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1887
137 years ago
Elwood Haynes married Bertha Lanterman in Portland, Indianapolis, US Read more…
1891
133 years ago
A one-mile dirt track opened for harness races at the site of the present-day Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville, US Read more…
1897
127 years ago
The Pittsburgh Motor Vehicle Company was organised by Louis Semple Clark along with his brothers John S and James K, his father Charles, mutual friend William Morgan to build the Pittsburgh Read more…
1929
95 years ago
Henry Ford and Thomas Edison dedicated the Edison Institute in Dearborn, Michigan, on the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the electric light Read more…
1948
76 years ago
Alain Madle (57) died Read more…
1953
71 years ago
Austin, Standard and Ford all claimed to be producing the cheapest car on the British market Read more…
1955
69 years ago
The 1956 Pontiacs were introduced Read more…
1956
68 years ago
Jud Larson made his USAC debut, winning a 100-mile race in Sacramento, California, US driving the John Zink Special Read more…
1959
65 years ago
The London Motor Show opened to the public- considered by many to be the greatest ever – as the news announcer said at the time, ‘There’s something for nearly every purse Read more…
1960
64 years ago
Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drove a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Paris 1000 Kms at Montlhery, France Read more…
1963
61 years ago
Honda imported their first car to the US Read more…
1973
51 years ago
Nasif Estefano (40) died while driving in a local race in Aimogasta, Argentina Read more…
1973
51 years ago
Benny Parsons clinched the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship Read more…
1978
46 years ago
The Duesenberg II, a fibreglass bodied replica of the original 1930’s Dusenberg Model J boattail speedster, was introduced in Elroy, Wisconsin by the Elite Heritage Motors Corporation Read more…
1980
44 years ago
The last International Scout was produced, bringing the total to 532,674 over a 20 year run Read more…
1984
40 years ago
Bill Elliott emerged from a stirring duel with Harry Gant, converting a last-lap pass to win the Warner W Read more…
1984
40 years ago
Second place in the final race of the season, the Portuguese Grand Prix, gave Niki Lauda the world motor-racing championship for the third time Read more…
1985
39 years ago
In one of Britain’s worst motorway crashes, a coach collided with traffic at a standstill because of construction work on the M6 at Preston, killing 13 people Read more…
1987
37 years ago
The Ford Motor Company acquired a majority equity in AC Cars Ltd Read more…
1990
34 years ago
Suzuka staged the Japanese Grand Prix Read more…
1997
27 years ago
It was reported that the US Energy Department and the Arthur D Read more…
2000
24 years ago
The San Remo rally was marred by a fatal accident in which an Italian policeman was killed after a collision with the physical coach of Finnish world rally champion Tommi Makinen Read more…
2005
19 years ago
The 39th Tokyo Motor Show opened its doors Read more…
2006
18 years ago
NASCAR announced that NASCAR NEXTEL Cup cars would switch from leaded to unleaded fuel for all 2007 races except the Daytona 500 Read more…
2010
14 years ago
Toyota recalled 1 Read more…
2017
7 years ago
An extremely rare £1 Read more…
