Hello, Posterity. This is the past calling. Writers and readers being separated by the editor’s deadlines, it’s still 1999 for...
James Garner Gordon Johncock Adrian Newey Rick Mears 2 The Tony Southgate designed TWR Jaguar XJR-5 is tested for the...
Jurgen Barth Hellé Nice Alfonso de Portago Jochen Mass 1 Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass win the 800Km of Selangor in Sham Alam, Malaysia, driving a Porsche 962C (1985). 2 Roger Penske drives a Ferrari 250 GTO to victory in the Tourist Trophy race at Nassau in the Bahamas (1962)....
1 The Spa 1000 km WEC race is won by Bob Wolleck, Mauroi Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese in a Lancia...
January 2019 Dan Gurney AJ Foyt David Donohue Bernd Rosemyer 1 FISA bans sliding skirts on racecars (1981). Become...
Bob Tullius Aldo Andretti Romolo Tavoni Oscar Koveleski 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 British sports car racer and entrant David Piper is born (1930). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers...
1 Bob Garretson, Brian Redman, and Bobby Rahal drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of...
David Hobbs Jacky Ickx Ayrton Senna “Wally” Willmott 1 Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his...
1 The BPR Global GT race at Dijon, France, is won by the Venturi 600LM of Michel Ferté and Michel Neugarten (1994). 2 Sid Collins, the Voice of the Indianapolis 500, commits suicide after being diagnosed with ALS (1977). 3 A Porsche 906 driven by Tetsu Ikuzawa wins...
Hermann Lang Paul Tracy Don “The Snake” Prudhomme Peter Brock 1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut...
Clay Regazzoni Norman Dewis OBE Manfred Winkelhock Nigel Bennett 1 The CART Michigan 500 is won by Nigel Mansell driving...
Graham Hill Ken Tyrrell Alfonso de Portago Tony Southgate 1 The Mille Miglia is won by Alberto Ascari driving a Lancia D24. Second overall and first in the 2-liter class is the Ferrari 500 Mondial of Vittorio Marzotto (1954). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article...
Alfred Neubauer Charlie Whiting Mark Donohue Wolfang von Trips 1 Ernst Loof, Werner Miethe, Lorenz Dietrich, and George “Schorsch” Meier...
December 2018 David Hobbs Zora Arkus-Duntov Divina Galica James Hunt 1– Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton,...
1 Dan Gurney drives an AAR Eagle to victory in the USAC Rex Mays 300 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. Bobby Unser clinches the USAC championship (1968). 3 NASCAR great Robert Arthur “Bobby” Allison is born in Miami, Florida (1937). 4 The 1:1 foam model, from which the...
Don Panoz Paul Newman Jacky Ickx Niki Lauda 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio...
1 Dr. Wunibald Kamm arrives in Florida to consult with the Cunningham race team on the design of their C-4RK...
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...
Jacky Ickx Peter Gethin Janet Guthrie Peter Bryant 1 Engineer Adrian Newey joins Red Bull Racing (2006). 3 Ernst Loof,...
Bob Wollek Desire Wilson Jacky Ickx Rick Mears 1 Zora Arkus-Duntov, who will go on to become the “Father of...
1 NASCAR driver Richard “Richie” Panch dies in an airplane crash near Winnsboro, South Carolina (1985). 2 Wolfgang Kaufman and Hubert Haupt drive a Porsche GT2 to victory in the FIA GT Championship race on the Lausitzring in Germany (2000). 3 Leighton Reese wins the SCCA Trans-Am race at Texas...
1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies in an accident during the non-championship Mexican Grand Prix on the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit in Mexico...
David Hobbs Chris Economaki Heinze Melkus Mike Hailwood 1 Engineer Helmut Flegl begins his career at Porsche (1966). 2 Mike...
1 John Henry Bradley and Rodolfo Ponce drive a stripped-down Nash Ambassador to victory in the 500-kilometer Miguel Grau Road race in South America (1946). 3 FISA announces the total ban of ground effects in F1 (1982). 4 Bernard Darniche and Alain Mahé win the WRC Tour de Corse rally...
Jean-Pierre Wimille Paul Newman A.J. Foyt Ronnie Peterson 1 The Lancia Rally (037) Evo 2 is homologated for Group B...
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