Yet another tragic day in racing when, in 1982, Gilles Villeneuve died aged 32 following a high-speed accident in Formula 1 qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. In other Grands Prix on this day, Mario Andretti’s Lotus-Cosworth won...
A busy and, sadly, tragic day in Formula 1 and racing history when Denny Hulme‘s 1967 Monaco Grand Prix victory for Brabham-Repco over Graham Hill Lotus-BRM and Chris Amon came under a cloud as Amon’s Ferrari teammate Lorenzo Bandini fought...
The Daytona 500 continues to dominate race history on this day. But there was a fair bit of drama too in other disciplines from rally to Formula 1 drivers in action around the globe. AJ Foyt won the 1972 500,...
A broad and varied day on racing history, 25 February certainly has an international ring to it Rich in racing history, 25 February saw Jimmy Murphy steer his Duesenberg to victory in the 1923 Beverly Hills Grand Prix (above) before...
23 February is pretty cool and varied day in racing. But a pretty dramatic one in motorsport history. In competition over the years on his day, a fellow by the name of Vigel steered his Vauxhall to win the 1913...
Racing’s growing popularity is clear to observe by perusing race history on this day Daytona was in the news when a crowd of 41,000 witnessed the first 500 raced on the town’s new superspeedway today in 1959. It took until...
Today is remembered for many a good racing reason both on and off the track It started with Harlan Fengler racing to victory in the 1924 Beverly Hills Grand Prize race in Californai, eight years before the inimitable Tazio Nuvolari...
Today has a particularly Australian feel to race history that stretches all the way back to 1905. It was then 116 years ago, when DL Stevens steered his Darracq to victory in the Sydney to Melbourne Trial. Exactly sixty years...
It may have been quiet, but 19 February is an odd day in racing history with a few quaint stories to tell Marcel Lehoux won the first regular race of the 1933 European season when he took his Bugatti 51...
Today is a sad day in racing history – a king died on this day 20 years ago 49-year-old seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt lost his life in a tragic last-lap crash at the 2001 Daytona 500. Earnhardt always struggled...
17 February has a deep racing history stretching way back a whole 120 years to 1901 That’s when Maurice Farman drove the first-ever Mercedes to a race winning debut from brother Henri’s Darracq at Pau. Eleven years later, Frank Kulick...
The Daytona 500 is most significant in 16 February racing history around its traditional date. Marvin Panch won the 1961 500 driving a year-old Smokey Yunick Pontiac, while Mario Andretti (above) took victory on only his second 500 start following...
