May 1, 1994 – F1 driver Ayrton Senna da Silva dies in a wreck
May 1, 2022
Tragedy struck on this day in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix when Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna
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Tragedy struck on this day in 1994 at the San Marino Grand Prix when Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna
Buddy Baker arrived at Alabama International Motor Speedway on this day in 1970 after a morning of skeet shooting. He
The patriarch of the Petty racing family, Lee Arnold Petty, was born on this day in 1914. Petty got a
NASCAR superstar Dale Earnhardt Sr. died in an accident on the final lap of the Daytona 500 on this day
The first moving assembly line in the automotive industry began to churn out Ford Model Ts on this day in
On this day in 1971, a man known as Dan Cooper, later misidentified in a paper as D.B. Cooper, hijacked
At approximately 10 a.m. on this day in 1954, Chevrolet General Manager Thomas Keating drove a gold plated 1955 Chevrolet
After finding massive success as a partsmaker in Detroit’s blossoming auto industry in the early 1900s, the Dodge Brothers, John
American stuntman Evel Knievel, born Robert Craig Knievel, completed his longest motorcycle jump on this day in 1975, clearing 133
When Pierce-Arrow entered the cylinder wars of the late 1920s and early ’30s with a V-12, they had trouble pumping
Monterey Car Week is host to a stream of automotive events that leave enthusiasts drooling every year. It’s a week
During the evening rush hour on this day in 2007, the 40-year-old I-35 Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis, Minnesota suddenly
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