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July 11

1925
Peter DePaolo drove his Duesenberg to victory in the AAA 250 Mile Laurel Race on the 1.125-mile board oval Baltimore-Washington Speedway in Laurel, MD. It was the first race held at the Speedway.
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1965
Johnny Rutherford, in the Wally Meskowski #9, won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN. Gordon Johncock was second followed by Bobby Unser, Jud Larson and Roger McCluskey.
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1972
Hershel McGriff won the 100 lap NASCAR Grand National West race on the 3/8 mile dirt Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, CA. Trailing McGriff's Plymouth at the finish was Dick Bown, also in a Plymouth.
Bobby Isaac, 1970 NASCAR Grand National champ, drove his Dodge to victory in a 90.5 mile NASCAR Grand National East race on the 1/3 mile paved Albany-Saratoga Speedway in Malta, NY. Neil "Soapy" Castles finished 2nd, also in a Dodge. The NASCAR Grand National East division was created for short tracks dropped from the GN schedule after the 1971 "shakeout". It lasted for two seasons.
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1976
Bruce Jones won the ARDC Midget race over Johnny Coy, Jim Kirk, Lew Blair and George Ferguson Jr at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA.
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1981
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Busch Nashville 420 over Bobby Allison at the Nashville International Raceway, Nashville, TN.

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