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25 February in Race history – From Beverley Hills to Durban

Michele Lupini
February 25, 2021
On This Day
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 ...

23 February in Race history – A Day of Racing Cloak & Dagger

Michele Lupini
February 23, 2021
On This Day
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 1...

22 February in Race history – A Growing Phenomenon

Michele Lupini
February 22, 2021
On This Day
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...

24 February in Race history – Many a Good Racing Memory

Michele Lupini
February 21, 2021
On This Day
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 i...

21 February in Race history – All about Australia and Sweden and NASCAR

Michele Lupini
February 21, 2021
On This Day
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. E...

20 February in Race history – Drama from Daytona to Ron Dennis

Michele Lupini
February 20, 2021
On This Day
The Daytona 500 continues to dominate race history on this day. But there was a fair bit of drama too AJ Foyt won the 1972 500, while Cale Yarborough beat Benny Parsons by a second to take the ‘77 race. Ya...

19 February in Race history – a Good Few Quant Stories to tell

Michele Lupini
February 19, 2021
On This Day
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 to G...

18 February in Race history – A Sad Day in Motorsport

Michele Lupini
February 18, 2021
On This Day
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. Earnhard...

17 February in Race History – A Rich 120 Year Racing Story

Michele Lupini
February 17, 2021
On This Day
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. Eleve...

16 February in Race History – Andretti, Parsons, Bodine and the Lads

Michele Lupini
February 16, 2021
On This Day
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 victor...

15 February in Race History – Daytona 500 Sun, Nordic Rally Snow

Michele Lupini
February 15, 2021
On This Day
Being mid-February, this time of the year is always big in NASCAR and winter rallying Red Byron took the series' first title a week before NASCAR was officially incorporated in 1948. David Pearson finally wo...

Valentine’s Day in Race History – From Daytona to Sweden and More

Michele Lupini
February 14, 2021
On This Day
Valentine’s Day has always been an interesting one in motorsport. And motoring, mind you! Al Capone’s goombahs disguised a Cadillac as a Chicago Police cruiser to enable Ray Nitty and his accomplices to appr...
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