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1939
Babe Stapp won the 100 Mile AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. George Borringer was second followed by Louis Durant, Russ Snowberger and George Robson.

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1947
Joie Chitwood , driving the Nyquist #8, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA.

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1949
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds,St. Paul, MN.

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1950
Walt Faulkner won the AAA sanctioned Milwaukee 200 race at The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin. Henry Banks was second followed by Andy Linden, Duke Dinsmore and Paul Russo.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds,St. Paul, MN.

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1951
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds,St. Paul, MN.
Neal Carter won the AAA Midget race at the Motor City Speedway, Detroit,MI.

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1953
Bob Scott won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Sioux Empire Fairgrounds, Sioux Falls, SD.
Dick Ferguson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Eldon Raceway, Eldon, IA.

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1954
Jimmy Knight won the AAA Midget race at the Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo,IN.

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1955
George Fonder won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.
Bobby Grim won the 100 lap IMCA Sprint Car race at the Missouri State Fairgrounds (1.0d) ,Sedalia, MO.

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1957
Rex Easton won the USAC Midget race at the Sportsdrome Speedway, Jeffersonville,IN.
Buzz Barton won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.

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1958
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Belleville High Banks, Belleville,KS.

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1959
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Eldon Raceway, Eldon,IA.

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1960
Allen Heath won the CRA Sprint Car race over Don Davis at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Ray Brown won the ARDC Midget race at the Danbury Fairgrounds, Danbury,CT.
Tony Bettenhausen won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the Milwaukee Mile (1.0p) , West Allis, WI.

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1961
Billy Cantrell won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Clovis Fairgrounds, Clovis,CA.
Don Branson won the USAC Midget race at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN.
Jim Hurtubise won both of the Twin 50's USAC Sprint Car races at the Langhorne Speedway (1.0d) , Langhorne, PA.

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1964
Rene Charland won the 100 lap NASCAR Modified race at the Fort Dix Speedway, New Egypt,NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1965
Bob Tattersal won the 40-lap USAC Midget race at the Baer Field in Ft Wayne, IN.

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1966
Mario Andretti won the USAC sanctioned Tony Bettenhausen 200 race at The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin. Gordon Johncock was second followed by Joe Leonard, Jim McElreath and Bill Foster.

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1983
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Busch 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN.

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1988
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Busch 500 over Bill Elliott at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN.

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1994
Rusty Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Goody's 500 over Mark Martin at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN.

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2005
Matt Kenseth won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Sharpie 500 over Jeff Burton at the Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN.

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2007
Ebb Rose... Died ... USAC racer from the 1960's

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2020
Danny Dietrich won the Ollie’s All Star Circuit of Champions 410 Sprint Car race and Craig VonDohren won the NASCAR 358 Modified race Thunder on the Hill at the Grandview Speedway Bechtelsvilla, Pa. ( Click here for the race report. )

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