This Day in Auto Histroy: 15 FEBRUARY

This Day in Auto History: 2.15.1900 Charles Allen Thomas, a General Motors research chemist who was involved in the development of Ethyl gasoline, is born in Scott County, KY 2.15.1920 David Allan Wickins of Lotus is born 2.15.1932 William Doyle of Texaco, Inc. is born in Seattle, WA 2.15.1937 Vincenzo Lancia dies in Turin, Italy at age 55 2.15.1948 The first NASCAR-sanctioned race, staged on the sands at Daytona Beach, FL, is won by Red Byron of Atlanta, GA driving a Ford

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