This Day in Auto History: 15 SEPTEMBER

9.15.1908 - The Republic Rubber Company of Youngstown, OH is issued a United States patent for its tire tread pattern marketed as “Staggard”

9.15.1918 - Automobile historian Alfred DuPont Chandler Jr. is born in Guyencourt, DE

9.15.1930 - The new administration building of the Auburn Automobile Company opens in Auburn, IN - the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum now occupies the restored building

9.15.1939 - The 1940 Nashes are introduced

9.15.1951 - The Aston Martin DB3/1 makes its racing with debut at the RAC Tourist Trophy race at Dunrod, Ireland, but the car driven by Lance Macklin had to retire due to bearing failure

Source: Automobile History Day By Day, by Douglas A. Wick