peru and Indianapolis, Indiana, using an International Model KD-8-F-COE tractor-trailer rig Read more…

1942

81 years ago

Oldemar Ramos in an Alfa Romeo 308 won the Sante Fe Grand Prix Read more…

1948

75 years ago

The second Grand Prix des Nations run over 44 laps of the 1 Read more…

1948

75 years ago

Wilhelm von Opel (76) died in Wiesbaden, Germany Read more…

1954

69 years ago

Herb Thomas rolled to victory in a Fabulous Hudson Hornet on Langhorne (Pennsylvania, US) Speedway’s circular mile dirt track Read more…

1959

64 years ago

A Cooper-Climax T51 driven by Jack Brabhan won the International Trophy held at Silverstone, England Read more…

1959

64 years ago

Junior Johnson rolled his Ford in practice, but drove the hastily repaired machine to victory in the 100-mile NASCAR Grand National race at Hickory Speedway, (North Carolina, US) Read more…

1962

61 years ago

The UK government warned it would fine pedestrians who did not use the new ‘Panda’ crossings Read more…

1963

60 years ago

The Duke of Edinburgh launched the Hillman Imp basic and deluxe models at the official opening of Rootes’ Linwood car plant near Paisley in Scotland Read more…

1964

59 years ago

The 16th BRDC International Tropy run to Formula One rules, was held on at the Silverstone Circuit, England Read more…

1972

51 years ago

Buddy Baker became the first stock car driver to finish a 500-mile race in less than three hours en route to winning the Winston Select 500 at the Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama Read more…

1975

48 years ago

Production began of the BMW E21 platform, designation for the first BMW 3 Series compact executive car Read more…

1976

47 years ago

The Spanish Grand Prix was held at Jarama Read more…

1977

46 years ago

Edward Nicholas Cole (67), a General Motors executive died when a small plane his was piloting crashed during a storm Read more…

1985

38 years ago

The General Motors X-Cars, among the first mainstream front-wheel drive models introduced into the North American market, rolled off the assembly line in Detroit for the final time Read more…

1985

38 years ago

Attilio Bettega (32) died on the 4th stage of the Tour de Corse when he lost control of his Lancia and crashed into a tree which simply ruptured into the driver’s seat and killed him instantly Read more…

1986

37 years ago

Henri Toivonen (29) died during the seventh kilometre of the 18th stage of the Tour de Corse, Corte–Taverna, when his Lancia went off the side of the road at a tight left corner with no guardrail Read more…

1994

29 years ago

32 died in collision between a PKS (Państwowa Komunikacja Samochodowa) bus and tree in on the road between Gdańsk and Kokoszki in Poland Read more…

1999

24 years ago

Michael Schumacher won the San Marino Grand Prix and set fastest lap Read more…

2000

23 years ago

The Ford Motor Company announced the development of a prototype electric Ka, powered by a new generation of lithium-ion batteries Read more…

2004

19 years ago

Jeff Gordon scored his second-straight victory of the season, and third at Auto Club (California) Speedway in the Auto Club 500 Read more…

2009

14 years ago

Kyle Busch celebrated his 24th birthday with a win in the NASCAR Cup Series Crown Royal Presents the Russ Friedman 400 at Richmond Raceway to give him a sweep of the weekend Read more…

2010

13 years ago

Johnny Sauter held on to his truck after getting sideways with Ron Hornaday Jr Read more…

2015

8 years ago

Joey Logano became the first repeat Xfinity Series winner at Talladega Superspeedway in the last 10 races when he claimed the win in the Winn-Dixie 300 Read more…

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