National Motor Museum mechanics have discovered time capsule finds during the start of the restoration of Land Speed Record breaker...
3 Penske Racing debuts their AMC-powered F5000 Lola T330 in the L&M Continental Series race at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course...
1 Danny Ongais drives a Porsche 934 to victory in the 100-mile IMSA sports car race at Laguna Seca Raceway near Monterey, California (1977). 2 Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Robert William “Bobby” Unser dies at the age of 87 (2021). 3 Charles Anthony Standish “Tony” Brooks, the last living Grand...
1 Mario Andretti, driving a Newman Haas Lola-Ford, wins the first CART Long Beach Grand Prix (1984). 2 Tommy Milton...
1 Bob Garretson, Brian Redman, and Bobby Rahal drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of...
1 The Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD is homologated for Group A rallying (1992). 2 First South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kyalami track near Johannesburg is won by Pedro Rodriguez at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper (1967). 4...
1 Dan Gurney drives an AAR Eagle to victory in the USAC Rex Mays 300 at Riverside International Raceway in...
1 John Henry Bradley and Rodolfo Ponce drive a stripped-down Nash Ambassador to victory in the 500-kilometer Miguel Grau Road...
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...
1 NASCAR driver Richard “Richie” Panch dies in an airplane crash near Winnsboro, South Carolina (1985). 2 Wolfgang Kaufman and...
1 The Women’s Global GT race at Portland, Oregon, is won by Sara Senske in a Panoz Esperante GT (1999)....
1 Louis Chiron leads an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3 finish in the French Grand Prix at Montlhéry (1934). 2 AMC wins its second straight SCCA Tran-Am title when George Follmer drives his Roy Woods Javelin to a race win at Donnybrooke Speedway near Brainerd, Minnesota (1972). 4 Carl Goudy wins the...
1 Frederick Woodruff “Ted” Field, entrepreneur, media mogul, and owner of Interscope Racing is born (1953). 3 Jackie Ickx, driving...
1 The BPR Global GT race at Dijon, France, is won by the Venturi 600LM of Michel Ferté and Michel...
1 The Mercedes 450 SLC is homologated into Group 4 for rallying (1979). 2 Tom Sneva wins the USAC Texas 200 Indy car race at Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas, driving a McLaren M24-Cosworth for Penske Racing (1977). 4 The Opel Ascona 400 of Ari Vatanen and Terry...
1 Wendy Markey-Amey, British dancer and touring car racer dies at the age of 75 (2021). 4 NASCAR great Buck...
1 Randy Bernard is introduced as the Indy Racing League’s new CEO (2010). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive...
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...
Bob Tullius Aldo Andretti Romolo Tavoni Oscar Koveleski 1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 British sports car racer and...
1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies in an accident during the non-championship Mexican Grand Prix on the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit in Mexico...
Mike Hawthorn Tony Hulman Al Unser Sr. Walt Hansgen 1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 4 Bobby Rahal wins the CART Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, driving a Team Rahal Lola T92/00-Chevrolet (1992). Become a Member &...
1 The Spa 1000 km WEC race is won by Bob Wolleck, Mauroi Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese in a Lancia...
James Garner Gordon Johncock Adrian Newey Rick Mears 2 The Tony Southgate designed TWR Jaguar XJR-5 is tested for the...
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...
Niki Lauda Kurt Ahrens Barbara Skinner James Garner 1 The Subaru Impreza 555 is homologated for Group A rallying (1993)....
Jacky Ickx Peter Gethin Janet Guthrie Peter Bryant 1 Engineer Adrian Newey joins Red Bull Racing (2006). 3 Ernst Loof,...
Don Panoz Aldo Andretti Mario Andretti Franco Cortese 1 Karl Mauer replaces Tony Fall as head of European Motorsports at Opel (1989). 2 Preston Henn, Bob Wollek, Claude Ballot-Lena, and A.J. Foyt drive the T-Bird Swap Shop “Moby Dick” Porsche 935L to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1983)....
Jean-Pierre Wimille Paul Newman A.J. Foyt Ronnie Peterson 1 The Lancia Rally (037) Evo 2 is homologated for Group B...
Jurgen Barth Hellé Nice Alfonso de Portago Jochen Mass 1 Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass win the 800Km of Selangor...
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...
