September 8th


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1895

128 years ago

Adam Opel, the founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG, died of typhus aged 58 Read more…

1912

111 years ago

American motorcycle rider Eddie Hasha (19) was killed whilst racing at the New Jersey Motordome near Atlantic City Read more…

1912

111 years ago

At Valisburg Park in Newark, New Jersey (US), Motordrome racing has it’s darkest day Read more…

1921

102 years ago

In a race at Brescia, Italy, Bugatti sensationally routed all opposition and finished in the first four places in their class Read more…

1923

100 years ago

Ugo Sivocci (38), winner of the 1923 Targa Florio, died during practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, when his Alfa Romeo left the track and crashed into a tree Read more…

1923

100 years ago

The Daniels Motor Car Company was declared bankrupt Read more…

1925

98 years ago

The 2,000,000th Chevrolet was produced, a Superior Series K2-door Coach Read more…

1944

79 years ago

Les Graham, who would later win the first post-WWII 500cc motorcycle Grand Prix World Championship, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by the Royal Air Force Read more…

1945

78 years ago

A bus equipped with a two-way radio was put into service for the first time — in Washington, DC Read more…

1945

78 years ago

The first post-wart racing meeting in Europe was held in Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France Read more…

1950

73 years ago

Victor Hémery (73), the French champion driver of early Grand Prix motor racing, died Read more…

1953

70 years ago

Continental Trailways offered the first transcontinental express bus service in the US Read more…

1954

69 years ago

The 3000,000 vehicle was produced by the Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd Read more…

1955

68 years ago

Zora Arkus-Duntov raced a disguised 1956 model Corvette with a V-8 engine at the Pike’s Peak Hill climb in Colorado, setting the stock car record, with a time of 17 hours 24 minutes 05 seconds Read more…

1957

66 years ago

Stirling Moss won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza driving a Vanwall Read more…

1960

63 years ago

Mickey Thompson, driving the “Challenger” averaged 406 Read more…

1963

60 years ago

Maurice Wilks (59), the automotive engineer responsible for the inspiration and concept work that led to the development of the Land Rover off-road utility vehicle, died Read more…

1963

60 years ago

Jim Clark secured his fifth grand prix win of the season at Monza for Lotus, and with it the world championship Read more…

1966

57 years ago

Racer John Taylor (33) died in Koblenz, West Germany from injuries sustained earlier in the year when his Brabham-BRM crashed during the German Grand Prix at the Nurburgring Read more…

1966

57 years ago

The Severn Bridge, spanning the River Severn and River Wye between Aust, South Gloucestershire (just north of Bristol) in England, and Chepstow, Monmouthshire in South Wales, via Beachley, Gloucestershire, a peninsula between the two rivers, was opened by the Queen Read more…

1966

57 years ago

The first four level motorway interchange opened, the M4/M5 Almondsbury Interchange on the fringes of Bristol Read more…

1968

55 years ago

There was to be no fairytale ending for Graham Hill (Lotus-Ford) starting his hundredth grand prix in Monza (Italy) as Denny Hulme (McLaren-Ford)went on to take victory from Johnny Servoz-Gavin (Matra-Ford) and Jacky Ickx (Ferrari) Read more…

1974

49 years ago

Richard Petty rolled from the pole position to a dominant win in the Capital City 500 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Virginia, US Read more…

1974

49 years ago

Ronnie Peterson in a Lotus-Ford won the Italian Grand Prix, narrowly beating Emerson Fittipaldi into second place, to leave the championship on a knife-edge Read more…

1982

41 years ago

Norrie Galbraith, three time winner of the Scottish Hillclimb Championship, died at Doune hillclimb, during a television promotional event before the race Read more…

1984

39 years ago

Johnnie Parsons (66), American race car driver from Los Angeles, California who won the Indianapolis 500 in 1950, died Read more…

1984

39 years ago

Ten years later, Russia’s first Formula One driver, Vitaly Petrov, was born Read more…

1985

38 years ago

The Italian Grand Prix was won by Frenchman Alain Prost driving a McLaren MP4/2B Read more…

1986

37 years ago

Continuing its enormous expansion of the 1970s and early ’80s, the Nissan Motor Company Ltd Read more…

1996

27 years ago

Michael Schumacher sent the Tifosi delirious by winning the Italian Grand Prix and ending a seven-year wait for Ferrari on its home patch Read more…

1998

25 years ago

Baseball team St Read more…

2000

23 years ago

The fuel protests which had crippled France the previous week reached Britain with a series of actions across the country Read more…

2001

22 years ago

Ricky Rudd prevailed in a game of bumper-tag with Kevin Harvick and won the Chevrolet 400 at Richmond International Speedway, Virginia, US Read more…

2004

19 years ago

The one thousandth Rolls-Royce Phantom was built to customer order at the company’s manufacturing plant in Goodwood, England Read more…

2004

19 years ago

A German truck driver smashed his lorry into a parked car after wrongly thinking it looked like a getaway vehicle Read more…

2007

16 years ago

Porsche released its the latest 911 Turbo Cabriolet in the UK Read more…

2009

14 years ago

Samoa became the first country since the 1970s to change the side of the road on which cars are driven Read more…

2016

7 years ago

China’s Ministry of Finance punished at least five car makers, accusing them of cheating its program to subsidize electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, receiving roughly 1 billion yuan ($150 million) in illegal subsidies Read more…

2017

6 years ago

The TVR Griffith was revealed at the Goodwood Revival, featuring designwork by Gordon Murray, a 5 Read more…

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