Fred Marriott sets a Land Speed Record of 127.659 mph on Ormond Beach, FL (1906).
Rodger WardVincenzo Florio
1 Colin Chapman and Michael Allen form the Lotus Engineering Company (1952).
2 The First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967).
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