Danny Kladis... Born ... AAA/USAC driver from the 1940's & 50's
1919
Eddie Johnson... Born ... AAA/USAC driver from the 1950's & 60's. Ran in 13 Indy 500's with a best finish of 6th in 1960.
1952
Marshall Teague won the NASCAR Grand national race on the 4.1 mile Daytona Beach, Florida beach and road course for the 2nd straight year. The scheduled 160 mile race ended 2 laps early due to an incoming tide. Teague led from lap 2, crossing the line 1 minute, 21 seconds ahead of Herb Thomas. Both were in identical Hudson Hornets owned and prepared by Teague. Teague wasn't allowed to compete until he payed a $574.50 fine for driving in a non-NASCAR race in November 1951. The event also saw Joie Ray become the first black/Afro-American driver to compete in a GN race.
1959
Marshall Teague sets an unofficial closed course speed record of 171.821 mph driving the "Sumar Special" streamliner, actually a Kurtis-Kraft chassis with a Meyer-Drake Offy 270.
1962
Fireball Roberts started 10th but had the lead by the backstraight and held off a last lap surge by Joe Weatherly to win the 2nd 'American Challenge Cup' race by a half car length. The 10 lap special event on the 2.5 mile Daytona International Speedway was open only to winners of 1961 NASCAR GN "superspeedway" events. 19 drivers won GN races in 1961, but only 10 started. Western stars Lloyd Dane and Eddie Gray declined towing 3,000 miles for a race that only paid $1000 first prize, Lee Petty was recovering from injuries and Emanuel Zervakis was without a ride. Rex White, Bob Burdick, Cotton Owens, Junior Johnson and Jack Smith all were on hand but elected to skip the race.
1963
Fred Lorenzen held off Nelson Stacy's late charge to win the 10 lap 'NASCAR Race of Champions' at Daytona International Speedway. The Ford duo dueled the entire distance with Lorenzen edging Stacy by a half car length. Lorenzen averaged a record 163.29 mph. Larry Frank, Fireball Roberts, Ned Jarrett, Jim Pardue and Bobby Johns filled out the field of 5 Fords and 2 Pontiacs. 6 eligible drivers (Joe Weatherly, Richard Petty, Rex White, Jack Smith, Jim Paschal and Junior Johnson) did not compete. The declining entries led to this being the last "winners only" NASCAR race until the format was revived in 1985.
1973
Tony Romit wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
1987
Andy Linden... Died ... AAA driver from the 1940's and 1950's. Ran in 7 Indy 500's with a best finish of 4th in 1951.
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