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1898
Dave Evans... Born ... AAA driver from the 1920's and 30's.
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1918
Bill Homeier ... Born ... AAA and USAC driver. In the Championship Car series, racing in the 1953-1955 and 1958-1960 seasons with 14 starts, including the 1954 and 1960 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 5 times, with his best finish in 5th position, in 1959 at Sacramento. He holds a unique record from the 1954 Indianapolis 500; he finished in last place, but completed 74 laps, the most for a last place finisher.
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1929
Wilbur Shaw won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Frank Brisko was second followed by Fred Winnai, Zeke Meyer and Paul Bost.
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1946
Ted Horn won the AAA sanctioned Altamont Race 2 on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Altamont Speedway, Altamont, New York. Tommy Mattson was second followed by Walt Brown.
Bill Holland won the AAA sanctioned Hamburg Race 2 on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Hamburg Fairgrounds, Hamburg, New York.
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1947
Lee Wallard ,driving the D'Amore HAL #40, won the 20-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway in Flemington, NJ.
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the 25-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race on the 5/8 mile paved Thompson Speedway in Thompson, CT.
Bob Muhlke ,in front of 24,342 fans, won the 25 lap Chicago Auto Racing Association Midget race at the Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.
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1950
Harry King won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines, IA.
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1951
Bill Holland won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines, IA.
Otis Stine won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction, VT.
Frank Burany won the AAA Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL.
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1952
Mike Nazaruk won the 100 lap AAA Sprint Car race at the Dayton Speedway (1/2p) , Dayton, OH.
Rex Easton won the AAA Midget race at the Olympic Stadium, Kansas City,MO.
Len Duncan won the AAA Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.
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1953
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
Rex Easton won the AAA Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL.
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1955
Don Carr won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds,St. Paul, MN.
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1956
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines,IA.
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1957
Johnny Pouelson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
George Fonder won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ. (Afternoon Fair Race)
Ronnie Evans won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY. (Night Race)
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1958
Jim McWithey won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
Rodger Ward won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds (1.0d) , DuQuoin, IL.
Herschel Wagner won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair Park Speedway, Lincoln,NE.
Dave Humphrey won the URC Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ. Hank Rogers finished second followed by Beau Clerke, Vern Harriman, Earl Halaquist, Bob Williams, Bert Brooks, Hal Rettberg and Bill Holland.
Tommy Elliott won the 25-lap ARDC Midget race at the Polo Grounds, New York, NY. Johnny Coy finished second followed by Tommy Saunders, Steve McGrath and King Carpenter.
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1960
Hal Rettberg won the URC Sprint Car race over Dave Humphrey, Bill Holland, Earl Halaquist and Beau Clerke at the Atlantic City Speedway, Atlantic City,NJ.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Belleville High Banks, Belleville,KS.
Leroy Neumayer won the IMCA Sprint Car race over A.J. Shepherd, Ray Duckworth, Buzz Barton and Leon Hubble at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (1/2d), St. Paul, MN.
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1963
Billy Vukovich III... Born ... He was a three time starter of the Indianapolis 500. The grandson of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bill Vukovich and the son of Bill Vukovich II, Vukovich III was the 1988 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. Billy was killed in a sprint car race at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, California, in 1990. His grandfather was killed while leading the 1955 Indianapolis 500..
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1975
Buck Buckley won the URC Sprint Car race over Jay Myers, Harry Benjamin, Glenn Fitzcharles and Ed Wylie at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Jan Opperman won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Eagle Raceway, Lincoln, NE.
Jim Hettinger won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Dub May finished second followed by Joe Gimpel, Leigh Earnshaw and Lennie Boyd.
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1980
Bobby Unser won the CART California 500 Indy Car race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval at the Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California. Johnny Rutherford was second followed by Rick Mears, Al Unser and Tom Gloy.
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1986
Tim Richmond won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Bobby Allison at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2003
Terry Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mountain Dew Southern 500 over Kevin Harvick at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2006
Mike Magill... Died ... Three time United Racing Club champion 1950, 1951 and 1953. Ran AAA and USAC from 1955 to 1961
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