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1962
Bob McClean won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Ft Wayne, IN.

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1968
George Constantine... Died ... F1 driver. Constantine won the SportsCar Race at Watkins Glen in 1956 and NASSAU Trophy in 1959.
Mel Kenyon ,driving the Kenyon Brothers # 61, won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Ft Wayne, IN.

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1973
Johnny Parsons ,driving the Richard Heerboth # 48, won the 75 lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Ft Wayne, IN.

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1978
Sleepy Tripp won the prestigious 30-lap World Derby speedcar (midget) race at the Western Springs Speedway, Auckland, New Zealand.

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1979
Steve Lotshaw ,driving the Harry Lotshaw # 2, won the 75 lap USAC Midget race at the Memorial Coliseum, Ft Wayne, IN.

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1987
Randy Kinser won the $20,000 Castrol Grand National Sprint Car race at the Liverpool Speedway, Sydney, Australia.

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1993
Honda announced that starting in 1994, they will become an engine supplier in the CART PPG World Series.

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2007
Bobby Hamilton... Died ... Hamilton had three wins in the former NASCAR Winston Cup series in a roughly-10-year Cup career, then stepped back to the Craftsman Truck Series and turned his own team into a championship effort, winning the 2004 title. Hamilton died of neck cancer, he was 49.

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2023
Anthony Sesely won the Ironton Global Allentown Auto Indoor TQ Midget Feature inside the PPL Center in Allentown, PA. Ryan Flores was second followed by Tommy Catalano, Tyler Thompson, Erick Rudolph, Andy Jankowiak, Scott Kreutter, Shawn Nye, Briggs Danner and Jeremy Haudricourt
Scott Neary won the 20-lap Action Track USA Slingshot feature and Tyler Brown won the 20-lap Hoosier Racing Tire Champ Kart Feature.

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2024
Tim Steele ... Died ...Tim was a Three-time ARCA Menards Series champion and was among the most successful ARCA drivers of all time, dominating the series during the mid-1990s. Steele, who won ARCA titles in 1993, 1996 and 1997, won 23 races in the series between 1996 and 1997 and was a 41-time winner in the series overall. Steele seemed on the fast track to a successful career in NASCAR racing but was injured in a crash at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1997, suffering concussion-like symptoms. He was never as successful after that incident, suffering through numerous health issues. Steele made 13 starts in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, 10 in the Xfinity Series and five in the Cup Series. Tim Steele died at the age of 55.

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