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On This Day in Automotive History: August 25

On This Day in Automotive History
August 25

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Birthdays: Jerry Wonderlich (1889), Sara Christian (1918), Claude Holiday (1922), Don Stives (1934), Dub Simpson (1936), Eddie Westwood (1937), Gary Cooke (1941), Spartaco Dini (1943), Michel Jourdain (1947), Bob McElwee (1947), Jean-Luc Chereau (1948), Randy Hutchison (1948), Alex Postan (1948), Armando Gonzalez (1949), Regan Baker (1966), Glen Luce (1967), Rodney Combs Jr. (1968), Greg Voigt (1968), Shane Hall (1969), Mac McGehee (1969), Mark Cash (1970), Jimmy McCune (1975), Casey Atwood (1980), T.J. Bell (1980), Jason Boyd (1981), Daniel Bois (1982), Alan Purkhiser (1982), Geoff Dodge (1983), Matt Howson (1983), James Rossiter (1983), James Walker (1983), Kelly Bires (1984), Zahir Ali (1987), Ollie Hancock (1987), Cody Smiley (1987), Tony Cosentino (1988), Brent Raulston (1989), Scott Andrews (1990), Peter Li Zhi Cong (1993), Brad Stiffler (1994), Cameron Bowen (1997), Taylor Martin (1997)

1916: Office of Public Roads Bulletin 373 on “Brick Roads” by Vernon M. Pierce (Chief of Construction) and Charles H. Moorefield (Senior Highway Engineer) states that the advantages of brick roads are: “(1) They are durable under practically all traffic conditions; (2) they afford easy traction and moderately good foothold for horses; and (3) they are easily maintained and kept clean.” The bulletin concludes, “Since brick pavements are probably more expensive to construct than any other type of pavement at present used for country roads, it is all the more important that their construction should be carefully planned and well executed.”

1975: The song “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen was released.

1992: With the south Florida coast beginning to recover from yesterday's devastating Hurricane Andrew, FHWA is on the scene assisting in damage assessment. In response to a request from Secretary of Transportation Andrew Card, Jr., for 100 USDOT volunteers to aid disaster relief workers, over 130 FHWA employees volunteer. (In North Carolina, Anna Beth Evans of FHWA's Raleigh Office of Motor Carriers, works with her State counterpart in a community effort to raise donated and purchased goods. Goods totalling 32,000 pounds, valued at $30,000, were transported to the disaster area in donated equipment.)

2008: Jimmy Sondy released his album Slow Me Down, which included the song “Big Red Chevrolet.”

2009: Mark Stepakoff released his album Some Assembly Required, which included the song “Chevy Biscayne.”