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Car, motorsports & related media anniversaries coming in '18
8 years ago
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20th) February 15, 1998: Dale Earnhardt Sr. wins the Daytona 500 for the first, and last, time.
20th) April 18, 1998: Act 1 of the Initial D anime airs in Japan.
20th) May 3, 1998: GT300 racer Tetsuya Ota survives being nearly burned to death at Fuji Speedway after a Pace Lap pile-up.
40th) May 21, 1978: Lotus 79, the first F1 car with ground effects, debuts at the Zolder Grand Prix.
40th) September 11 1978: Ronnie Peterson dies as a result of his injuries sustained during an incident at the start of the Italian GP, driving the aforementioned Lotus.
40th) October 8, 1978: Gilles Villeneuve celebrates his first Grand Prix victory in his hometown Canada.
30th) October 30, 1988: F1 driver Ayrton Senna clinches the World Championship for the first time after winning the Japanese Grand Prix.
25th) November 7, 1993: At the Australian GP, Senna scores what would become his final victory.
20th) November 24, 1998: WRC driver Carlos Sainz fails to score his third Driver's championship after his Corolla's engine breaks down just 300 metres before the finish line of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain. Tommi Mäkinen takes the spoils.
Imprecise dates:
50th) 1968: Introduction of the Corvette C3. The longest-running generation of Chevrolet's iconic sports car.
25th) April 1993: Toyota begins production of the fourth-generation Supra in Japan.
35th) May 1983: Launch of the Toyota Sprinter Trueno/Corolla Levin AE86 (and its fifth-gen Corolla bros, the E80 series) in Japan.
25th) August 1993: Limited public release of Daytona USA.
20th) 1998: The Porsche 996, first water-cooled generation of the 911, is introduced.
20th) April 18, 1998: Act 1 of the Initial D anime airs in Japan.
20th) May 3, 1998: GT300 racer Tetsuya Ota survives being nearly burned to death at Fuji Speedway after a Pace Lap pile-up.
40th) May 21, 1978: Lotus 79, the first F1 car with ground effects, debuts at the Zolder Grand Prix.
40th) September 11 1978: Ronnie Peterson dies as a result of his injuries sustained during an incident at the start of the Italian GP, driving the aforementioned Lotus.
40th) October 8, 1978: Gilles Villeneuve celebrates his first Grand Prix victory in his hometown Canada.
30th) October 30, 1988: F1 driver Ayrton Senna clinches the World Championship for the first time after winning the Japanese Grand Prix.
25th) November 7, 1993: At the Australian GP, Senna scores what would become his final victory.
20th) November 24, 1998: WRC driver Carlos Sainz fails to score his third Driver's championship after his Corolla's engine breaks down just 300 metres before the finish line of the Network Q Rally of Great Britain. Tommi Mäkinen takes the spoils.
Imprecise dates:
50th) 1968: Introduction of the Corvette C3. The longest-running generation of Chevrolet's iconic sports car.
25th) April 1993: Toyota begins production of the fourth-generation Supra in Japan.
35th) May 1983: Launch of the Toyota Sprinter Trueno/Corolla Levin AE86 (and its fifth-gen Corolla bros, the E80 series) in Japan.
25th) August 1993: Limited public release of Daytona USA.
20th) 1998: The Porsche 996, first water-cooled generation of the 911, is introduced.
