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1947
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Harrington Speedway , Harrington, DE.
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1950
Emory Collins won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Lethbridge Exhibition Grounds, Lethbridge, AB.
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1951
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Ord Fairgrounds, Ord, NE.
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1952
Joe James won the AAA Sprint Car race over Mike Nazaruk at the Boonville Fairgrounds, Boonville, IN.
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1953
Bob Sweikert won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Vermilion County Speedway, Danville, IL.
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1956
Jack Turner won the USAC Midget race at the Sportsman's Park, Bedford,OH.
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1957
Rex Easton won the USAC Midget race at the Zilwaukee Speedway, Saginaw,MI.
Jerry Blundy won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
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1958
Eddie Johnson won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ken Rubright won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
Dutch Schaefer won the ARDC Midget race at the Danbury Fairgrounds, Danbury,CT. ( Click here for the race report. )
Otto Harwi won the Modified Stock Car race at the Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown,NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Frankie Schneider won the Modified Stock Car race at the Hatfield Hi Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
Steve McGrath won the Midget race over Don Morris, Johnny Coy and Jack Duffy at the Islip Speedway, Islip Long Island, NY.
Bobby Malzahn won the 100-lap Summer Classic Modified Stock Car race at the Wall Stadium, Belmar,NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jimmy Metzler won the Modified Stock Car race at the Flemington Speedway, Flemington,NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1959
David Moses won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the Bakersfield Speedway (1/4d), Bakersfield,CA.
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1963
Bobby Marshman won the USAC Midget race at the 25th Street Fairgrounds, Columbus,IN.
Johnny Mann won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport, NY.
Johnny White won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
Greg Weld won the Paragon 150 Sprint Car race at the Paragon Speedway , Paragon, IN.
Jerry Weld won the Sprint Car race over RayLee Goodwin, Ken Harper and Junior Hower at the Riverside Stadium, Kansas City,MO.
Bobby Hersh won the Super Modified race over Dick Tobias, Leroy Felty, Neil Haight and Bobby Gerhart at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Richie Massing and TommyElliott won the two 25 lap Modified Stock Car races at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1964
Gus Linder won the Sprint Car race over Bobbie Adamson and Andy Phillips at the Blanket Hill Speedway, Kittanning,PA.
Rollie Beale won the Sprint Car race over Bob Morgan, Chick Hale and Jerry Poland at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH.
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Flat Rock Speedway, Flat Rock,MI.
Greg Weld won the Sprint Car race over his brother Jerry Weld, Junior Hower and Dale Moore at the Olympic Stadium, Kansas City,MO.
Parnelli Jones, driving A.J. Foyt's # 2 TRACO Chevy Special, won the USAC Sprint Car race over Don Branson, Bud Tingelstad, Jud Larson and Mario Andretti at the Salem Speedway, Salem,IN.
Red Amick won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN. Sammy Sessions was second followed by Jim McCune, Dick Good and Ray Duckworth.
Elton Hildreth won the Modified Stock Car race at the Old Bridge Speedway, Old Bridge, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Will Cagle won the Modified Stock Car race at the Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Warren Mutter won the Sportsman Stock Car race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1968
Sammy Sessions won the USAC Midget race over Mel Kenyon, Dave Strickland, Mike McGreevy and Bob McLean at the Berlin Raceway, Grand Rapids,MI.
Ron Perkins won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
Johnny Zeke won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
Gus Linder won the Super Sprint Car race over Ray Tilley, Smokey Snellbaker, Rick Schmelyun and Bobby Allen at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1969
Dick Tobias won the URC Sprint Car race over Tom Price, Bryant Ingalls, Dick Mealy and Gino Swarthout at the Delaware State Fairgrounds, Harrington,DE.
Roger Bailey won the ARDC Midget race at the Hershey Stadium, Hershey,PA.
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race over Sonny Ates, Dave Strickland, Henry Pens and Bob Wente at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis,IN.
Lou Blaney won the Sprint Car race over Ted Wise, Frank Gorichky, Muss Weyant and Chuck Engstrom at the Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown,PA.
Darl Harrison won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL. Benny Rapp finished second followed by Jerry Blundy, Jay Woodside and Buzz Rose.
Ray Tilley won the Super Sprint Car race over Lee Osborne, Mitch Smith, Gene Kohr and Tom Spriggle at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA.
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1970
Lynn Paxton won the Super Sprint Car race over Hal Browning, Irvin King, Mitch Smith and Elmer Ruby at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD.
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Jim Kirk was second followed by Dutch Schaefer, Lou Timilot and Earl Halaquist.
Tommy Dickson won the Super Sprint Car race at the Hilltop Speedway,Marietta, OH.
Bubby Jones won the Sprint Car race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL.
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1972
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Midget race over Larry Rice, Pancho Carter, Tom Bigelow and Steve Cannon at the Independence Motor Speedway, Independence,IA.
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1974
Ted Wise won the Sprint Car race over Buddy Cochran at the Lernerville Speedway, Sarver,PA.
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1975
Roger Rager and Don Maxwell won the Sprint Car feature races at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA.
Eddie Leavitt and Jan Opperman won the Sprint Car features of the Jerry Weld Memorial races at the Lakeside Speedway , Kansas City,KS.
Sleepy Tripp won the USAC Midget race over Mel Kenyon, Larry Rice, Bob Wente and Chuck Gurney at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL.
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1977
Sammy Swindell won the Sprint Car race at the Colorado National Speedway, Denver,CO.
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race over Johnny Parsons, Larry Patton, Ron Shuman and Sleepy Tripp at the Hawkeye Downs Speedway, Cedar Rapids,IA.
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1981
Ron Bouchard won the NASCAR Winston Cup Talladega 500 over Darrell Waltrip at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.
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1997
Ricky Rudd won the NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400 over Bobby Labonte at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN.
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