Frank Lockhart... Died ... AAA driver 1925 to 1927. Won the Indy 500 in 1926. He was killed in the crash of his Stutz Blackhawk during a land speed record attempt on the beach at Daytona, Florida.
Wally Zale... Died ... Wally Zale hailed from Chicago and was one of the pioneers of midget auto racing when it was introduced to the Midwest in 1934. His 67 wins with various organizations in 1940 is believed to have been the greatest number ever by a midget driver in a single season and broke his old record of 65 feature wins set in 1936.
Ted Horn drove his T.H.E. Special to victory in the 100 mile AAA Championship race on the 1 & 1/16 mile Arlington Downs dirt track in Dallas, Texas. Jack McGrath made his champ car debut.
Spider Webb won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.
Fred Lorenzen led the final 332 laps to win the NASCAR Grand National 'Virginia 500' at Martinsville Speedway. It was Lorenzen's 4th straight win at Martinsville. A late charge by Marvin Panch fell 2 car lengths short. The story of the race was the incredible charge by Junior Johnson. Johnson was leading when he blew a tire and lost a lap & a half in the pits. Johnson put on a stunning charge to regain the lead in just 32 laps. On lap 178, Johnson held a 17 second lead when the left front wheel collapsed. After again losing time in the pits, Johnson began another charge, working his way to 3rd before another blown tire sent his Ford into the wall on lap 258.
Jim McElreath won the rain shortened USAC Championship race on the 1 mile paved Trenton Speedway in Trenton, NJ. The race was halted after 87 of the 100 laps.
Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget feature at the Orange Show Speedway, San Bernadino,CA
Larry Dickson drove to victory in the USAC Sprint Car feature over Lee Kunzman, Karl Busson, Merle Bettenhausen and Bruce Walkup, on the 1/2 dirt oval at the Reading Fairgrounds in Reading, Pennsylvania.
Mike Mosley drove the A.J. Watson Eagle to his first career USAC Indy Car win, taking the 200 mile race on the 1.5 mile paved "peanut" shaped Trenton Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Bobby Unser won the pole at a record 155.579 mph and led lap 1 before brother Al took over. Bobby immediately began falling back with handling problems and Al's hopes for his 4th straight Indy Car soon ended with a burned piston on lap 5. Al's retirement put the McNamara-Ford of Mario Andretti into first. Andretti led until the turbocharger failed on lap 34, moving Mosley out front. Mosley pulled away handily, lapping the field. Lloyd Ruby, running a lap down in 2nd, crashed after clipping rookie Don Brown while trying to lap him in the dogleg on lap 108. Anticipating the restart, Mosley hit the wall, spun and was hit by new 2nd place man Steve Krisiloff. Mosley nearly stalled, but recovered and drove into the pits for a quick check while Krisiloff was eliminated. With Krisiloff out, B. Unser was back to 2nd. Mosley struggled for almost a lap to find high gear following the stop, but finally got back up to speed. B. Unser's motor finally gave up with 3 laps to go and Mosley cruised across the line 3 laps ahead of runner-up Wally Dallenbach's Kuzma-Ford. Stock Car star LeeRoy Yarbrough, replacing the injured Swede Savage in Dan Gurney's All-American Racers Eagle, finished 3rd and B. Unser still completed enough laps to wind up 4th.
Lee Kunzman won the USAC Midget feature at the Queen City Speedway, Cincinnati,OH
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR GN 'Virginia 500' on the .525 mile paved Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. Waltrip's DiGard Chevrolet finished a lap ahead of Cale Yarborough in the Junior Johnson Chevrolet.
Dave Peperak drove to victory in the Don Branson/Jud Larson Memorial USAC Sprint Car feature, over Larry Gates, Tom Bigelow, Jack Hewitt and Sheldon Kinser at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg,OH
Barry Camp won the Super Sprint Car feature over Allen Klinger, Gary Krout, Jan Opperman and Maynard Yingst, at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Sammy Swindell, in the # 1n Nance house car, won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car feature over Doug Wolfgang, Lee Osborne, Fred Linder and Bobby Marshall, at the Paragon Speedway, Paragon,IN
Fred Harbach, the "Flying Dutchman", won the NASCAR Winston Racing Series Modified feature at the Islip Speedway, Islip, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Mike Petruska won the Eastern States 75 lap Sportsman Championship Stock Car race at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Richie Evans won the 150 lap NASCAR National Championship Modified Stock Car race at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Andy Hillenburg won the Sprint Car race at the Bloomington Speedway in Bloomington, IN. Jeff Gordon set fast time, won the dash and flipped in the feature.( Click here for the race report. )
Brett Hearn won the Schaefer Light Eastern States 200 Modified Stock Car race at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Doug Hoffman won the Miller American Tri-Track 100 Modified Stock Car race at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dan Dietrich won the Super Sprint Car feature over Joey Allen, Steve Smith, Steve Siegel and Frankie Kerr, at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bobby Allen won the All Star Super Sprint Car feature over Doug Wolfgang, Fred Rahmer, Paul Lotier and Joe Gaerte, at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Sleepy Tripp drove to victory over P.J. Jones in the USAC Midget feature and Larry Derwin won the USAC TQ Midget feature at the Ventura Raceway, Ventura,CA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Mark Fluery won the Modified Stock Car feature over John Hewitt, John Flach, Ken Tremont and Eddie Marshall, at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY.
Jimmy Sills drove to victory over Robby Flock, Robbie Stanley, Joe Gaerte and Sleepy Tripp in the USAC Midget feature and Marc Hart won the USAC TQ Midget feature at the Ventura Raceway, Ventura,CA
Tanner Thorson won the USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race at the Path Valley Speedway Park ,Spring Run, PA, Justin Grant was second followed by Kevin Thomas Jr. Alex Bright and Brandon Mattox. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
David Gravel returned to victory lane on Sunday afternoon and completed a weekend sweep of the Bristol Throwdown, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at the Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN. Donny Schatz was second followed by Aaron Reutzel, Giovanni Scelzi and Paul McMahan. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
Colton Herta won the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg NTT INDYCAR SERIES race. Josef Newgarden was second followed by Simon Pagenaud, Jack Harvey and Scott Dixon.
Brad Keselowski won the GEICO 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL. William Byron finished second followed by Michael McDowell, Kevin Harvick and Matt DiBenedetto.
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