Jimmy Clark wins the Levin International race in the Tasman Series in a Lotus 33. He also set fastest lap and was hounded for much of the race by Jackie Stewart in a BRM P261. Stewart finished a scant 2.5 seconds behind at the finish, with Richard Attwood taking the third spot.
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1968
Billy Vukovich, second generation driver, won the 30 lap USAC Sprint Car race on the 1/2 mile paved San Gabriel Valley Speedway. George Snider finished 2nd and Johnny Rutherford 3rd.
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1979
Darrell Waltrip beat the rain to win the season opening Western 500 NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway. Waltrip led the final 14 laps in his DiGard Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo, taking the checkered flag 3 seconds ahead of David Pearson in the Wood Brothers Mercury. Thunder clapped and rain began to fall in the closing laps. Cale Yarborough, Western Grand National star Bill Schmitt and polesitter Donnie Allison rounded out the top five.
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1982
Johnny Matera ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1930's and 40's.
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1994
Myron Fohr ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1940's.
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1999
Thomas Binford, founding member of USAC, former USAC president and Indy 500 Chief Steward, dies of cerebral hemorrhage in his office in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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2001
Carl Hogan former CART team owner, died at home in New Hampshire
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