17-23 October Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Elvis Presley, power steering, Ford Cortina, TVR , Formula 1 and Jaguar XJ5. 125 years ago this week, a one-mile dirt track opened for harness races at the site of the present-day Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville, US [21 October 1891]. Harness racing proved a…
10-16 October: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Vanderbilt Trophy, Damon Hill, Jaguar, Jensen and Henry Ford. 115 years ago this week, in the early days of the automobile, it was not the practical uses of the new invention that attracted the most widespread attention, but rather the thrill of motor sports .…
3-9 October: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, Vanderbilt Cup, Duesenberg Model J, Johnny Kidd and the Pirates, James Hunt and Missy Elliott. [amazon template=banner easy] 150 years ago this week, in the first use of a steam car to garner national attention, brothers Henry and James House transported a party…
25-31 July: Motoring Milestones
25-31 July Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition, Jaguar, Bob Dylan, German Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher and the Hindhead Tunnel. 100 years ago this week, Dave Lewis drove a Crawford to victories in the 5 mile and 50 mile events at Des Moines Speedway in Des Moines, Iowa,…
11-17 July: Motoring Milestones
11-17 July Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: German Grand Prix, Mercedes McLaren, Nigel Mansell, Jaguar and Woodrow Wilson. 100 years ago this week, after being the first sitting President to visit an automobile factory, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Aid Road Act, the first grant-in-aid enacted by Congress…
4-10 July: Motoring Milestones
4 -10 July 150 years ago this week, Father George A. Belcourt of Rusticoville, Prince Edward Island, Canada displayed the Ware Steam Car built by Elijah Ware of Bayonne, New Jersey that he had recently purchased – this was the first automobile on the island and is often cited as the first United States-built automobile…
27 June – 2 July: MOTORING MILESTONES
27 June – 2 July 115 years ago this week, the Paris–Berlin Trial began [27 June 1901]. The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the VI Grand Prix de l’ACF. Run over 687 miles and three stages (June 27th Paris-Aachen – 285 miles; June 28th Aachen-Hanover – 278 miles and June 29th Hanover-Berlin…
6-12 June: Motoring Milestones
6 – 12 June Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Louis Chevrolet, Preston By-Pass, Speed Bumps, Tim Richmond, and the Mercedes C111-IID. 110 years ago this week, the New York Times reported [7 June 1906] on an early implementation of what might be considered speed bumps in the US town of Chatham,…
30 May – 5 June: Motoring Milestones
30 May – 5 June Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Indianapolis 500, the first US motor accident, Le Mans, Henry Ford and the Monaco Grand Prix. 120 years ago this week, the first motor car accident occurred in New York City. A Duryea Motor Wagon, driven by Henry Wells from Springfield,…
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