Nelson Piquet Charles Stewart RollsPhoto: Rolls Royce 3 Dario Resta is killed and his riding mechanic, Bill Perkins, is injured...
Eddie Rickenbacker Soichiro Honda 1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2 F1 World Champion Alan...
Gaston Chevrolet L. Motschenbacher 1 Final Can-Am race for Chaparral. Vic Elford starts on the pole in the 2J at Riverside, California, but his race ends after five laps, with engine failure. Denny Hulme drives a Team McLaren M8D-Chevrolet to the win (1970). 2 Craig Breedlove sets a new Land...
Rodger Ward Jim Hurtubise Photo: IMS 1 Jim Clark wins the South African Grand Prix driving a Ford Cosworth-powered Lotus...
Jochen Rindt Richie Ginther 3 Ferdinand Porsche is born in Maffersdorf, Bohemia (1875). 3 First race at Monza, Italy, a...
John Cannon Jean Pierre Jabouille 2 Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23, wins the Pau Grand Prix Formula 2 race in Pau, France (1967). 3 Leo Kinnunen drives a Porsche 917/10 to victory in the 300-kilometer Interserie race on the Nürburgring in West Germany...
Nigel Mansell Bernd Rosemeyer 2 PJ Jones drives a Toyota Eagle MkIII to victory in the final IMSA GTP race,...
Gaston Chevrolet Alan JonesPhoto: Pete Austin 1 Mika Hakkinen wins the Japanese GP to clinch his first Formula One World...
Mark Donohue Giuseppe Campari 3 Manfred von Brauchitsch drives a Mercedes-Benz W25 to its first victory when he wins the Eifel Race on the Nürburgring in Germany (1934). 4 The first organized midget race, sanctioned by the newly formed Midget Racing Association, is held in Sacramento, California (1933). Become a...
Jackie Stewart Mario Andretti 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy 500 (1911). 2...
Mario Andretti Rick Mears Photo: Jim Hatfield 1 Gates at Indianapolis Motor Speedway open for practice for the first Indy...
Don Panoz Paul Newman Jacky Ickx Niki Lauda 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Belgian racer Willy Mairesse, no longer able to bear the physical and psychological damage suffered in a crash at Le Mans the previous year, commits...
James Hunt Juan Manuel FangioPhoto: Bob Dunsmore 2 Bruce McLaren dies in a testing crash at Goodwood, England (1970). 4...
1 Dan Gurney drives an AAR Eagle to victory in the USAC Rex Mays 300 at Riverside International Raceway in...
1 Test driver Norman Dewis O.B.E. begins a 33-year career at Jaguar (1952). 2 Tobacco advertising on radio and TV is banned in the United States. This will help cause an influx of tobacco sponsorship money into U.S. auto racing (1971). 3 John “Hogie” Hogan, who was in charge of...
Sir Jackie Stewart Alain Prost Photo: Maureen Magee 4 Al Rogers drives a Coniff-Offy to victory in the Pikes Peak...
Carlo Abarth Tazio Nuvolari 1 American sports-car builder Bill Devin dies (2000). 5 Roy Thomas, designer of Titan formula racers,...
Bob Wollek Desire Wilson Jacky Ickx Rick Mears 1 Zora Arkus-Duntov, who will go on to become the “Father of the Corvette”, is hired as an engineer by General Motors (1953). 2 Sixty-six year old Warren Johnson becomes the oldest NHRA drag race winner when he wins in Pro Stock...
1 Frederick Woodruff “Ted” Field, entrepreneur, media mogul, and owner of Interscope Racing is born (1953). 3 Jackie Ickx, driving...
Lance Reventlow Enzo Ferrari 1 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive their Penske-prepared Lola T70 coupe to victory in the...
Jacques Laffite Graham Hill Hannu Mikkola John Barnard 1 Allan Moffat and Jackie Ickx drive a Ford Falcon Cobra to victory in the Bathurst 1000 at Mount Panorama in Australia (1977). 3 FISA announces a ban on underwing tunnels on race cars. The ground effects era ends (1982). Become a...
Tazio Nuvolari John Fitch 1 The Ford Sierra Cosworth is homologated for Group A Touring Car racing (1987). 2 Jochen...
Peter Gethin Nino Farina 1 Al Holbert, Chip Robinson, Derek Bell, and Al Unser Jr. drive their Porsche 962 to...
Jim Hall, driving a Lister-Chevrolet, wins the sports car feature race at Hondo, Texas (1959). 1 • Dan Gurney, driving a Climax-powered Lotus 18, wins the USAC Road Racing Championship Formula Libre event at Hilltop Raceway in Bossier City, Louisiana (1962). 4 • Greg Weld, sprint and Indy car racer...
Louis Wagner Gaston Chevrolet 2 Jacky Ickx and David Hobbs drive a Gulf Ford GT40 to victory in the Rand...
Jim Clark Peter Revson 1 Mercedes-Benz publishes a press release officially describing their W25 Grand Prix race cars as “Silver...
Gilles Villeneuve Mark Donohue 1 Al Unser Jr. wins the CRA sprint car main event at Imperial, California (1981). 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 6,000+ More) Access...
1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry (1934). 2 AMC wins...
Harry A. Miller Bobby Allison 1 Dan Gurney drives a Weslake Ford-powered Eagle to victory in the USAC Championship race...
August 2018 Danny Sullivan “Big Daddy” Don Garlits W.O. Bentley Frank Nichols 1 – “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first drag racer to run the ¼–mile at over 200 mph. He drives his Swamp Rat dragster to 201.34 mph at Island Dragway in New Jersey, (1964). 3 – Giuseppe...