June 19th 1949
NASCAR staged its first Grand National event at the Charlotte Fairgrounds, the event marked the birth of NASCAR racing as we know it today.
June 19, 1940
Shirley Muldowney, the "First Lady of Drag Racing" was born in Schenectady, New York. She was the first woman to receive a licence to drive a top fuel dragster by the NHRA. She won the NHRA Top Fuel championship in 1977, 1980 and 1982.
June 19th 1965
Luc Donckerwolke, famous Belgian car designer was born in Lima, Peru. He started his design career in 1990 with Peugeot. He also worked for Skoda (1994-98 where he helped design Octavia and Fabia. After that he shifted to Audi where he helped design Audi A4 and R8. He was head of design at Lamborghini from 1998, where he was responsible for the 2001 Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0, 2002 Lamborghini Murciélago and 2003 Lamborghini Gallardo, winning the 'Red Dot Award' in 2003 in recognition for his work on them. He also worked with Walter de'Silva to produce the 2006 Lamborghini Miura concept. In September 2005, Donckerwolke was appointed SEAT Design Director overseeing the design of future SEAT models.
Luc Donckerwolke
Shirley Muldowney
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