15-21 October: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …….. 110 years ago this week, the Detroit Fire Department, Michigan received its first motorised fire truck [15 October 1908]……… 80 years ago this week, the Pak-Age-Car delivery van originally conceived by Stutz was introduced by the Aviation & Transportation Corporation, a successor…
27-28 January: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous events that took place this weekend in the history of motor sport ……. ~27 January~ 1904: William K Vanderbilt Jr. reached 92.3 mph in his new 90 HP Mercedes at the Daytona Beach Road Course at Ormond Beach, Florida, surpassing the land speed record established earlier in the month by Henry Ford.…
15-21 January: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in motoring history ……. 110 years ago this week, the Harrison Wagon Works of Grand Rapids, Michigan, manufacturers of the Harrison that was equipped with an unsuccessful attempt at the first self-starter, was declared bankrupt [17 January 1908]…….The first production Lancia, the 12HP Alpha was…
22-28 January: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 80 years ago this week, Mercedes driver Rudolf Caracciola in a W125 Rekordwagen (cover image) on the Bundesautobahn 5 between the German cities of Frankfurt and Darmstadt, set a new record of 432 km/h (268 mph) [28 January 1938]. Bernd Rosemeyer, one…
10-16 July: Motoring Milestones
170 years ago this week, Georg Lankensperger (67), the German wheelwright who invented the steering mechanism that is today known as Ackermann steering geometry, died He patented the invention in Germany, but his agent Rudolph Ackermann filed for the patent in the U.K [11 July 1847]……. 120 years ago this week, Harry A Knox filed…
22-23 April: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
~22 April~ 1900: The Turin-Pinerolo-Saluzzo-Cuneo-Turin road race was won by L Gastè driving a Perfecta 6 hp tricycle, who completed the 131 km at an average speed of 64.5 km/h. 1907: The Targa Florio held at Madonie over 3 laps of the 92.473 mile circuit, totaling 277.42 miles, was won Felice Nazzaro in a Fiat.…
25-26 March: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
~25 March~ 1901: The Mercedes was introduced by Gottlieb Daimler at the five-day “Week of Nice” in Nice, France. Driven by Willhelm Werner, the car dominated the events at the competition. Mercedes cars were conceived at the same venue in Nice two years earlier. After seeing a Daimler car win a race there, businessman Emile…
28-29 January: This weekend in Motor Sport History
~28~ 1927: The Hon Mrs Victor Bruce driving an AC Six car (PF6465) borrowed from Selwyn Edge, departed from Monte Carlo on an 8,000 miles (12,875 km) endurance trial through Italy, Sicily, Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, and France. There, she drove the car 1,000 miles (1609 km) around the Montlhéry oval circuit near Paris, and then…
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