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5-6 May: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history ….. ~5 May~ 1929: The 20th Targa Florio received 29 entries comprising eight Bugattis, four Alfa Romeos, three Maseratis, two each of Fiats and Salmsons. Bugatti with Divo, Minoia, Conelli and Wagner as official drivers, the Alfa Romeo team with Campari, Brilli…
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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…
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31 March – 1 April: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~31 March~ 1904: Arthur Duray established a new land speed record of 88.76 mph (142.85 km/h) in Nice, France driving a Gobron-Brillié during the ‘Paris-Madrid’ race. On the same day Louis Rigolly also driving a Gobron Brillié extended the land speed record…
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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.…
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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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17-18 February: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place this weekend in history….. ~17 February ~ 1901: The first car named Mercedes, made by Daimler, debuted at the Circuit du Sud-OuestFrance. Maurice Farman recorded his first racing victory, winning in a 24-hp Panhard – his brother, Henri Farman, finished second in a 12-hp Darracq. It…
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3-4 February: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous events that took place this weekend in the history of motor sport ……. ~3 February~ 1953: Art Chrisman made the first sub-10 second (9.40) run from a rolling start, and the sport’s first 140-mph run, a 140.08 on a ¼ -mile dragstrip at Santa Ana. 1956: Johnny Claes, an English-born racing driver…
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5- 11 February: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in motoring history ……. 100 years ago this week, Thomas A. Edison, perhaps the America’s greatest ever inventor was issued a US patent for a “Starting and Current-Supplying System for Automobiles” (No. 1,255,517) [5 February 1918].……80 years ago this week, Harvey S. Firestone (89), founder…
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13-14 January: This Weekend in Motor Sport History
Discover the momentous motor sports events that took place during this weekend in history ……. ~ 13 January ~ 1918: Barney Oldfield won 2 of 3 main events at Ascot in Los Angeles, California, driving the Miller “Golden Submarine”, but with the fully enclosed body removed. 1952: The Interlagos Grand Prix, Brazil was won by Juan…
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