The first 24h of Le Mans is Held (1906)
The 24 Hours of Le Mans (French: 24 Heures du Mans) is an endurance-focused sports car race held annually near the city of Le Mans, France. It is widely considered…
Mazda 787B Wins The 24 Hours of Le Mans (1991)
The Mazda 787 and its derivative 787B are Group C sports prototype racing cars that were developed by Japanese automobile manufacturer Mazda for use in the World Sportscar Championship, All Japan Sports Prototype Championship, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans from 1990 to…
The Belgian Jacky Ickx wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the sixth time (1982)
Jacques”Jacky” Ickx (born 1 January 1945) is a Belgian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1966 to 1979. Ickx twice finished runner-up in the Formula One World Drivers’ Championship in 1969 and 1970, and won eight Grands Prix across 14 seasons. In endurance…
Happy Birthday Robert Bamford (1883)
Robert Bamford (16 June 1883 – 16 April 1942) was an English engineer who co-founded Bamford & Martin, which later became Aston Martin, with Lionel Martin in 1913. Before his career in the car…
The BMW V12 LMR wins the 24h Le Mans (1999)
The BMW V12 LMR is a Le Mans Prototype built for sports car racing from 1999 to 2000. The car was built through an alliance between BMW Motorsport and Williams…
Happy Birthday Loïc Duval (1982)
Loïc Jean-Claude Duval (born 12 June 1982) is a French professional racing driver racing for Peugeot Sport in the FIA World Endurance Championship. Duval is a former FIA WEC champion and a winner…
The Porsche 356 No.1 Receives it’s First Operating Permit (1948)
The Porsche 356 is a rear-engine sports car, and the first-ever production Porsche model. The 356 is a lightweight and nimble-handling, rear-engine, rear-wheel drive, two-door available both in hardtop coupé and open configurations. Engineering innovations…
Happy Birthday Jamie McMurray (1976)
James Christopher McMurray (born June 3, 1976), nicknamed “Jamie Mac”,is an American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver and currently an analyst for NASCAR on Fox and NASCAR on The CW. He raced in the NASCAR Cup Series on…
First Indy 500 at the Brickyard (1911)
The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana,…
Happy Birthday Hannu Mikkola (1942)
Hannu Olavi Mikkola (24 May 1942 − 25 February 2021) was a Finnish champion world rally driver. He was a seven-time winner of the 1000 Lakes Rally in Finland and…
Happy Birthday Kenji Takahashi (1946)
Kenji Takahashi (18 May 1946 – 1 January 2005) was a Japanese racing driver. Takahashi began his racing career in 1969, driving a Datsun Sports in Minor Touring, a companion championship to the Fuji Grand…
The McDonald’s Corporation is founded (1940)
McDonald’s Corporation, doing business as McDonald’s, is an American multinational fast-food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.…
Happy Birthday Sabine Schmitz (1969)
Sabine Schmitz (14 May 1969 – 16 March 2021) was a German professional motor racing driver and television personality. She was born in Adenau to a family in the hotel…
Happy Name Day Virginia (12/05)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Adam Opel (1837)
Adam Opel (9 May 1837 – 8 September 1895) was a German entrepreneur who founded the company Adam Opel AG, then a manufacturer of bicycles and sewing machines. By 1886 the Opels…
First Carrera Panamericana Motor Race (1950)
The 1950 Carrera Panamericana was a motor race held in Mexico from 5 May to 10 May 1950. It was the first edition of the Carrera Panamericana. After the Mexican…
Happy Birthday Uma Thurman (1970)
Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range…
Happy Birthday Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916)
Ferruccio Lamborghini Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (28 April 1916 – 20 February 1993) was an Italian automobile designer and industrialist who created Lamborghini Trattori in 1948 and Automobili Lamborghini in 1963, a maker of high-end sports…
Happy Birthday Kelly Collins (1965)
Kelly Collins was active for many years as a driving instructor at the Skip Barber Racing School and worked as a stunt driver on Hollywood film productions. His racing career…
Happy Birthday Dries Vanthoor (1998)
Dries Vanthoor (born 20 April 1998 in Heusden-Zolder) is a racing driver from Belgium who currently competes in the FIA World Endurance Championship and in the IMSA Sportscar Championship with BMW M Team WRT.[2] In his previous role as an…
Happy Name Day Iris (06/04)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Name Day – Nadine (05/04)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Jack Brabham (1926)
Sir John Arthur Brabham (2 April 1926 – 19 May 2014) was an Australian racing driver and motorsport executive, who competed in Formula One from 1955 to 1970. Brabham won three Formula One World Drivers’ Championship titles, which he won in 1959, 1960 and 1966,…
Happy Birthday Bernard Darniche (1942)
Bernard Jean Darniche (born 28 March 1942 in Cenon, a commune in the Gironde department) is a French former rally driver. He won the European Rally Championship in 1976 and 1977 and the French Rally Championship…
Happy Birthday Christoffer Nygaard (1986)
Christoffer Nygaard (born 24 March 1986, in Gentofte) is a Danish auto racing driver who drove in the FIA World Endurance Championship. After karting for four years, Nygaard made his auto racing debut in 2005 in the…
Happy Birthday Damon Albarn (1968)
Damon Albarn (born 23 March 1968) is an English musician. He is best known as the frontman, main vocalist, and lyricist of the rock band Blur and the co-creator and primary musical contributor…
Happy Birthday Timothy Dalton (1946)
Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (born 21 March 1946) is a British actor. He gained international prominence as the fourth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions film series, starring in The Living…
Happy Birthday Hans Heyer (1943)
Hans Heyer (born 16 March 1943) is a German retired racing driver who mainly raced touring cars. He is most commonly known for starting one Formula One World Championship race, the 1977 German Grand Prix, despite failing…
Happy Name Day Angelina (11/03)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
First Ford Mustangs Leave Assembly Line (1964)
The first-generation Ford Mustang was manufactured by Ford from March 1964 until 1973. The introduction of the Mustang created a new class of automobiles known as pony cars. The Mustang’s styling, with its long hood and…