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  • 23-24 June: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that have taken place this weekend in history ……. ~23 June~ 1909: A Ford Model T crossed the finish line in the New York City to Seattle Endurance Race after 22 days and 55 minutes to claim the Guggenheim Cup and a $2,000 first prize. A Shawmut came in…

  • 23-29 October: Motoring Milestones

    Momentous motoring events that took place during this week in history ……. 100 years ago this week, Dodge began full-scale truck production [25 October 1917]. The first civilian Dodge Brothers’ Commercial was the famous Screenside introduced in 1917 as a 1918 model. The Screenside was built on a beefed up 114- inch wheelbase automobile chassis. It…

  • 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…

  • 29 August – 4 September: Motoring Milestones

    Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Ford Model T, James Hunt, Formula 1, Koenigsegg and Michael Schumacher. 100 years ago this week, Studebaker announced the release of the Heaslet Special, a semi-custom touring car. The car was named in honour of Studebaker’s vice president of engineering, James G. Heaslet [30 August…

  • 18-24 July: Motoring Milestones

    18-24 July Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: the Weinermobile, German Grand Prix,  Studebaker, James Hunt, Terrorvision and the Mongol Rally 90 years ago this week, Otto Merz, Rudolf Caracciola, and Willy Walb, all driving Mercedes-Benz K tourers, sweet the first three places in the touring car race preceding the Grand Prix of…