On this day in…
1826
196 years ago
The Blanchard steam carriage was successfully tested in Springfield, Massachusetts by designer Thomas Blanchard Read more…
1900
122 years ago
The first car to be produced under the Mercedes name was taken for its inaugural drive in Cannstatt, Germany Read more…
1905
117 years ago
Henry Ford and James Couzens established the Ford Manufacturing Company as a means of ousting Alexander Y Read more…
1915
107 years ago
The Hupp Motor Car Corporation acquired the American Gear Company of Jackson, Michigan, US converting the firm to the production of axles Read more…
1918
104 years ago
Enzo Ferrari made his racing debut driving a 3-litre CMN to third place in the first Parma-Berceto (Italy) race Read more…
1927
95 years ago
The first patent for a snowmobile was granted to Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin, US Read more…
1942
80 years ago
Tubeless tires were successfully tested by their developer, John B McGay of Tulsa, Oklahoma, US Read more…
1954
68 years ago
Umberto Maglioli won the final Carrera Panamerica road race through Mexico in a Ferrari Read more…
1957
65 years ago
Enzo Ferrari introduced the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Read more…
1962
60 years ago
Jim Paschall drove a Petty Engineering Plymouth to victory in the NASCAR Grand National race at Tar Heel Speedway in Randleman, North Carolina, USA Read more…
1963
59 years ago
John F Kennedy travelling in the presidential Lincoln Continental convertible was assassinated in Dallas, Texas Read more…
1963
59 years ago
William Clay Ford purchased the Detroit Lions professional American football team Read more…
1967
55 years ago
The Saab 99 was premiered in Stockholm, Sweden Read more…
1970
52 years ago
Ronnie Sox became the first person to run 140 mph (225 Read more…
1976
46 years ago
Rock ’n’ roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis was arrested for drink-driving after putting his Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow into a ditch near Elvis Presley’s Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee (US) Read more…
1985
37 years ago
Lee Iacocca, the CEO of the Chrysler Corporation, presided over the largest swearing-in ceremony for new U Read more…
1990
32 years ago
Stan Fox won the last race ever held at the legendary Ascot Park dirt track, located near Gardena in Los Angeles, California Read more…
1995
27 years ago
Colin McRae became the first ever British driver to win a World Rally Championship title Read more…
1995
27 years ago
Longtime Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Bob Laycock Sr Read more…
1995
27 years ago
The last MG RV8 was produced in Cowley, England Read more…
1999
23 years ago
Ford joined the US Postal Service to celebrate the issue of a special stamp honouring the Ford Mustang Read more…
2001
21 years ago
In a ceremony in Oxford, TV Inspector Morse’s classic red Jaguar was presented to James Went after he won it in a competition organised by Carlton Television and Woolworths Read more…
2002
20 years ago
McLaren test driver Alexander Wurz set a new track record behind the wheel of an interim MP4/16 at the Circuit de Catalunya Read more…
2004
18 years ago
British Formula 3000 driver Sam Haddock (23), announced his intention to raise £1 Read more…
2005
17 years ago
Motor Trend magazine named the Honda Civic as 2006 Car of the Year Read more…
2008
14 years ago
For a man whose career involves driving at high speed in one of the most dangerous sports, there was a certain irony that Mark Webber had to be airlifted to hospital after being knocked off his bike in a charity ride during the Mark Webber Pure Tasmania Challenge Read more…
