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JANUARY 2

1901

Walter Sobraske machinist for Miller, Schofield, Offenhauser, and Meyer & Drake (later shop forman), born in West Virgiania ____________________

1956

Jim Reed wins the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model 200 lap race at Gardena Stadium, Gardena, CA. ____________________

1960

Dee Hileman won the BCRA Midget race at the Oakland Exposition Building, Oakland, CA. ( Click here for the race report. ) ____________________

1967

Pedro Rodriguez wins the first South Africa Grand Prix to be held on the Kayalami track near Johannesburg at the wheel of a Cooper-Maserati. First F1 win for Rodriguez and last for Cooper ____________________

1969

Robby Gordon ..... Born ..(Indy Car & NASCAR driver) ____________________

1977

Bill Engelhart won the 75-lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN. ____________________

1983

Todd Forbes won the 75-lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Fort Wayne, IN. ____________________

2003

Leroy Warriner ... Died ... an American racing driver from Indianapolis who attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 every year from 1951 to 1958 without succeeding. Warriner only managed to qualify for a single Championship Car race, the September 1953 race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds where he started and finished 18th. He retired from racing in 1962 then owned the Indianapolis Speeddrome with Gene Hartley until 1977. An accomplished midget car racer, he was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. ____________________

2007

Dan Shaver ..... Died ... Shaver raced in several road racing series before moving to stock cars, mostly ARCA where his best finish was ninth. In the last four years Shaver was a team owner, and he was one of the first to put Denny Hamlin and Aric Almirola in superspeedway cars. ____________________

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