Wednesday, May 28, 2008

This Day in Auto History:

Automobile Quarterly
Automobile Quarterly

5.28.1900
Frederick A. LaRoche registers “Multimobile” as a trademark – he was the head of the American Darracq Automobile Company of New York City, importers of this French marque
5.28.1917
NASCAR mechanic Ray Fox is born in Pelham, NH
5.28.1926
Racer Marvin Panch is born in Menominee, WI
5.28.1932
Heinrich-Joachim von Morgen, winner of the 1930 Masaryk Grand Prix, is killed in a crash during a practice run at the Nurburgring in Germany
5.28.1940
The 250,117th 1940 Buick is produced, breaking the company’s model year record set in 1928

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick

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