At the drive-in!
Richard Hollingshead, the inventor of the drive-in movie theater, passed away on this day in 1975. The invention of the
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
On this day in 1889 Gottlieb Daimler debuted the first car in Paris, France at the opening of the Paris
Erwin “Cannonball” Baker, the winner of the first race ever at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (a motorcycle race in which
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










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