Tag: Motorsports

  • 22-28 October: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history……… 120 years ago this week, Ceirano & Cie, Societe per la Costruzione di Campioni per la Fabbricazione di Vetture Automobil was founded in Turin, Italy – located in a building by the parents of Vincenzo Lancia. This firm would evolve into Fiat SpA [23…

  • 6-7 October: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sporting events that took place this weekend in history …… ~6 October~ 1906: The third Vanderbilt Cup Race was held, considered the most competitive in the series, featured 17 cars from France, USA, Germany and Italy. The field included several of best European drivers including; Vincenzo Lancia, Camille Jenatzy, Felice Nazzaro…

  • 1-7 October: Motoring MIlestones

    Discover the momentous motoring vents that tool place this week in history …… 110 years ago this week, the Ford Model T (cover image)was introduced to  the American public, and Ford’s affordable revolution had begun [1 October 1908]. Beginning in 1903, Henry Ford and his engineers struggled for five difficult years to produce a reliable,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 27 August – 2 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 120 years ago this week, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in Akron, Ohio, US by Frank Seiberling, who purchased the company’s first plant with money he borrowed from his brother-in-law [29 August 1898]. The company’s name commemorated Charles Goodyear…

  • 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…

  • 28-29 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in motor sport history …… ~28 July~ 1900: The 837 mile Paris-Toulouse-Paris race, run over three stages, was won by Pierre Levegh, French racing driver, world-class ice hockey & tennis player, driving a 24 hp Mors with pneumatic Michelin tyres. He took a commanding…

  • 21-22 July: This Weekend in Motor Sport History

    Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ……. ~21 July~ 1904: Louis Rigolly, driving a 15-litre Gobron-Brillie on the Ostend-Newport road in Belgium, became the first man to break the 100 mph barrier in a car by raising the land-speed record to 103.55 mph. 1946: The first post-war speed…

  • 30 July – 5 August Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 190 years ago this week, internal combustion engineer pioneer Isaac de Rivaz (76) died [30 July 1828]. He designed several successful steam powered carriages, or charettes as he called them in the French language. His army experience with cannon had led him…