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On This Day in Automotive History: October 4

On This Day in Automotive History
October 4

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Birthdays: Elmer Jerauld (1879), Gaston Chevrolet (1892), Eitel Cantoni (1906), Mel McGaughy (1916), Dick Blackwell (1918), Danny Curley (1918), Sammy Packard (1919), Joe Carver (1923), Leon Sales (1923), Roberto Bussinello (1927), Fats Caruso (1928), Bob Scott (1928), Kenneth Bridge (1929), Steve Pfeifer (1938), Harry Belletto (1942), Larry Manning (1942), Burgess White (1943), James King (1944), Bob Morris (1948), John Vallo (1950), Steve Marshall (1954), David Owens (1954), Tommy Evans (1957), Billy Meazell (1963), Rich Burgess (1964), Charlie Stokes (1964), Jason Pridmore (1969), Darren Palmer (1974), Jason Garver (1976), Sarah Fisher (1980), Tricia Mears (1981), Michael Bennett (1983), Dan Clarke (1983), Andrew Gresel (1984), Alvaro Parente (1984), Bryan Warf (1985), Jerry Sharp (1986), Juan Pablo Garcia (1987), Allan Van Rankin (1987), Elliot Van Rankin (1987), Danny Efland (1988), Dominik Baumann (1992), Kevin Donahue (1994), Ty Gibbs (2002)

1910: Director Logan Page addresses the Southern Appalachian Good Roads Association on "To What Extent Do Automobiles Destroy Our Roads." He comments, "The application of mechanical arts to our daily convenience and comfort necessarily introduces new problems which require long and patient experimenting for their solution, but when solved, are apt to produce a betterment of conditions that might otherwise not have been reached." The problem, he adds, does not involve paved roads in cities. "But, in the open country, where we have the grinding action of the iron tire and heavy load followed by the high-speed automobile throwing up and distributing the product of wear, we are confronted with the necessity of providing new and more durable forms of road."

1957: Bureau of Public Roads awards a $500,000 contract for construction of the Wind River Bridge, a Forest Highway project to provide a high-level span across Wind River Canyon near Carson, Washington. The new bridge will replace a low-level crossing, built in 1924, that has been load-restricted to 10 tons in recent years.

1957: The film The Devil's Hairpin was released.

1962: Buick introduced the Riviera.

1992: Denny Hulme died.

2002: Colin McRae Rally 2.0 was released for Game Boy Advance in Europe.