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…
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…
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…
28-29 April: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~28 April~ 1887: Paul Faussier, President of the Sport Velocipedique Metropolitaine, staged the first automobile race in France, but the only entrant was Georges Bouton in a steam-powered DeDion, Bouton et Trepardoux quadricycle who averaged 14 mph for the nearly 20…
21-22 April: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~21 April~ 1900: Carlo Biscaretti drove a Phenix to victory in the first Italian hillclimb, the 5 km Madonna Del Pilone-Pino Toerinese. 1902: William K. Vanderbilt Jr., driving a Mercedes-Simplex at Ablis, France, made land speed record runs of 67.78 mph…
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…
2-8 April: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that have taken place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, thirteen days after selling its first car, the Winton Motor Carriage Company became an international marque, selling a car to John Moodie of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada [6 April 1898]. The international sale was a testament to…
24-25 March: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~24 March~ 1929: The Tripoli Grand Prix was won by Gastone Brilli-Peri driving a Talbot 700. Despite the support of the colony’s extremely enthusiastic governor, General Emilio de Bono, and some initial success, the events failed financially. Only personal intervention by General…
19-25 March: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that have taken place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, Robert Allison of Port Carbon, Pennsylvania became the first person to buy an American-built motor car when he bought a Winton after seeing an advertisement in Scientific America [24 March 1898]. Later that year the Winton…
17-18 March: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~17 March~ 1915: Barney Oldfield won the Venice Grand Prix held in Venice, California driving a Maxwell. Oldfield averaged 68.3 mph for the 300 miles. 1962: The Rand Autumn Trophy held in Kyalami was won by John Love in a LDS-Porsche 4.…
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