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1915
Ralph Mulford , in his Duesenberg, won the AAA sanctioned 300 Mile Des Moines Race on the 1 Mile Board Oval, Des Moines Speedway in Valley Junction, Iowa

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1949
Johnny Mantz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Tioga Motorsports Park,Owego, NY.

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1951
Neal Carter won the AAA Midget race at the Walsh Stadium, St. Louis, MO.

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1952
Chuck Weyant won the AAA Midget race at the Hales Corners Speedway, Milwaukee,WI.
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, IA.

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1953
Justin King won the AAA Midget race at the Lafayette Stadium, Lafayette,IN.
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Hamilton County Speedway, Webster City, IA.

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1954
Russ Klar won the AAA Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.
Vic Carter won the AAA Midget race at the Motor City Speedway, Detroit,MI.
Buddy Taylor won the Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.

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1955
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Hibbing Raceway,Hibbing, MN.
Pat OConnor won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway,Salem, IN.

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1957
George Amick won the USAC Midget race at the Kil-Kare Speedway, Xenia,OH.
Johnny Pouelson and Buzz Barton each won the IMCA Sprint Car feature races at the LaCrosse Fair Speedway, LaCrosse,WI.

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1958
Gene Force won the USAC Midget race at the Spartan Speedway, Lansing,MI.

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1959
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.

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1960
Bill Hobbs won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Faribault Fairgrounds, Faribault,MN.
Bert Brooks won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.
Parnelli Jones won the USAC Sprint Car race over A.J. Foyt, Jim Hurtubise, Eddie Sachs and Don Branson at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH.

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1962
Don Davis ... Died ... USAC driver from the late 1950's to the early 1960's. He drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1960-1962 seasons with 15 starts, including the 1961 and 1962 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 8 times, with his two best finishes in 3rd at Trenton and in 4th at Indianapolis, both in 1962. He died in a sprint car crash in New Breman, OH.

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1963
Bob McCoy won the CRA Sprint Car race over Allen Heath, Dee Jones, Hal Minyard and Bobby Hogle at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.

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1964
Scratch Daniels won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Knox County Fairgrounds, Knoxville,IL.
Dutch Schaefer won the ARDC Midget race at the Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead,NY.
Eddie Johnson won the USAC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.
Larry Dickson won the Sprint Car race over Steve Ungar, Dave Lundy, Carl Williams and Gus Linder at the Ohio Valley Speedway, Parkersburg,WV.

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1965
Jud Larson won the USAC Sprint Car race over Bud Tingelstad, Scratch Daniels, Ronnie Duman and Bobby Unser at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown,PA.
Larry Cannon won the Sprint Car race at the Fairbury Legion Speedway, Fairbury,IL.
Bobby Abel won the Sportsman Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Ron Lux won the Supermodified race at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY.
Dick Tobias won the Modified Stock Car race at the Victory Speedway, Middletown, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Joe Kelly won the Modified Stock Car race at the Wall Stadium, Belmar, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dudie Babey won the Sportsman Modified Stock Car race at the Flemington Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Sam Williams won the Novice Stock Car race at the Flemington Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ray Tilley won the Modified Stock Car race at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1966
Roger McCluskey won the USAC Langhorne 150 Indy car race on the 1 mile paved oval Langhorne Speedway in Langhorne, PA. Gordon Johncock finished second followed by Al Unser, Gary Congdon and Don Branson.
Kenny Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Olympic Stadium, Kansas City,MO.
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute,IN.

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1977
Donnie Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Talladega 500 over Cale Yarborough at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.

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1988
Danny Sullivan won the CART Marlboro 500 race on the 2 mile paved oval Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, MI. Bobby Rahal finished second followed by Michael Andretti, Tony Bettenhausen Jr and Phil Krueger.

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1999
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Brickyard 400 over Bobby Labonte at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN.

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2005
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Allstate 400 at the Brickyard over Kasey Kahne at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN.

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