19-20 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history …… ~19 May~ 1902: British Motor Racing was born, in Bexhill-on-sea, when the 8th Earl De La Warr encouraged the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland to organise the ‘Great Whitsuntide Motor Races’. Having business interests in the tyre-making firm Dunlop…
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…
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…
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.…
10-11 March: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~10 March~ 1928: Gustave Adolphe Clément-Bayard (72), French entrepreneur who raced motor cars and manufactured bicycles, pneumatic tyres, motorcycles, automobiles, aeroplanes and airships, died. In 1894 he was a passenger in the winning vehicle in the world’s first competitive motor event. As…
5-11 March: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that have taken place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, the 140 mile (227 km) Marseille to Nice trial began. It was won the following day by Fernand Charron in a Panhard 6 hp [6 March 1898]…….110 years ago this week, in the US, Cincinnati’s mayor,…
24-25 February: This weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~24 February~ 1924: Harlan Fengler won the 250 mile season opening AAA Championship race on the 1.25 mile high banked board Los Angeles Motor Speedway. Fengler averaged 116.6 mph in his Miller. It was the 2nd and final Championship race win for…
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