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11-17 June: Motoring Milestones
120 years ago this week, the first regular motorised mail service in Great Britain began between Inveraray and Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, Scotland, using Coventry-built Daimlers [17 June 1898]……. 110 years ago this week, the single bore Rotherhithe Tunnel (1,481 m) under the River Thames in East London (UK), connecting Limehouse in the London Borough of Tower…
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26-27 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~26 May~ 1903: Marcel Renault, age 31, died without regaining consciousness, 48 hours after crashing on the opening day of the Paris to Madrid race. After another deadly crash, the race was cancelled at the end of the first leg from…
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12-13 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
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19-20 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~19 May~ 1902: British Motor Racing was born, in Bexhill-on-sea, when the 8th Earl De La Warr encouraged the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland to organise the ‘Great Whitsuntide Motor Races’. Having business interests in the tyre-making firm Dunlop…
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5-6 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~5 May~ 1929: The 20th Targa Florio received 29 entries comprising eight Bugattis, four Alfa Romeos, three Maseratis, two each of Fiats and Salmsons. Bugatti with Divo, Minoia, Conelli and Wagner as official drivers, the Alfa Romeo team with Campari, Brilli…
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7-13 May Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ….. 150 years ago this week, British statesman and jurist Henry Peter Brougham (89), Baron Brougham and Vaux, died in Cannes, France [7 May 1868]. His name became synonymous with the closed carriage he preferred and has been perpetuated as a type of…
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30 April – 6 May: Motoring Milestones
120 years ago this week, the first recorded fatality in a motor race occurred. The Marquis de Montignac and two riding mechanics were killed at a race in Périgueux, France [1 May 1898]…… 100 years ago this week, the General Motors Corporation (GM) acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware, US [2 May 1918] The…
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14-15 April: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~14 April~ 1926: The first Maserati Tipo 26 racing car was first produced. It had a steel ladder-type frame supporting a supercharged inline-8 engine with a three-speed manual transmission and an aluminum two-seater bodywork made by Medardo Fantuzzi. The engine featured…
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16-22 April Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that have taken place this week in history ……. 110 years ago this week, the first Oakland car (cover image) was sold to a private owner [16 April 1908]. As originally conceived and introduced, the first Oakland used a vertical two-cylinder engine that rotated counterclockwise. This design by Alanson Partridge…
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9-15 April: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that have taken place this week in history ……. 130 years ago today, Henry Ford married Clara Bryant Ford in Greenfield, Michigan, on her 22nd birthday. Clara described her intended to her parents as “quiet, pleasant, keen-minded, and sensible” [11 April 1888]. When Clara Bryant married Henry Ford, he was…
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