Fireball Roberts passed Ford factory teammate Marvin Panch on lap 86 and drove to victory in the 150 mile NASCAR Grand National race on the 1 mile dirt Langhorne Speedway. Paul Goldsmith drove Smokey Yunick's Ford to second. Panch blew a tire and crashed on lap 113.
Bobby Allison won the Textile 200 National Championship Late Model Sportsman race at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC. (Click here for the race report.)
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1974
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Terre Haute Action Track in Terre Haute, IN.
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1985
Bill Elliott drove his Ford Thunderbird to victory in the 500 mile NASCAR GN race at Darlington Raceway. Elliott led the final 36 laps and took the checkered 1.8 seconds ahead of Darrell Waltrip, who edged Tim Richmond in a great duel for second.
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1989
Johnny Leach won the Small Block Modified Stock Car race at the East Windsor Speedway, Hightstown, NJ.
(Click here for the race report.)
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1991
Rusty Wallace won the Valleydale 500 over Ernie Irvan at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN.