16-17 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Momentous motor sports events that took place during this weekend in history ….. ~16 September~ 1945: Hershel McGriff passed George Amick on the last lap to win the first race, a 100-lap event, on the newly paved Portland Speedway in Portland, Oregon, US. 1951: Alberto Ascari in a Ferrari 375 won the Italian Grand Prix…
4-10 September: Motoring Milestones
Momentous motoring events that took place during this week in history ….. 120 years ago this week, London taxi driver George Smith, an employee of the Electric Cab Company, drove into the frontage of a building on Bond Street, Mayfair and became the first person in the United Kingdom to be charged with drink driving…
12-13 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
~12 August~ 1904: The first Shelsley Walsh speed hillclimb event in Worcestershire was won by British driver Ernest Instone, who established the hill record by posting a time of 77.6 seconds for an average speed of 26.15 mph in his 35-bhp Daimler. The course was 992 yards in length, but in 1907 it was standardised…
20-26 March: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Formula 1, Craig Breedlove, Mille Miglia and SSC. 110 years ago this week, the first internal combustion-powered cabs in London with taximeters began operating [22 March 1907]. The taximeter gave the cab its modern name. Its purpose was to indicate to both driver and passenger…
17-18 December: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
17-18 December: This Weekend in Motor Sport History ~17th~ 1968: The London-Sydney Rally which had started from the Crystal Palace racing circuit in London at 2pm on Sunday, November 24th 1968, finished at Warwick Farm (an outer Sydney suburb), in Australia. Roger Clark established an early lead through the first genuinely treacherous leg, from Sivas…
August 4, 1957: An Epic German Grand Prix, Juan Manuel Fangio’s Greatest Drive
Passion, by definition, is irrational and illogical while Juan Manuel Fangio was a cold, calculating, and steely man. On this day, he started the race with a plan: with his Maserati team, he was going to outsmart the Scuderia Ferrari and its young British lions, Mike Hawthorn and Peter Collins. Starting with a light load…
2-8 May: Motoring Milestones
MOTORING MILESTONES 2-8 May Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Aston Martin, John Watson, Targa Florio, Formula One, Damon Hill and Vauxhall…. 120 years ago this week, the first horseless carriage show was held at London’s Imperial Institute [7 May 1896]…..110 years ago this week, the inaugural running of the Targa…
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