Dusty Fahrnow... Born ... AAA driver finished 24th in the 1934 Indy 500
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1923
Wallace Reid... Died ... AAA driver from the early 1920's
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1932
Johnny White... Born ... USAC sprint & Indy car driver from the 1960's
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1940
Pedro Rodriguez... Born ... F1 and sportscar racer.
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1945
Jimmy Caruthers... Born ... USAC midget, sprint and Indy car driver from California.
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1950
Gilles Villeneuve... Born ... F1 driver
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1951
John DePalma... Died ... AAA driver, he was the brother of 1915 Indy winner Ralph DePalma and the uncle of 1925 Indy winner Pete DePaolo.
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1968
Andy Granatelli sued USAC for witholding his membership, preventing him from racing, and passing "illegal" rules (broke 3-year engine rule) that crippled his turbine-car racing effort.
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1969
Mike Dee wins the Three Quarter Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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1970
A.J. Foyt won the Motor Trend 500 NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway in a Ford. Foyt took the lead from Parnelli Jones with 25 laps to go and took the checkered 3.5 seconds ahead of a rapidly closing Roger McCluskey in a Plymouth Super Bird. Two drivers were badly injured in seperate crashes. Runner-up for 1969 Rookie of the Year, Buddy Young lost control on oil from a blown engine and flipped wildly end over end going into turn 1. The 27 year old driver, making his first start for the L.G. DeWitt team, suffered a concussion and internal injuries. 48 year old West Coast veteran Jim Cook was critically
injured when his Ford went head-on into the end of the concrete wall in turn 9, the impact so great that the car was nearly bent double. Jones qualified at a record 113.310 mph, but was forced to start at the rear following a ruling that his tires were illegal. Jones, a Firestone dealer, had qualified on tires which NASCAR officials ruled were not available in sufficient quantity to make them eligible for competition. A crowd of 43,200 was on hand.
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1971
Christian Fittipaldi... Born ... Brazilian racing driver who competed in Formula One, Champ Car and NASCAR.
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1975
Johnny Coy, Sr. wins the Three Quarter Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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1981
Bruce Kindberg wins the Three Quarter Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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2003
Andy Mackereth wins the Three Quarter Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall. Craig Rochelle won the Legends Car race.
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