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On This Day in Automotive History: August 29
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On This Day in Automotive History
August 29
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Birthdays: Ferdinando Barbieri (1907), John Fite (1917),
Wendell Scott (1921), Cotton Priddy (1928), Charlie Cregar (1930), Alan Stacey (1933), Bobby Keck (1934), Bill Bowman (1935), Paul Keller (1938), Roy Pike (1938), Butch Hirst (1940), Jean Ragnotti (1945), Tony Dron (1946),
James Hunt (1947), Drew Price (1955), Terry Ford (1956), Pierangelo Masselli (1958), Brad Noffsinger (1960), Donny Morelock (1962), Naima Lang (1969), Peter Boss (1975), Garrett Fait (1975), Daryn Pittman (1978), Timothy Peters (1980), Steve Dickey (1981), Jake Ryan (1982), Daniel Webster (1986), Phil Dugan (1987), Diego Duez (1988), Joe Ryan Osborne (1995)
1939: Construction of the 105-mile Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park is completed. Bids on the first Skyline Drive contract (19.97 miles from Thornton's Gap to Big Meadows, Virginia) had been opened on June 25, 1931. Albert Brothers Contractors, Inc., of Salem, VA, was awarded the contract on June 26. Work on the first section began on July 22 and was completed on schedule on September 8, 1932. By the time of its 50th anniversary in 1989, Skyline Drive had attracted more than 90 million visitors. As part of Shenandoah National Park, the drive serves a dual purpose. During the 50th anniversary, Chuck Anibel of the NPS explained, "It is a recreational experience in and of itself for the views and overlooks, as well as serving as an access road to the rest of the recreational facilities in the national park."
2008: Fleet sales of the
GAZ Volga Siber begin.
2014: Saab AB cancels the agreement with NEVS for use of the
Saab name.
2015:
Carl Reese completed his world record fastest solo motorcycle run from Los Angeles to New York City. He departed from Winnetka, California on 28 August 2015 at 3:15 am and arrived in New York City on August 29th at 9:04 pm. Reese insisted on notaries at both the start and finish lines who verified his identification, engine number, odometer reading, and VIN. The motorcycle used was also tracked by third-party GPS tracking. This record was held until 2019.
2016:
Betty Jane France died.
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