Louis Stanley Rudolf Caracciola 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is...
Denis Hulme Jean Alesi 2 F1 racer and Can-Am champion Bruce McLaren dies in a crash while testing his M8D...
Dale Earnhardt Nino Farina 1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona. First IMSA GTP race (1981). 3 Paul Goldsmith drives Smokey Yunick’s Pontiac to victory in the last stock car race on the beach at Daytona,...
1 Test driver Norman Dewis O.B.E. begins a 33-year career at Jaguar (1952). 2 Tobacco advertising on radio and TV...
Giuseppe Campari Riddelle Gregory 3 The ISRS race at Zolder, Holland, is won by Didier Theys and Freddy Lienhard, driving...
John Surtees Niki Lauda 5 NASCAR driver Darrell Waltrip is born (1947). 6 Porsche 906 wins its class in its first race at the 24-Hours of Daytona (1966). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to...
Enzo FerrariPhoto: Ferrari Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Mercedes 1 Chuck Daigh, driving Frank Arciero’s Lotus 19-Climax, wins both heats of the...
Jerry Titus Frank Biela Photo: Stefan Warter 1 George Follmer drives a Ford-powered Lotus 70 to victory in the L&M...
Karl Kling David Brown 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Sports car and F1 racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide in his hotel room in Ostend, Belgium (1969). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Jim Clark Frank Williams Photo: Williams F1 1 Jody Scheckter drives a Tyrrell 007 to victory in the South African...
Michele Alboreto Photo: Maureen Magee Emerson Fittipaldi Photo: Keith Booker 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 3 Wendell Scott, the...
Arie Luyendyk David Piper James Hunt Ronnie Peterson 1 Ronnie Peterson signs with Tyrrell for the 1977 F1 season (1976). 2 Australian Touring Car racer Jim Richards born in Otahuhu, New Zealand (1947). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the...
Gilles Villeneuve Carroll Shelby 2 The first South Africa Grand Prix, held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg, is won...
Lyn St. James Mario AndrettiPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Dick Johnson and John Bowe drive a Ford Sierra to victory in...
Jochen Rindt Richard Attwood 2 Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough drive a Jaguar XJS from the U.S. Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast in a record 32 hours and 51 minutes to win the fifth and final Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (1979). 3 Vern Schuppan and Naohiro Fujita...
Janet Guthrie Carlos Pace 1 NASCAR racer Dave Marcis is born (1941). 2 Sports car racer Nino Vacarella is born...
Keke RosbergPhoto: Maureen Magee Emerson FittipaldiPhoto: Keith Booker 1 Paul Hawkins drives a 4.4-liter Ferrari to victory in the 25-lap...
Jack Brabham Francois Cevert 2 Frank Griswold drives an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 to victory in the Junior Prix, the first road race through the streets of Watkins Glen, New York (1948). 3 Brian Redman drives a BRM-Chevrolet to victory in the Interserie race at Hockenheim, West Germany (1971). Become...
Ralph DePalma Danny Sullivan 2 Indy racer Duke Nalon is born (1922). 3 F1 World Championship debut for George Follmer...
George Follmer Willy Mairesse 2 Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits suicide (1969). 4 Arturo Merzario...
1 F1 & sports car racer Willy Mairesse is born in Momignies, Belgium (1928). 2 The Lancia-Bertone Stratos HF rally car is homologated for Group 4 by the FIA (1974). 4 Emerson Fittipaldi drives a Patrick racing March 85C-Cosworth to victory in the CART Indy Car race at Road America...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
Gaston Chevrolet Peter Revson 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP and his first Formula One World Title at Suzuka...
1 Wendy Markey-Amey, British dancer and touring car racer dies at the age of 75 (2021). 4 NASCAR great Buck Baker born (1919). 5 Gregg Hansford dies when his Ford Mondeo crashes at Phillip Island, Australia, on the second lap of the first race of the new Australian 2-liter Touring...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
1 The Spa 1000 km WEC race is won by Bob Wolleck, Mauroi Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese in a Lancia...
Peter Brock Alan Jones 1 Brian Redman finishes 1st and 2nd in the 24 Hours of Daytona when the Gulf Porsche 917K he shared with Jo Siffert finishes behind the Pedro Rodriguez/Leo Kinnunen team car which he also co-drove late in the race (1970). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons...
Jackie Stewart Skip Hudson 1 Indy car driver Tom Sneva is born (1948). 2 F1 and endurance racer Jan Lammers...
Mike Costin Bill Milliken.Photo: Bentley Publishing 1 Dario Franchitti wins the CART Marconi Grand Prix of Cleveland, Ohio (2001). 2...
François Cevert Eddie Rickenbacker 1 Helene Delange, who raced between the world wars under the name of Hele Nice, dies in Nice, France, at age 83 (1984). 2 Bernd Rosemeyer, driving an Auto Union, wins the British Grand Prix at Donington, the last race of the 750kg racing formula (1937)....