On this day in…
1903
121 years ago
Frederick Henry Royce, of Rolls-Royce Ltd Read more…
1908
116 years ago
William C Read more…
1915
109 years ago
William C Durant regained control of General Motors Read more…
1916
108 years ago
The Kent Motors Corporation was organised in Newark, New Jersey, US by Frederick H Clarke, Dr Henry F Clarke, R J Cosgrove, Lloyd H Foster, Wallace A Hood, F J Nagel, Thomas L Raymond, L A D Percival, J H Simpson and A U Conquest Read more…
1931
93 years ago
Herbert ‘Bert’ le Vack (52), a motorcycle world speed record holder throughout the 1920, was killed in a sidecar accident near Bern, Switzerland Read more…
1931
93 years ago
A GMC T-95-C tractor/trailer unit operated by the Southern California Freight Lines Ltd Read more…
1938
86 years ago
George E T Eyston set a world land speed record of 357 Read more…
1942
82 years ago
The post office at the Ford Motor Company Navy Service School closed Read more…
1945
79 years ago
Hershel McGriff passed George Amick on the last lap to win the first race, a 100-lap event, on the newly paved Portland Speedway in Portland, Oregon, US Read more…
1947
77 years ago
The Cisitalia 202 Gran Sport coupe with a trend-setting body designed by Carrozzeria Pininfarina was introduced at the Fiera de Milano, Italy Read more…
1947
77 years ago
John Cobb averaged 394 Read more…
1951
73 years ago
Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari 375 won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Read more…
1955
69 years ago
The USAC was formed by Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman after the American Automobile Association (AAA) withdrew from auto racing following the 1955 Le Mans disaster Read more…
1960
64 years ago
Malcolm Campbell destroyed ‘Bluebird’ in a crash at 350 mph while attempting a new world land speed record in Utah, but he was only slightly hurt Read more…
1962
62 years ago
Edoardo Lualdi won the Sarezzo-Lumezzani Hillclimb in Italy driving a Ferrari 250 GTO Read more…
1962
62 years ago
Graham Hill led home Richie Ginther for a BRM 1-2 at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza Read more…
1963
61 years ago
The 7,000,000th Volkswagen was introduced Read more…
1964
60 years ago
The James Bond movie “Goldfinger,” which featured the suave British super-spy driving an Aston Martin Silver Birch DB5 sports car, was premiered at the Odeon Leicester Square in London, with general release in the United Kingdom the following day Read more…
1965
59 years ago
The 1966 Ford Mustangs were introduced Read more…
1971
53 years ago
The MG-S (also known as MG S1300) was introduced in Spain (with three round instruments, leather steering wheel and leather seats) Read more…
1973
51 years ago
David Pearson rolled to one of his series-high 11 wins of the season, holding off Bobby Allison by 1 Read more…
1977
47 years ago
Former T Read more…
1978
46 years ago
At Santa Pods Raceway’s September Internationals Sammy Miller made his UK debut with the ‘Vanishing Point’ rocket funny car, breaking all existing records with a quickest elapsed time of 4 Read more…
1984
40 years ago
Stefan Bellof and Hans Stuck drove a Brun Porsche 956 to victory in the World Endurance Championship race at Imola, Italy Read more…
1997
27 years ago
New regulations which came into force in the US tightening the standard on the amount of ozone permitted in the air, setting the cap at Read more…
1999
25 years ago
Ford opened the £700,000 innovative training center at Ford Transit Plant in Southampton Read more…
1999
25 years ago
The Škoda Fabia made its debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show Read more…
2001
23 years ago
The Italian Grand Prix took place in the shadow of terrorist attacks in the US five days earlier Read more…
2002
22 years ago
The five-millionth Ford Explorer was produced at Kentucky Truck Plant, US Read more…
2003
21 years ago
The City Rover entered into production Read more…
2007
17 years ago
The Belgian Grand Prix had something in common for both Fernando Alonso and Mark Webber – they both started their 100th Grand Prix Read more…
2007
17 years ago
All 43 cars finished the Sylvania 300 at Loudon, New Hampshire, US, the first time all starters completed a race since the series adopted the 43-car field in 1998 Read more…
