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1844
178 years ago
Karl Friedrich Benz, German engineer and entrepreneur who designed and developed the world’s first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine, was born Read more…
1920
102 years ago
Gaston Chevrolet, the younger brother of famous automobile designer and racer Louis Chevrolet, was killed during a race in Beverly Hills, California Read more…
1925
97 years ago
The first Ford Motor Company airplane was completed Read more…
1926
96 years ago
The first Salmon GSC was sold Read more…
1942
80 years ago
George H Read more…
1949
73 years ago
Cadillac’s one-millionth car was produced, a 1950 Coupe de Ville Read more…
1951
71 years ago
Frank Mundy throttled his Studebaker to a win in the 150-lap NASCAR Grand National finale at Lakeview Speedway in Mobile, Atlanta, US Read more…
1951
71 years ago
The 1,933-mile Pan-American Road Race from Tuxtla Gutierrez to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico was won by Piero Taruffi in a Ferrari Read more…
1953
69 years ago
Ford Motor Company’s Rouge Engine Plant rolled out the last of the flathead V8 engine, 21 years and 16,388,762 engines after Henry Ford’s affordable design put 8 cylinder power within the reach of everyman Read more…
1955
67 years ago
Stirling Moss and Peter Collins concluded a week of testing BRMs at Silverstone aimed at helping Moss make a decision as to which team he would drive for in 1956 Read more…
1958
64 years ago
Charles Kettering, inventor of the self-starter and the holder of 186 patents, died aged 82 Read more…
1962
60 years ago
The 3 millionth post-World War II British Motor Corporation car was produced, a Vanden Plas Princess R saloon that was presented to the British Red Cross by BMC Chairman Sir George Harriman Read more…
1963
59 years ago
Sir Colin Buchanan published his report ‘Traffic in Towns’, which was commissioned by the Ministry of Tranpsort Read more…
1965
57 years ago
The British government announced that a temporary 30 mph (48 km/h) speed limit would be applied to sections of motorway affected by fog, ice or snow Read more…
1966
56 years ago
The 1967 Plymouth Barracuda was introduced Read more…
1968
54 years ago
After ten years with Plymouth, Richard Petty announced he would race Fords in 1969 Read more…
1973
49 years ago
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, President Richard M Read more…
1981
41 years ago
Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz won the Lombard RAC Rally with an Audi Quattro Read more…
1982
40 years ago
Hannu Mikkola and Arne Hertz won the RAC Rally with an Audi Quattro Read more…
1984
38 years ago
Jimmy Jackson (74), US racer who participated in 2 World Championship races, but scored no World Championship points, died Read more…
1987
35 years ago
Juha kankkunen and Juha PiironenII won the RAC Rally with a Lancia Delta Hf 4 Wd Read more…
1990
32 years ago
After a howling wind- and rainstorm on Thanksgiving Day, Washington state’s historic floating Lacey V Read more…
1992
30 years ago
Carlos Sainz and Luis Moya won the RAC Rally with a Toyota Celica Gt-Four Read more…
1996
26 years ago
Armin Schwarz and Didier Giraudet won the RAC Rally with a Toyota Celica Gt-Four Read more…
1997
25 years ago
Colin McRae and Nicky Grist won the Great Britain Rally with a Subaru Impreza WRC Read more…
2003
19 years ago
Country singer Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix, Arizona with a blood-alcohol percentage level of 0 Read more…
2005
17 years ago
Richard Burns, who won the World Rally Championship in 2001, died at the age of 34 after a long illness, on the fourth anniversary of his title win Read more…
2006
16 years ago
Alex Zanardi, who lost both his legs in a crash five years earlier, tested an F1 car for the first time since his accident Read more…
2008
14 years ago
Red Bull chief Dietrich Mateschitz reassumed total ownership of Toro Rosso, after buying back a 50% share from team boss Gerhard Berger Read more…
