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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Waco shootout!
Gunfire erupted in Waco, Texas on this day in 2015 when a fight broke out between multiple motorcycle clubs (MC) at a Twin Peaks…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Dick Trickle passes away
On this day in 2013 short track racing great Richard “Dick” Trickle took his own life. Trickle is estimated to have raced in more…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Gas rationing goes into effect
On this day in 1942 17 states in the eastern United States began gas rationing as the war effort went into full effect. By…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Bye, bye Chrysler, Love, Daimler
After just more than nine years of ownership German automaker Daimler sells off Chrysler to Cerberus Capital Management at a loss of $650 million…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy 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 drive-in goes as this.…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Bloody May at Indy
Bloody May at Indy began on this day in 1973 when American racecar driver Art Lee Pollard, Jr dies while running practice laps for…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy The CEO of Lambo
Stefano Domenicali, the current CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., was born on this day in 1965. Domenicali was born in Imola, home of Autodromo…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy The death of Carroll Shelby
The automotive world lost a great today in 2012 when Carroll Hall Shelby passed away at the age of 89 in Dallas, Texas, USA.…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy A star is born
Canadian stock car driver John Ryan “J.R.” Fitzpatrick was born on this day in 1988 in Cambridge, Ontario. Fitzpatrick’s career highlights include being the…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy The Ford Foundation: A Tax Act
Henry Ford II is commonly mistaken for Henry Ford’s child when in fact he is his grandson and the son of Edsel, Henry Ford’s…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy Mercedes Minivan? Nah.
On this day in 1998 Daimler-Benz purchases Chrysler Corporation for $36 billion. This deal is the largest acquisition of a US company by a…
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DRIVEImage unavailable in development copy 4 Speeds, 4 Wheels…in 1889
On this day in 1889 Gottlieb Daimler debuted the first car in Paris, France at the opening of the Paris World Exhibition. This event…