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On this day in 1901 Connecticut became the first state in the United States to pass a speed limit law

On this day in 1899 New York City taxicab driver Jacob German left his mark in history by becoming the

Gunfire erupted in Waco, Texas on this day in 2015 when a fight broke out between multiple motorcycle clubs (MC)

On this day in 2013 short track racing great Richard “Dick” Trickle took his own life. Trickle is estimated to

On this day in 1942 17 states in the eastern United States began gas rationing as the war effort went

After just more than nine years of ownership German automaker Daimler sells off Chrysler to  Cerberus Capital Management at a

Richard Hollingshead, the inventor of the drive-in movie theater, passed away on this day in 1975. The invention of the

Bloody May at Indy began on this day in 1973 when American racecar driver Art Lee Pollard, Jr dies while

Stefano Domenicali, the current CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., was born on this day in 1965. Domenicali was born in

The automotive world lost a great today in 2012 when Carroll Hall Shelby passed away at the age of 89

Canadian stock car driver John Ryan “J.R.” Fitzpatrick was born on this day in 1988 in Cambridge, Ontario. Fitzpatrick’s career

Henry Ford II is commonly mistaken for Henry Ford’s child when in fact he is his grandson and the son

On this day in 1998 Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation for $36 billion. This deal is the largest acquisition of a

Henry Royce was born poor and was working by age 9. Charles Rolls was born to an affluent family and

Robert Kenneth “Ken” Tyrrell, the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor and a British Formula Two racing driver, was