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  • 29-30 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place on this weekend in history ……. ~29 September~ 1935: The Czech Grand Prix was the last major event of the season and with Mercedes staying away, it was a straight battle between Auto Union and Scuderia Ferrari. Bernd Rosemeyer won for Auto Union with three Ferraris…

  • 24-30 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the most momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 130 years ago this week, Car enthusiast William Steinway (of Steinway piano fame) concluded licensing negotiations with Gottlieb Daimler, gaining permission to manufacture Daimler #cars in the US [29 September 1888]. He founded the Daimler Motor Company, New York and began…

  • 17-23 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 110 years ago this week, the Italian Zust arrived in Paris, 49 days after the victorious Thomas Flyer (cover image) as the third and last of the 6 starters to complete the New York to Paris Race [17 September 1908]…….George E Daniels…

  • 15-16 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~15 September~ 1888: The birth of one of Italy’s early motorsport heroes, Antonio Ascari, in Bonferraro. Starting out as a mechanic, he took on an Alfa Romeo franchise and from graduated into driving. He began racing cars at the top levels…

  • 3-9 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history…….   90 years ago this week, figures released showed that an average of three people a day died on London’s roads from April to June in 1928 [5 September 1928]…….Mr J. K. Robertson, an engineer, successfully completed a 25,000-mile trial of his invention…

  • 8-9 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place on this weekend in history …. ~ 8 September~ 1912: American motorcyle rider Eddie Hasha (19) was killed whilst racing at the New Jersey Motordome near Atlantic City. The accident also killed 4 boys and injured 10 more people.The press started calling the short 1/4 and…

  • Top 5 Benefits Of Hiring a Professional Car Removal Service

    Top 5 Benefits Of Hiring a Professional Car Removal Service

    Eada Hudes Eada Hudes Eada Hudes We all have old, used and damaged vehicles in our houses. Vehicles which have served us and for years, but today, it is merely a scrap material. These aren’t  in a state where they can provide us with any service ……….. or can they? What if I were to…

  • 27 August – 2 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in Akron, Ohio, US by Frank Seiberling, who purchased the company’s first plant with money he borrowed from his brother-in-law [29 August 1898]. The company’s name commemorated Charles Goodyear…

  • 25-26 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~25 August~ 1927: Lucy O’Reilly Schell finished 12th, driving a Bugatti in the Baule #Grand Prix in France. She was the first, and only, American woman to drive in a Grand Prix. 1935: Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W25/35 won the…

  • 20-26 August: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in #history……. 80 years ago this week, Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W154/38 won the Swiss #Grand Prix at Bremgarten [21 August 1938]…….. 70 years ago this week, #NASCAR was forced to ­cancel a number of ­scheduled events due to an outbreak of polio in…