Bobby Rahal A.J. Foyt 1 Sports car racer James “Hap” Sharp is born (1928). 6 Indy 500 winner Pat Flaherty...
Alfonso de Portago Michael Schumacher Photo: Mercedes-Benz 1 Canadian open-wheel racer Claude Bourbonnaise born (1966). 2 Charlie Kolb wins the...
Jackie Oliver Nigel Mansell 1 Dutch F1 privateer Carol de Beaufort is fatally injured in a crash during practice for the German Grand Prix (1964). 1 Niki Lauda crashes his Ferrari on the second lap of the German Grand Prix and suffers serious burns that nearly kill him. Six weeks...
Texas professional and historic racer Charles Nearburg has a long and diversified motorsport resume. At the profession level, he’s competed...
The holy grail of land speed records resides in the vast solitude of a formerly thriving prehistoric lake. 14,000 years...
Gilles Villeneuve Carroll Shelby 2 The first South Africa Grand Prix, held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg, is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati (1967). 5 Trevers Walkett, one of four brothers who formed Ginetta Cars, dies at age 76 (2000). Become a Member &...
“Mephistopheles,” the Land Speed record-breaking Fiat, was one of the most fearsome of the aero-engined specials popular in the 1920s....
The National Motor Museum’s Land Speed Record breaking 1920 Sunbeam 350hp has been fitted with a replacement gearbox to match...
Maverick, land-speed record-holder Art Arfons passed away on December 3, 2007. He was 81 years old. An accomplished drag racer with his “Green Monster” dragsters, Arfons turned his attention to land-speed records in the early ’60s when he created a jet-powered version of the Green Monster. After building his jet...
The famed Challenger Land Speed Record project began more than 50 years ago with Mickey Thompson’s homebuilt legend, the Challenger...
Mario Andretti Photo: Pete Austin Jim Hall Photo: Keith Booker 2 Achille Varzi is killed when his Alfa Romeo 158...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver Arrows” (1934). 2 Gilles Villeneuve wins the South African Grand Prix at Kyalami in a Ferrari 312T4 (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
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