This Day in Auto History: 02 MARCH

This Day in Auto History: 3.2.1897 Renowned sculptor Avard Tennyson Fairbanks, a favorite of Chrysler Corporation engineer Fred M. Zeder and the creator of the Clifton Award given at the 1946 Automotive Golden Jubilee banquet, is born in Provo, UT 3.2.1927 Col. Charles Clifton of Pierce-Arrow retires as president of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce 3.2.1945 Racer Raymond Mays contacts key British motor industry figures with plans that would lead to the 1947 formation of British Racing Motors, Ltd., builders of BRM racing cars 3.2.1967 Hans Ledwinka of Tatra dies in Munich, Germany at age 89 3.2.1988 J. Michael Losh, General Manager of Pontiac, announces that the Fiero will be discontinued at the end of the current model year

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