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 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...

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...

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 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...

Looking back in race history, 13 February proved lucky for some in an international and varied day of racing. Eugen Bjornstad drove his Alfa Romeo 2300 8C Monza (above) to victory in the 1937 Stockholm ice r...