Momentous motor sports events that took place during this weekend in history ….. ~23 September~ 1905: The Vanderbilt American Elimination Trial was held to determine the five entries for the Vanderbilt Cup from 12 American…
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~9 September~ 1901: The first long-distance motor race in the United States began in New York City, ending 5 days and 464 miles later in Buffalo, New York. In these early days of motor racing,…
Momentous motor sports events that took place during this weekend in history ….. ~16 September~ 1945: Hershel McGriff passed George Amick on the last lap to win the first race, a 100-lap event, on the…
Momentous motor sports events that took place during this weekend in history ….. ~2 September~ 1946: George Robson, winner of the 1946 Indianapolis 500, died from injuries suffered the previous day when he crashed during…
~26 August~ 1909: The Houpt-Rockwell made its debut in the 24-hour race at Brighton Beach, New York, but the car driven by George Robertson failed to finish. 1911: The grandstand collapsed on lap 2 of…
~19 August~ 1909: The first race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway took place. Celebration however, quickly turned into a disaster due to the surface of crushed stone and tar. There were terrible injuries to the race…
~12 August~ 1904: The first Shelsley Walsh speed hillclimb event in Worcestershire was won by British driver Ernest Instone, who established the hill record by posting a time of 77.6 seconds for an average speed…
~ 5 August ~ 1935: The first Limerick Grand Prix or Cuirt Luimnighe race, took place in Limerick, Ireland. The circuit had a length of 2.76 miles, along O’Connell Street – William Street – Roxborough…
~ 29 July~ 1950: British racing driver Joe Fry (34), a distant member of the Fry’s Chocolate family died. He became the primary driver for the highly successful Shelsley Special “Freikaiserwagen”, created by his cousin…
~22 July ~ 1894: A Peugeot driven by Frenchman Albert Lemaître won the Paris-Rouen race and the first prize of 500 francs. It was sponsored by Le Petit Journal, who declared that ‘the competition is…