| 18-06-1933 | 
MMK 1933 Alfa Romeo Le Mans Winner The 1933 Le Mans 24hours remains one of the narrowest racing finishes at the race – excluding the formation finishes of later years. Going onto the last lap, the two Alfa Romeos were very close, and the lead changed three times: greater speed allowed Nuvolari to overtake on the Hunaudières straight, but better brakes allowed Chinetti to re-pass at the Mulsanne corner. Nuvolari took the victory. |
| 18-06-1936 |  Denny Hulme Denny Hulme, New Zealand race car driver, and F1 World Drivers' Champion, was born in Motueka, New Zealand |
| 18-06-1961 |  |
| 18-06-1966 |   
George Turner Models Mini Marcos - Le Mans 1966 This is a George Turner kit of 1966 Le Mans Mini Marcos - a private entry by French rally driver and Mini dealer Jean-Louis Marnat, co-driven by Le Mans legend Claude Ballot-Léna in only his second start at La Sarthe. The Mini Marcos was the only British car to finish the race in 1966, albeit nearly a hundred laps behind the winning GT40. Forget Ford vs Ferrari, Jem Marsh and Frank Costin's little Mini-derived Marcos coupé is the star of this particular story. |
| 18-06-1967 |  |
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| 19-06-1966 |  Le Mans Sometimes there are deeply held personal grudges to settle at the highest level of motorsports. This is the story of one such occasion, when a grudge match entwined with a fight between two famous companies and two nations to light up the 1960s. We have the full story of the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours, and we also have a large Ninco track plan of La Sarthe. |
| 19-06-1983 |  
Slot.it Porsche 956C LH - Le Mans Winner 1983 1983 was the height of Porsche's powers at La Sarthe, Porsches dominated the entry list for Group C and would dominate the race. Three Rothmans-sponsored works 956s were entered and they were the fastest of the bunch. However, the lead works car of Mass, Bellof and Barth was already ailing when its engine blew in the 22nd hour. That left the sister cars of Holbert-Haywood-Schuppan and Ickx-Bell out front. Both cars had been in the wars but Holbert managed to drag the #3 Porsche limping over the line to win. |
| 19-06-2005 | 
Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher won the controversial 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis, where only 6 of 20 cars started the race, prompting ridicule of F1 safety and tyre rules. |
| 20-06-1954 |   Imola Having been opened three months earlier with a motorcycle race, Imola held it's first race for cars on this day in 1954. |
| 20-06-1971 |  
Policar Ferrari 312B2 no.2 - Zandvoort 1971 - Jacky Ickx Due to heavy rain, the Zandvoort track was treacherously wet and slippery at the 1971 Dutch Grand Prix. But Jacky Ickx managed to master the conditions to take pole postion, fastest race lap, and most importantly the race win. |
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