This Day in Auto History: 05 September

9.5.1914 - Ira Vail makes his major racing debut driving an Otto at Brighton Beach, NY

9.5.1938 - Fay Leone Faurote, an official with Oldsmobile and Thomas before starting his own automobile advertising business in 1921, dies at age 57

9.5.1956 - Jean Herbert driving the Renault Etoile Filante (Shooting Star) at the Bonneville Salt Flats, UT sets a land speed record for turbine-powered cars of 195 mph

9.5.1973 - The 1974 AMC models are introduced