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...
1 Wendy Markey-Amey, British dancer and touring car racer dies at the age of 75 (2021). 4 NASCAR great Buck Baker born (1919). 5 Gregg Hansford dies when his Ford Mondeo crashes at Phillip Island, Australia, on the second lap of the first race of the new Australian 2-liter Touring...
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...
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929). 2 British sports car racer and entrant David Piper is born (1930). 5 South African sports car racer Sarel van der Merwe is born in Port Elizabeth (1946). 7 Sports car racer Bob Tullius is born (1936). 8 75-year old rally racer Raffaele “Lele”...
1 Ricardo Rodriguez dies in an accident during the non-championship Mexican Grand Prix on the Magdalena Mixhuca Circuit in Mexico...
1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 4 Bobby Rahal wins...
1 The Spa 1000 km WEC race is won by Bob Wolleck, Mauroi Baldi, and Ricardo Patrese in a Lancia LC2-85 (1985). 2 Indy car racer Robbie Buhl is born in Detroit, Michigan (1965). 3 Barbara Skinner wins the MAC Ladies Cup at the Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb (1932). 5 Jochen...
1 The CART Michigan 500 is won by Nigel Mansell driving a Newman Haas Lola T93/00-Ford /Cosworth (1993). 3 Jaguar...
2 The Tony Southgate designed TWR Jaguar XJR-5 is tested for the first time, at Snetterton, England (1985). 3 Kurt...
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 at the Triple A Midwest Nationals in Madison,...
1 The Subaru Impreza 555 is homologated for Group A rallying (1993). 4 Niki Lauda drives a McLaren-Cosworth to victory...
1 Engineer Adrian Newey joins Red Bull Racing (2006). 3 Ernst Loof, engineer, racer, and co-founder of Veritas GmbH, dies...
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). 3 Emery Cook drives the nitro-burning, Chrysler-powered, Cook...
1 The Lancia Rally (037) Evo 2 is homologated for Group B rallying (1984). 5 Billy Wade is killed when...
1 Jackie Ickx and Jochen Mass win the 800Km of Selangor in Sham Alam, Malaysia, driving a Porsche 962C (1985)....
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). 6 John Barnard officially joins Benetton as their Technical Director...
1 Australian touring car driver Tony Longhurst is born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia (1957). 3 Jim Epler becomes...
1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Belgian racer Willy...
1 The Prest-O-Lite smokestack outside of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is torn down. Carl Fisher, who built IMS, also co-founded the Prest-O-Lite company (1990). 2 Giuseppi Farina wins the German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring driving a Ferrari 500 (1953). 3 Giuseppe Campari gives Alfa Romeo their first GP win...
1 Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his first CART victory (1997). 2 Lancia finishes 1-2...
1 Zora Arkus-Duntov, who will go on to become the “Father of the Corvette”, is hired as an engineer by...
1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut at the Rally Costa Smerelda in Sardinia. Both cars will retire with gearbox failure (1982). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau, France (1939). 4 William Grover-Williams drives a Bugatti Type 35B...
1 Ernst Loof, Werner Miethe, Lorenz Dietrich, and George “Schorsch” Meier form the racing car company Veritas GmbH (1947). 2...
1 Bobby Rahal, Bob Garretson, and Brian Redman, drive a Porsche 935 K3 to victory in the 24 Hours of...
1 John Greenwood drives a Greenwood Corvette to victory in the IMSA sports car race at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA (1974). 2 Leo Mehl named to head the Indy Racing League (1996). 4 John Wyer Automotive Engineering receives their first Porsche 917 for use during the...
1 Eddie Rickenbacker takes control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (1923). 2 Bobby Ball, at the wheel of an Offenhauser-powered...
1 Ronnie Peterson signs with Tyrrell for the 1977 F1 season (1976). 2 Australian Touring Car racer Jim Richards born...
1 Porsche officially begins work on the 956 (1981). 3 Ludwig Heimrath wins the USAC-sanctioned sports car race at St. Jovite, Quebec, Canada, driving a Cooper-Ford (1964). 5 Ferrari withdraw from F1 for the remainder of the season after their number one driver, Niki Lauda, nearly dies in an accident...
