Jules DeVigne... Born ... AAA board track racer from 1916 & 1917
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1911
Emil Andres ... Born ... AAA driver from 1935 to 1950
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1920
Ray Knepper ... Born ... Drove AAA Indy Cars 1950 & 1951, drove sprint cars in 1956.
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1921
Marshall Teague... Born ... NASCAR, AAA and USAC driver. Finished 7th in the 1957 Indy 500.
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1926
Pete DePaolo won the inaugural race on the 1.25 mile board Miami-Fulford Speedway. DePaolo's Duesenberg averaged 129.29 mph in the 300 mile AAA Championship race on the track which had 50 degree banking. Tommy Milton turned a lap of 142.93 mph in qualifying. The track was designed by Ray Harroun, winner of the first Indy 500, and financed by Carl Fisher, who was involved in building the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It would be the only race on the speedway as it was destroyed by a hurricane in September.
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1933
Malcolm Campbell drives his Napier-Campbell to a One-Mile Speed record of 272.109 mph on the beach at Daytona, Florida
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1953
Len Duncan won the AAA Midget race at the Miami Speedway, Miami, FL .
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1957
Sonny McDaniel won the USAC Midget race at the Fort Pierce Speedway, Fort Pierce, FL .
Junior Johnson and Johnny Rutherford won the 100 mile NASCAR GN qualifying races at Daytona International Speedway. The relatively unknown Rutherford had run a record 165.183 mph in the Smokey Yunick Chevy and beat Rex White's Chevy by 3 car lengths in winning race 2, his first GN start.
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1970
Pete Hamilton drives a Petty Enterprises Plymouth Superbird to victory in the Daytona 500.
Johnny Parsons won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the San Jose Speedway, San Jose, CA.
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1974
Mel Kenyon won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA .
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1975
Johnny Coy Sr. wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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1977
Larry Foyt... Born ... Raced in NASCAR and IRL . He is the grandson and adopted son of A. J. Foyt, and the older brother of A. J. Foyt IV. He also drove in the 2004, 2005, and the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for A. J. Foyt Enterprises.
Brad Doty won the final feature of the Midwinter Nationals World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dick Trickle won the NASCAR Winston All American Challenge Series Icebreaker 125 at the DeSoto Speedway, Bradenton, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1998
Chuck Etchells defeats Ron Capps in the Funnycar finals of the Atsco Nationals at Firebird Raceway in Arizona, USA. First all-Camaro Funnycar finals in NHRA history.
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