4-5 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sport events that took place this weekend in history …… ~4 August~ 1951: Ibsley Circuit, situated at RAF Ibsley, on the Fordingbridge to Ringwood Road in Hampshire, UK, staged its first car meeting. Organised by the West Hants & Dorset Car Club (WH&DCC) on a track which Autosport described as “tricky…
28-29 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in motor sport history …… ~28 July~ 1900: The 837 mile Paris-Toulouse-Paris race, run over three stages, was won by Pierre Levegh, French racing driver, world-class ice hockey & tennis player, driving a 24 hp Mors with pneumatic Michelin tyres. He took a commanding…
23-29 July: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 160 years ago this week, Peugeot Freres registered its “lion with or without arrows” trademark, a logo widely used in later years on its automobiles [26 July 1858]….. 140 years ago this week, the Green Bay-Madison steam automobile race in Wisconsin, US…
21-22 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. ~21 July~ 1904: Louis Rigolly, driving a 15-litre Gobron-Brillie on the Ostend-Newport road in Belgium, became the first man to break the 100 mph barrier in a car by raising the land-speed record to 103.55 mph. 1946: The first post-war speed…
30 July – 5 August Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 190 years ago this week, internal combustion engineer pioneer Isaac de Rivaz (76) died [30 July 1828]. He designed several successful steam powered carriages, or charettes as he called them in the French language. His army experience with cannon had led him…
16-22 July: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …….. 140 years ago this week, the Green Bay – Madison race in Wisconsin, US began with two competitors, the Oshkosh steamer (cover image) built by Frank A Shomer, A M Farrand, A Gallinger and O F Morse in that city and the…
14-15 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~14 July~ 1900: Miss Wemblyn, driving a 6-hp Panhard et Levassor, won the special Ladies Race in Ranelagh – although for women only, this race is often cited as the first female racing victory in Great Britain. 1935: Rudolf Caracciola driving…
9-15 July: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ….. 120 years ago this week, Thomas Cook & Son and the Compagnie d’Automobiles began the first six-day bus excursion, leaving Paris in a DeDion et Bouton steam-powered omnibus and reaching Aix-le-Bains on schedule – although successful, the firms decided against additional trips…
7-8 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~7 July~ 1898: The Paris-Amsterdam race organised by the Automobile Club de France began and was the first occasion when a major motor race crossed an international border. Held over 7 days and covering 890 miles, the race was won by…
30 June-1 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~30 June~ 1901: The Coppa Italia run over 4 laps of the 75 km circuit at Padua was won by Guido Adami driving a Panhard 16 hp. 1910: The seventh Glidden tour ended in Chicago, and was won by Ray McNamara…
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