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…
Happy Birthday Erik Carlsson (1929)
Erik Carlsson (5 March 1929 – 27 May 2015) was a Swedish rally driver for Saab. He was nicknamed “Carlsson på taketh” (“Carlsson on the roof” in reference to Astrid Lindgren’s children’s book character) as well…
Happy Birthday George Harrison (1943)
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as “the quiet Beatle”, Harrison played a…
Happy Name Day Gina (22/02)
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 Eleanor (21/02)
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 Simon Pegg (1970)
Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He…
Happy Birthday John Nielsen (1956)
John Nielsen (born 7 February 1956, in Varde) became popular in his native Denmark in the 1990s through his successes at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Even before Tom Kristensen, he…
Happy Birthday Marcus Gronholm (1968)
Marcus “Bosse” Grönholm (born February 5, 1968) is a Finnish former rally and rallycross driver, being part of a family of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland lineage. His son, Niclas Grönholm, is an upcoming FIA World Rallycross Championship driver. Grönholm’s nicknames are…
Happy Name Day Vanessa (02/02)
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…
Alpine A310 debuts (1971)
The first model of the A310, built 1971-1976, was a car with a four-cylinder engine and six headlights. Being larger, heavier, and no more powerful than its predecessor, the early…
Happy Birthday Christian Geistdörfer (1953)
Christian Geistdörfer (born 1 February 1953 in Munich) is a German former rallye co-driver. His career in motorsport lasted from 1975 to 1990. From 1977 to 1987, he co-drove to…
Happy Birthday Paul Newman (1925)
Today we celebrate Paul Newman’s posthumous 101st Birthday. The actor and racing driver was born on 26th of January 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. As a racing driver her primarily…
Happy Birthday James May (1963)
Today we celebrate one of the most iconic TV presenters on BBC and Amazon Prime, Mr James May. “Captain Slow” as his companion presenters call him was born in Bristol…
Happy Name Day Tanya (13/01)
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 Emanuele Pirro (1962)
Emanuele Pirro (born 12 January 1962) is an Italian racing driver who competed in Formula One from 1989 to 1991. In endurance racing, Pirro is a five-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and a two-time winner of the 12 Hours of…