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1905
Arthur MacDonald of Great Britain set a new land speed record of 149.875 miles per hour at Daytona Beach. Florida.
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1924
Lou Johnson... Born ... Eastern stock, and sprint car driver. Two time URC Sprint Car Champion ( 1955 & 1959 )
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1941
Buddy Baker ... Born ... NASCAR driver and the son of two time winner of the NASCAR Championship and a Hall of Fame member Buck Baker. Buddy retired from racing in 1992. He was an inductee in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1997 and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998.
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1964
Parnelli Jones won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park, Gardena, CA.
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1969
Tommy Mc Andrew wins the TQ Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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1971
Jaques Lazier... Born ... Indy Racing League driver and is the younger brother of 1996 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Lazier and son of former Indy racer Bob Lazier. He raced in 7 Indy 500's with a best finish of 13th in year 2000.
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1997
Eddie Cheever wins the IRL Indy 200 race at Florida's Walt Disney Orlando Speedway.
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2020
Kevin Adams won the 75-lap final night of Florida Speedweeks UMP Modified feature over Devin Dixon and Jeff Mathews at the East Bay Raceway, Gibsonton, FL.
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