From 500-cc racing to a works ride with Cooper and later a British Hillclimb Championship, Mike MacDowel has had a...
Rodger Ward Gioacchino Colombo 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be...
Antonio Ascari Pedro Rodriguez 2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the 327.5 miles of the Athy circuit in Ireland at an average speed of 49.2 mph (1903). 2 Twenty-two-year-old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash...
Colin Chapman Mike Spence 1 Ayrton Senna dies in a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, Italy...
Jim Clark Peter Bryant 2 Four-time 500-cc Motorcycle Grand Prix World Champion and auto-racer Mike “The Bike” Hailwood is born...
The French Grand Prix; Reims, July 4, 1954. Karl Kling rounds Thillois corner in the Mercedes W196 streamliner. He finished 2nd to his teammate Juan Manuel Fangio, as they dominated the opposition on this, Mercedes’ first Grand Prix appearance since before the war. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION...
A world-record price of £4.18 million paid for a 1929 Mercedes-Benz sports car boosted the Bonhams Goodwood Revival sale on...
A racing friend of mine was recently lamenting the fact that he was turning 50 this year. “I think you’re lucky?” I said. “Do you realize how many timeless classics were created the year you were born?” The truth is, 1954 was one of the most amazing watershed years in...
Jim Hall Enzo Ferrari 1 Daytona International Speedway opens for practice (1959). 3 Jim Hall wins the first United States...
Alain Prost John Surtees 5 Sir Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a World Land Speed Record of 256.086 mph...
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