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