150 years since the first ever motor race

The winning vehicular contrivance as built as a rail motor

I blogged about it before as When was the first motor race held? and am doing this little update because it is still not widely known that the first ever motor race took place on 26th August 1867.

This means that this Saturday will be the 150th anniversary.

I think one of the reasons it is not well-known is that it was an outlaw race and the motors in question were steam motors. Each steam engine should've had a man in front with a red flag but they were hurtling along at speeds in excess of 15 mph.

The only reason we know about it is snippet in the Engineer magazine. Check ouy original blog post for more info.

I just think this should be celebrated more widely. Partayyy!