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1898
126 years ago
The world’s first one-marque race was staged as Pierre Levegh won the St Germain-Vernon-St Germain (France) road race Read more…
1908
116 years ago
William M Read more…
1915
109 years ago
It was announced in London that women could apply for licences to become bus and tram conductors Read more…
1917
107 years ago
Conover T Silver completed plans for the Silver Apperson four-passenger speedster, a stillborn car that would later materialise as the Kissel Gold Bug Speedster Read more…
1926
98 years ago
Francis W Read more…
1927
97 years ago
Henry Ford stamped “A1” into the first Ford Model A engine Read more…
1936
88 years ago
108 Norton WD16H 490cc side valve, single-cylinder motorcycles were prepared to be shipped to the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) Chilwell Depot, Nottinghamshire, England Read more…
1938
86 years ago
Chris Staniland driving a Multi-Union set an all-time Brooklands (England) record for Class D (under 3,000 cc) of 141 Read more…
1952
72 years ago
The 1953 Jeep four-wheel-drive wagons were introduced Read more…
1953
71 years ago
A Jaguar XK120 driven by Norman Dewis set a stock car record of 172 Read more…
1954
70 years ago
The first General Motors fully-automated assembly line began producing Pontiac’s new Strato Streak V-8 engine Read more…
1957
67 years ago
Jack Smith edged Lee Petty to win the 100-mile NASCAR Grand National event at North Wilkesboro Speedway Read more…
1963
61 years ago
The first Chaparral car (retroactively called the “Chaparral 1”) appeared in its last race, an event in Laguna Seca, California in which driver Skip Hudson failed to finish Read more…
1963
61 years ago
Richard Petty worked his way up from fourth starting position to land a convincing victory in the South Boston 400 at South Boston (Virginia, US) Speedway, marking a rare win for Petty in a car without his iconic No Read more…
1965
59 years ago
The last PV544 was driven off the Volvo assembly line at its Lundy plant in Sweden by long-time Volvo test driver Nils Wickstrom Read more…
1965
59 years ago
Austrian-born Italian Carlo Abarth set the acceleration record over a quarter of a mile and over 500 metres on the Monza Track in Italy in a 105 bhp Fiat Abarth ‘1,000 Monoposto Record’ Class G Read more…
1968
56 years ago
Mazda made its competition debut when two Mazda Cosmo Sport 110S coupes entered the 84 hour Marathon de la Route ultra endurance race at Nürburgring, one finishing in fourth place and the other breaking an axle after 81 hours Read more…
1977
47 years ago
Gerald C Read more…
1978
46 years ago
Racer Gunnar Nilsson died exactly one month short of the age of 30 Read more…
1978
46 years ago
The International Motor Show made its first appearance at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham (England), and attracted record crowds of 908,194 Read more…
1995
29 years ago
Vauxhall unveiled its new Vectra range of large hatchbacks and saloons to replace the long-lived Cavalier in Britain Read more…
2003
21 years ago
Peter Morgan, English sports-car manufacturer and chairman of Morgan Motor Company from 1959, died at the age of 83 Read more…
