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1887
135 years ago
Elwood Haynes married Bertha Lanterman in Portland, Indianapolis, US Read more…
1891
131 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
125 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
93 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
74 years ago
Alain Madle (57) died Read more…
1953
69 years ago
Austin, Standard and Ford all claimed to be producing the cheapest car on the British market Read more…
1955
67 years ago
The 1956 Pontiacs were introduced Read more…
1956
66 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
63 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
62 years ago
Pedro and Ricardo Rodriguez drove a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Paris 1000 Kms at Montlhery, France Read more…
1963
59 years ago
Honda imported their first car to the US Read more…
1973
49 years ago
Benny Parsons clinched the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship Read more…
1973
49 years ago
Nasif Estefano (40) died while driving in a local race in Aimogasta, Argentina Read more…
1978
44 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
42 years ago
The last International Scout was produced, bringing the total to 532,674 over a 20 year run Read more…
1984
38 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
38 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
37 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
35 years ago
The Ford Motor Company acquired a majority equity in AC Cars Ltd Read more…
1990
32 years ago
Suzuka staged the Japanese Grand Prix Read more…
1997
25 years ago
It was reported that the US Energy Department and the Arthur D Read more…
2000
22 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
17 years ago
The 39th Tokyo Motor Show opened its doors Read more…
2006
16 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
12 years ago
Toyota recalled 1 Read more…
2017
5 years ago
An extremely rare £1 Read more…
