Tag: motor racing

  • 12-18 November: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this weekend in history ….. 110 years ago this week, Oldsmobile became the second company to join General Motors when Olds Motor Works was sold to General Motors [12 November 1908]……..The #Ford Model T made its world show debut at the Olympia Motor Exhibition in London, just…

  • 10-11 November: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~10 November~ 1968: Jim Hall’s Can-Am driving career was ended by injuries suffered in an accident during the Stardust GP Can-Am race in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Denny Hulme in a McLaren M8A-Chevrolet won the race and the championship. 1992: Ford…

  • 13-14 October: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~13 October~ 1918: Barney Oldfield, driving the “Golden Submarine” for Will Pickens, raced in his last competitive event, an IMCA sanctioned race on the dirt track in Independence, Missouri, US. 1923: Alvis made its racing debut at Brooklands, with Major Maurice…

  • 29-30 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place on this weekend in history ……. ~29 September~ 1935: The Czech Grand Prix was the last major event of the season and with Mercedes staying away, it was a straight battle between Auto Union and Scuderia Ferrari. Bernd Rosemeyer won for Auto Union with three Ferraris…

  • 22-23 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the most momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~22 September~ 1906: The Vanderbilt Elimination Race was run over ten laps on a 29-mile course near Westbury, Long Island, New York, to decide which five #cars would represent the United States in the international 1906 Vanderbilt Cup. “Crowded excursion…

  • 15-16 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~15 September~ 1888: The birth of one of Italy’s early motorsport heroes, Antonio Ascari, in Bonferraro. Starting out as a mechanic, he took on an Alfa Romeo franchise and from graduated into driving. He began racing cars at the top levels…

  • 8-9 September: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place on this weekend in history …. ~ 8 September~ 1912: American motorcyle rider Eddie Hasha (19) was killed whilst racing at the New Jersey Motordome near Atlantic City. The accident also killed 4 boys and injured 10 more people.The press started calling the short 1/4 and…

  • 25-26 August: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~25 August~ 1927: Lucy O’Reilly Schell finished 12th, driving a Bugatti in the Baule #Grand Prix in France. She was the first, and only, American woman to drive in a Grand Prix. 1935: Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W25/35 won the…

  • 20-26 August: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in #history……. 80 years ago this week, Rudolf Caracciola in a Mercedes-Benz W154/38 won the Swiss #Grand Prix at Bremgarten [21 August 1938]…….. 70 years ago this week, #NASCAR was forced to ­cancel a number of ­scheduled events due to an outbreak of polio in…

  • 13-19 August: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, James W. Packard purchased a Winton #automobile after visiting the Winton plant in Cleveland, Ohio (US) with his brother [13 August 1898]. Dissatisfied with the purchase, Packard was prompted to build his own car and establish the…