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On This Day in Automotive History: June 13

On This Day in Automotive History
June 13

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Birthdays: Elmer Dempsey (1897), Tom Suligoy (1918), Dick Meyer (1926), Kenneth E. Behring (1928), Red Knuter (1928), Harry Blanchard (1929), Rob Slotemaker (1929), Gunter Klass (1936), E.J. Trivette (1936), Billy McGinnis (1940), William Kopka (1942), John Rezek (1943), Harry Melling (1944), Tom Shelton (1944), Dickie Taylor (1945), Bernard-Etienne Grobot (1949), Thierry Sabine (1949), Ritchie Holt (1952), Tim McKenzie (1956), Davey Hamilton (1962), Kevin Richards (1962), Dirk Stephens (1963), Jack Landis (1964), Charles Rickett (1965), Naoki Hattori (1966), Ken Heagy (1967), Andreas Fuchs (1968), John Bender (1969), Mark Mackesy (1970), Darrin Stevens (1972), Tanner Foust (1973), Carey Heath (1975), R.D. Smith (1979), Ashley Huffman (1980), Massimiliano Lanza (1980), Markus Winkelhock (1980), Filipe Albuquerque (1985), Dan Phillippi (1986), Bryan Silas (1987), James Calado (1989), Stuart Leonard (1991), Tyler Laing (1993), Florian Renauer (1993), Philip Hamprecht (1997), Parker Stephens (1997)

1962: Bids are opened in Helena, Montana, for a contract to construct a 32.5-mile section of the Lewis and Clark Highway from a junction with U.S. 93 near Missoula to the Idaho line at Lolo Pass. The road joins with a 38.7-mile section scheduled to be opened on August 19 (Governors Tim Babcock of Montana and Robert E. Smylie of Idaho will saw a log blocking the road in a ceremony at Packers Meadow). According to Bureau of Public Roads' Ed Cowan, work on the 32.5-mile section includes grading along the existing road, base surfacing, and raising three bridges within 200 days after the contract is awarded. "Particular attention is to be given to the contractors' operations in both States to permit public travel through the construction and assure that inconvenience will be held to a minimum."

1975: On behalf of Administrator Norbert Tiemann, Kentucky Division Engineer Robert Johnson presents the first FHWA Public Service Award to John H. Miller, Director of the Metro Louisville Carpool project.

2012: Chinese consortium NEVS announces purchase of Saab assets.

In the News...

Date	Article	Author/Source
13 June 2007	NASCAR's Earnhardt Jr Signs 5-year Contract with Hendrick Motorsports	Wikinews