Hello, Posterity. This is the past calling. Writers and readers being separated by the editor’s deadlines, it’s still 1999 for...
Nigel Mansell John Surtees Photo: Pete Austin 2 Paul Tracy wins the CART Champ Car race through the streets of...
June 2018 Jackie Stewart Enzo Ferrari Bruce McLaren Tim Birkin 1 – Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his first CART victory (1997). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
August 2018 Danny Sullivan “Big Daddy” Don Garlits W.O. Bentley Frank Nichols 1 – “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the...
September 2018 Heinz Melkus Tom Walkinshaw Jackie Ickx Francois Cevert 1– Mario Andretti wins three midget feature races at two...
October 2018 Dan Gurney Wilbur Shaw Nino Farina Paul Radisich 1 – F1 & sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born in Momignies, Belgium (1928). 3 – Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass drive a Rothmans Porsche 956 to victory in the World Endurance Championship 6-hour race at Fuji, Japan (1982)....
December 2018 David Hobbs Zora Arkus-Duntov Divina Galica James Hunt 1– Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton,...
January 2019 Dan Gurney AJ Foyt David Donohue Bernd Rosemyer 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). Become...
February 2019 Ralph de Palma Enzo Ferrari Alan Jones Jim Crawford 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive the Lowenbrau Porsche 962 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1987). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...
David Hobbs Chris Economaki Heinze Melkus Mike Hailwood 1 Engineer Helmut Flegl begins his career at Porsche (1966). 2 Mike...
Graham Hill Ken Tyrrell Alfonso de Portago Tony Southgate 1 The Mille Miglia is won by Alberto Ascari driving...
Patrick Depailler Nanni Galli Dick Seaman Ludovico Scarfiotti 1 Rikky von Opel drives the Ensign F1 car he financed for the first time (1973). 3 Ligier F1 driver Patrick Depailler is seriously injured in a hang glider crash (1979). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (&...
John Surtees Luigi Chinetti Niki Lauda Ronnie Peterson 1 Porsche officially begins work on the 956 (1981). 3 Ludwig Heimrath...
Arie Luyendyk David Piper James Hunt Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson signs with Tyrrell for the 1977 F1 season (1976)....
Hellé Nice Howden Ganley Keke Rosberg Bill Vukovich 1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA (1974). 2 Leo Mehl named to head the Indy Racing League (1996). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free...
Peter Revson Alexander Wurz Niki Lauda Richard Seaman 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman, drive a Porsche 935...
Alfred Neubauer Charlie Whiting Mark Donohue Wolfang von Trips 1 Ernst Loof, Werner Miethe, Lorenz Dietrich, and George “Schorsch” Meier...
Hermann Lang Paul Tracy Don “The Snake” Prudhomme Peter Brock 1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut at the Rally Costa Smerelda in Sardinia. Both cars will retire with gearbox failure (1982). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau,...
Pat Flaherty A.J. Foyt John Watson Zora Arkus-Duntov 1 Zora Arkus-Duntov, who will go on to become the “Father of...
David Hobbs Jacky Ickx Ayrton Senna “Wally” Willmott 1 Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his...
John Watson Jean-Luc Thérier Danny Ongais Jackie Stewart 1 Ayrton Senna enters and wins his first go-kart race (1973). 3 Mark Donohue drives a McLaren-Offenhauser to victory in the USAC Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. First Team Penske Indy Car victory (1971). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
Ralph DePalma Enzo Ferrari Charlie Whiting Jackie Oliver 1 The Prest-O-Lite smokestack outside of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is torn...
Don Panoz Paul Newman Jacky Ickx Niki Lauda 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio...
Dewey “Rajo Jack” Gatson Nanni Galli Jean-Pierre Beltoise Jacky Ickx 1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 3 Jim Epler becomes the first man in NHRA history to break 300 mph in a Funny Car when he runs 300.40 mph in...
Jacques Laffite Graham Hill Hannu Mikkola John Barnard 1 Allan Moffat and Jackie Ickx drive a Ford Falcon Cobra to...
Jurgen Barth Hellé Nice Alfonso de Portago Jochen Mass 1 Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass win the 800Km of Selangor...
Jean-Pierre Wimille Paul Newman A.J. Foyt Ronnie Peterson 1 The Lancia Rally (037) Evo 2 is homologated for Group B rallying (1984). 5 Billy Wade is killed when his Bud Moore Mercury Marauder crashes during a tire test at Daytona, Florida (1965). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To...
Don Panoz Aldo Andretti Mario Andretti Franco Cortese 1 Karl Mauer replaces Tony Fall as head of European Motorsports at...
Jacky Ickx Peter Gethin Janet Guthrie Peter Bryant 1 Engineer Adrian Newey joins Red Bull Racing (2006). 3 Ernst Loof,...
Niki Lauda Kurt Ahrens Barbara Skinner James Garner 1 The Subaru Impreza 555 is homologated for Group A rallying (1993). 4 Niki Lauda drives a McLaren-Cosworth to victory in the USGP West at Long Beach, California (1982). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+...