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Louis-Joseph Chevrolet was born on December 25, 1878, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a center of watchmaking in northwestern Switzerland. [1] He was the second child of Joseph-Félicien Chevrolet, a watchmaker, and Marie-Anne Angéline Mahon. [2]
Bowyer's two wins positioned him sixth at the start of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. In the Chase, he won at Charlotte after Brad Keselowski made a late-race pit stop. Coming to the white flag at the AdvoCare 500 (Phoenix) on November 11, 2012, Bowyer's rivalry with Jeff Gordon came to a head. Earlier in the race, Bowyer accidentally put Gordon ...
On November 8, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Company was incorporated. [6] It was founded by Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet with his brother Arthur Chevrolet, William C. Durant and investment partners William Little (maker of the Little automobile), former Buick owner James H. Whiting, [7] Edwin R. Campbell (son-in-law of Durant) and in 1912 R. S. McLaughlin CEO ...
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He won a 100-mile (160 km) match race against top racers Tommy Milton (driving a Chevrolet race car) [1] and Ralph Mulford. With the coming of winter in late 1920, racing moved to the West Coast . While competing in the last race of the season on the board track at the Beverly Hills Speedway , Chevrolet was killed when his Frontenac crashed on ...
DeLorean was born in Detroit, Michigan, the eldest of four sons of Zachary and Kathryn (née Pribák) DeLorean. [4] His father, a mill worker, was Romanian, born Zaharia Delorean [5] (Romanian pronunciation: [deloˈre̯an]) in Sugág village, Alsó-Fehér County, Austria-Hungary (currently Șugag, Alba County, Romania) and emigrated to the United States when he was 20. [6]
The man behind Chevrolet's iconic machine, the Corvette, is retiring. General Motors said Wednesday that Tadge Juechter, the Corvette executive chief engineer, will retire later this summer after ...
The Harley J. Earl Trophy is named after General Motors car designer Harley Earl.Earl, the second commissioner of NASCAR, was the designer of the Chevrolet Corvette; [1] his Firebird I concept car provides the basis of the automobile that sits atop the trophy; [2] the car is often misidentified as Sir Malcolm Campbell's "Blue Bird" land speed record car. [3]