Bridgeport Speedway, 8/9/14


Modifieds, Crate Sportsman, TSRS Sprints and Outlaw Stocks from Bridgeport Speedway -- August 9, 2014.

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September 18

1915
Eddie Rickenbacker won the 100-mile AAA sanctioned Providence Race 3 on the 1-mile concrete oval Narragansett Park, Cranston, RI. Bob Burman was second followed by Willie Haupt, Ralph DePalma and Pete Henderson.
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1918
Johnny Mantz ... Born ... AAA / USAC and NASCAR driver from the 1940s and 50s. He made 17 starts in the AAA Championship Car series from 1948 to 1952, capturing a victory in his rookie season at the Milwaukee Mile as well as winning the Indianapolis Sweepstakes at Williams Grove Speedway. He was the first USAC Stock Car national champ in 1956. Mantz also made 12 NASCAR Grand National starts from 1950-1951 and 1955-1956. He won his third race, the first Southern 500 held at Darlington Raceway using truck tires which did not wear while his competitors had to stop and pit for new tires. It was his only NASCAR win.
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1937
Billy Foster... Born ... The first Canadian to ever race in the Indianapolis 500. He was the 1965 USAC Rookie of the Year, and died in a crash while practicing for the Motor Trend 500 NASCAR GN race at Riverside International Raceway on January 20, 1967.
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1976
A.J. Foyt won the 150 mile USAC Championship race on the 2 mile Michigan International Speedway. Gordon Johncock was second followed by Wally Dallenbach, Bobby Unser and Tom Sneva.

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