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1930

Rollie Beale... Born ... USAC driver from the 60's & 70's ____________________

1935

A.J. Foyt... Born ... Considered by many as the greatest American automobile racing driver of all time. ____________________

1944

Bill Tempero ... Born ... Indy car driver. He raced in the CART Championship Car series from 1980 to 1984. ____________________

1960

Glen Dennee won the 30 lap Midget race at the Oakland Exposition Building, Oakland, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )

Jim Lacy won the 35 lap TQ Midget race at the Teaneck Armory, Teaneck, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

Bobby Allison won the 30 lap Modified Stock Car race at the Hollywood Speedway, Hollywood, FL. ( Click here for the race report. )

Pee Wee Griffin won the Modified Stock Car race at the Hialeah Speedway, Miami, FL. ( Click here for the race report. ) ____________________

1981

Ken Fowler... Died ... AAA driver, ran the Indy 500 in 1937 & 1947 ____________________

2007

Benny Parsons... Died ... BP drove in Winston Cup for almost 20 years and won the 1973 championship, and is the answer to a popular trivia question of who is the only driver to win championships in Cup and ARCA (1969). In 1988 he retired from driving and went straight into the TV booth, where he was a regular for ABC, ESPN, and from 2001-06 NBC; BP was the first star driver to make such a full-time career change, and he became even more loved by the public because of it. Benny died of cancer, he was 65. ____________________

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