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1903
120 years ago
The oldest major speedway in the world, the Milwaukee Mile, opened in Wisconsin, US Read more…
1903
120 years ago
The directors of the Flint Wagon Works announced that they had bought the Buick Motor Company Read more…
1915
108 years ago
Collier’s magazine published the second in a series of three essays on automobile travel by a not-yet-well-known writer named Emily Post Read more…
1937
86 years ago
The Washington Post reported that “D Read more…
1938
85 years ago
The V-16 Alfa Romeo Type 316 made its racing debut in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza as Guiseppe Farina finished second to the Auto Union Type D driven by Tazio Nuvolari Read more…
1946
77 years ago
The first mobile long-distance car-to-car telephone conversation took place Read more…
1949
74 years ago
The fourth race of the inaugural NASCAR Strictly Stock season was held at Langhorne Speedway, Pennsylvania, US Read more…
1952
71 years ago
VW took first step in the process of internationalizing the company’s operations, with the establishment of “Volkswagen Canada Ltd Read more…
1954
69 years ago
Austria’s Rupert Hollaus (23) died after crashing his NSU during a practice run at the 1954 Nations Grand Prix in Monza, Italy Read more…
1955
68 years ago
Juan-Manuel Fangio led home Piero Taruffi for a Mercedes 1-2 at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza to put the crowning glory on his championship season Read more…
1957
66 years ago
The Ford Edsel was introduced in Canada Read more…
1957
66 years ago
The Bianchina, with an unusual body style of a two-door landaulet, called “Trasformabile”, the first car produced by Autobianchi rolled from the production lines in Desio, Italy Read more…
1962
61 years ago
Pole-starter Ned Jarrett led all 250 laps to prevail in an attrition-filled race, the first for NASCAR’s top series at Dog Track Speedway in Moyock, North Carolina, US Read more…
1966
57 years ago
John Surtees, driving a Chevy powered Lola T70, won the first race of the new Can-Am series, at St Read more…
1967
56 years ago
Peter Monteverdi introduced his first automobile, the Monteverdi 375 S High Speed, at the Frankfurt Automobile Show Read more…
1969
54 years ago
The experimental Mercedes-Benz C111 with three-disk rotary engine, and the car models 300 SEL 3 Read more…
1969
54 years ago
Henry Ford II fired Ford Motor Company President Semon E ‘Bunky’ Knudsen just 19 months after hiring him away from General Motors Read more…
1970
53 years ago
The $1830 Ford Pinto designed to compete with compact imports, was introduced in the US Read more…
1975
48 years ago
The last Wolseley car, a Wolseley 2200, rolled off British Leyland’s production line at Cowley in Oxfordshire Read more…
1976
47 years ago
Founder of Bridgestone Corporation, the world’s largest maker of tires in 1930 in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan, Shōjirō Ishibashi (87), died Read more…
1977
46 years ago
During the final of the Alfasud Europe Cup, the support race to the 1977 Italian Formula One Grand Prix at Monza circuit, an advertising board where about sixty spectators had climbed up to watch the races, suddenly collapsed throwing all the people down Read more…
1978
45 years ago
The world of F1 was left in shock when it was announced the popular Swede Ronnie Peterson had died as a result of complications following his accident during the first corner pile-up at the start of the previous day’s Italian Grand Prix Read more…
1983
40 years ago
Nelson Piquet won the Italian Grand Prix for Brabham after team mate Riccardo Patrese suffered engine failure Read more…
1987
36 years ago
BMW officially presented the 2 Read more…
1988
35 years ago
Gerhard Berger led home Michele Alboreto for a timely Ferrari 1-2 at the Italian Grand Prix as McLaren failed to win for the only time in the season Read more…
1994
29 years ago
Damon Hill won the Italian Grand Prix for Williams-Renault Read more…
1995
28 years ago
Kieth Odor (33) died during a race at the AVUS circuit in Berlin Read more…
1995
28 years ago
British racer Keith Odor was killed during the Super Touring Car race at the Avus track in Germany when his disabled Nissan was broadsided by an Audi driven by Frank Biela Read more…
1996
27 years ago
Ford Ka, a small and low-cost addition to the Ford range Read more…
1997
26 years ago
Citroën launched the Xsara, a vehicle created by Citroën’s Creative Styling Centre in Vélizy Read more…
1997
26 years ago
World premiere of the Smart city-coupé and the European launch of the Land Rover Freelander at the IAA in Frankfurt, Germany Read more…
1999
24 years ago
Dan Runte reached a speed of 69 Read more…
1999
24 years ago
Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART) driver Gonzalo Rodriguez (27) of Uruguay was killed during practice for the Shell 300 at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey, California Read more…
2000
23 years ago
The UK government obtained an order authorised by the Privy Council and the Queen to take emergency powers under the Energy Act 1976 to ensure delivery of fuel to essential services Read more…
2001
22 years ago
The Frankfurt Motor Show opened to international media, with a series of concept and production vehicle debuts kicking off in the early morning Read more…
2004
19 years ago
Jeremy Mayfield won the Chevy Rock & Roll 400 at Richmond International Raceway, Virginia, US Read more…
2005
18 years ago
Austria, Italy and Japan, three nations with a momentous heritage in motorsport completed the A1GP line up as they joined the series in the week of its first race Read more…
2005
18 years ago
Kimi Raikkonen won the Belgian Grand Prix contested over 44 laps of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps for McLaren, beating Fernando Alonso in a Renault by nearly 30 seconds Read more…
2006
17 years ago
It was confirmed that Project Kimber had sealed a deal to use the AC name on its new sports car based on the Smart Roadster Read more…
2006
17 years ago
A study from the University of Leicester (UK) found that more than a quarter of classical music fans had tried cannabis Read more…
2006
17 years ago
The rules regarding MOT retests in the UK changed Read more…
2006
17 years ago
It was confirmed that Project Kimber had sealed a deal to use the AC name on its new sports car based on the Smart Roadster Read more…
2009
14 years ago
Europe’s biggest automaker Volkswagen said it planned to invest 4 Read more…
