This Day in Auto History: 12.12.1906 The first Brooklands Automobile Racing Club meeting is held with Lord Lonsdale as President 12.12.1916 The Studebaker Corporation breaks ground for its new factory in South Bend, IN 12.12.1946 Racer Emerson Fittipaldi is born in Sao Paulo, Brazil 12.12.1951 Russell A. Firestone, a Director of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and second son of Harvey S. Firestone, dies in New York City at age 50 12.12.1959 F. P. Zimmerli of the Associated Spring Corporation dies at age 65

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