Fred Luther and one of the world's first (if not the first) automobile powered motorcycles
21-Jun-23 historicracing.com
Fred Luther was a pioneering motorcycle rider who had been competing since 1915. By 1934 his life must have become somewhat mundane as he came up with the idea of building a motorcycle to break the Land Speed Record.
...continue readingGrover Bergdoll
08-Jul-23 historicracing.com
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll was a wealthy early aviator, racing driver and notorious World War I draft dodger who fled to Germany to avoid service.
...continue readingThe Donington Grand Prix in 1937
21-Apr-23 historicracing.com
The Donington Grand Prix in 1937. The first chance the British public had to see the Mercedes and Auto Union cars racing and, what a spectacle it proved to be! Though the reputation of the machines preceded them, no-one was prepared for that first lap.
...continue readingValdir Fauirin twin engined special
19-Apr-23 historicracing.com
Now then! The history of motoring has seen any number of twin-engined adventures, usually to nobody’s worthwhile benefit. But this wonderful little, Brazilian, home-build race car from 1971, was a bit special. Even for that sphere of novelty.
...continue readingBehold the GAZ-TP
17-Apr-23 historicracing.com
Built in 1954, under official approval from the Supreme Presidium of the Soviet Socialist Republic, it’s claimed to have been the world’s first car ever jet-driven land vehicle, loaded, as it was, with the motivational extracts of a MIG-17.
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