- This is an international event tribute to the car designer and racing driver race Louis Chevrolet and founder of the Chevrolet Motor Company of Michigan in 1911!www.surface.ch/louis-chevrolet/default-e.htm
- 1878-1941) When 21-year-old Louis Chevrolet left his home in La Chauxde-Fonds, Switzerland in 1900 to move to North America, he set in motion a chain of events that would leave indelible marks on American automotive and motorsports history. His passion for performance first took him to the race track in 1905, the same year he got married, and he beat the great Barney Oldfield in a May 20th race ...www.motorsportshalloffame.com/halloffame/1992/Louis_Chevrolet_main.htm