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1909
Harris Insinger ... Born ... AAA driver from the 1930's.

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1950
Bobby Ball won the URA Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
Ernie Johnson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Thunder Bay Expo Grounds, Thunder Bay, ON.

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1951
Ernie McCoy won the AAA Midget race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the K.R.A. Speedway, Willmar, MN.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN.

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1955
Dutch Schaefer won the ARDC Midget race at the John F. Kennedy Stadium, Philadelphia,PA.

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1956
Eddie Sachs won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN. Pat O'Connor was second followed by Elmer George, Andy Linden and Don Branson.

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1961
Jack Brunner won the CRA Firecracker 100 Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA.
Tommy Copp won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL.
Rollie Beale won the Sprint Car race at the Fremont Speedway, Fremont,OH.
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Buddy Krebs won the Riverside 100 Independence Classic race at the Riverside Park Speedway, Agawam, Mass.
Red Foote won the 5th annual 100 mile Garden State Classic race at the Wall Stadium, Belmar, NJ. Ed Flemke finished second followed by Don Stumpf, Bob Rossell and Jack Hart.

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1962
A.J. Foyt won the 100 mile USAC Championship race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA. Parnelli Jones was second followed by Jim Hurtubise, Don Branson and Bobby Marshman.
Hugh Randall... Died ... USAC driver from the early 1960's. He died as a relief driver for Bob Mathouser in the Vargo Special at the Langhorne Speedways 100 Mile USAC Championship race July 1, 1962.
Tommy Copp won the USAC Midget race at the Heidelberg Speedway, Pittsburgh,PA.
Jiggs Peters won the ARDC Midget race at the Nazareth Raceway, Nazareth,PA.
Bill Banick won the Sprint Car race over Steve Travers and Stan Hover at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH.
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA.

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1964
Paul Jones won the CRA Firecracker 30 Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA.
Larry Cannon won the Sprint Car race at the Danville Speedbowl, Danville,IL.

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1966
Bobbie Adamson won the Sprint Car race over Dave Reed, Herb Buck, Billy Cassella and J.D. Leas at the Cannonball Motor Speedway, St. Clairsville, OH.
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race over Lynn Paxton at the Dorsey Speedway, Dorsey, MD.
Ray Brown won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.
Ray Tilley won the Super Modified race over Joe Lingle, Bobby Gerhart, Ronnie Rough and Bobby Brymesser at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.

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1967
Billy Vukovich won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Speedway 605, Irwindale,CA. Ned Spath was second followed by Tink Elenberg, Billy Wilkerson and Dick Zimmerman.
Tom Corbin won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Chuck Taylor, Chuck Lynch, Jay Woodside and Jerry Blundy at the Tri-City Speedway, Granite City,IL.
Chuck Arnold won the USAC Midget race at the South Bend Motor Speedway, South Bend,IN.
Bobbie Adamson, in the # 35 Hawthorne Chevy, won the Super Sprint Car race over Harry Benjamin at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA.
Joe Lingle won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA.
Jim Shampine won the Super Modified race at the Oswego Speedway , Oswego, NY. Ray Wright was second followed by Norm Mackereth, Todd Gibson and Red Barnhart.
Ralph Quarterson won the Sprint Car race at the Mercer Raceway Park, Mercer, PA.
Bobby Gerhart won the Super Sprint Car race over Kenny Weld, Bobby Abel and Lynn Paxton at the Lincoln Speedway , Hanover, PA.
Bobby Unser won the 100 mile USAC Indy Car race on the 2.459 mile road course in Mosport Canada. A second 100 mile race was called after 6 laps because of rain with Bobby Unser leading.

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1970
Bobbie Adamson, in the # 77 Al Hamilton Special, won the ALL STAR Super Sprint Car race over Lou Blaney, Ralph Quarterson, Gene Varner and Paul Kekich at the Tri-City Speedway, Franklin,PA.

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1971
Jerry McClung won the USAC Midget race over Billy Renshaw and Danny Caruthers at the Queen City Speedway, Cincinnati,OH.

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1972
Greg Weld, in the Bob Weikert # 9, won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Penn National Speedway, Grantville,PA. Lee Kunzman was second followed by Dick Tobias, Jackie Howerton and Larry Dickson.
Kenny Weld, in the Bob Weikert # 29, won the Super Sprint Car race over Bobby Allen, Ken Slaybaugh, Ed Zirkle and Lynn Paxton at the Lincoln Speedway , Hanover, PA.

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1973
A.J. Foyt won the Pocono 500 USAC Championship race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Roger McCluskey was second followed by Lloyd Ruby, Mike Mosley and Johnny Rutherford.

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1979
Rich Vogler won the USAC Sprint Car race over Jeff Bloom, Greg Leffler, Pancho Carter and Sheldon Kinser at the Dayton Speedway,Dayton, OH.

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1982
Keith Kauffman won the Dick Tobias Memorial Sprint Car race at the Penn National Speedway,Grantville, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1989
Davey Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Morgan Shepherd at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL.

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1995
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Sterling Marlin at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL.

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2000
Jeff Burton won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Dale Jarrett at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL.

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2006
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Pepsi 400 over Kyle Busch at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL.

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2019
Brian Montieth won the 410 Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. Kyle Larson was second followed by Cory Eliason, Chase Dietz and Aaron Reutzel.

Larry Wight won the 100-lap Super Dirt Series Modified race over Matt Sheppard, Danny Johnson, Jimmy Phelps, Erick Rudolph, Mat Williamson, Billy Decker, Carey Terrance, Peter Britten and Ryan Godown at the Plattsburg Airborne Speedway, Plattsburgh, NY.

Billy Pauch Jr. won the 60-lap Garden State Gunfight 3 at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. Brandon Grosso finished second followed by Danny Bouc, Frank Cozze, David VanHorn, Mike Butler, Ryan Krachun, Jeff Strunk, Corey Cormier, Jordan Watson, Jimmy Blewett, Davey Sammons, Duane Howard, Kevin Vaclavicek and Rich Rutski.

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2020
Erick Rudolph won the 358 Modified feature over Tim Fuller, Lance Willix II, Tim Sears and Billy Dunn at the Can Am Speedway, LaFargeville, NY. The Empire Super Sprint (ESS) feature was won by Paulie Colagiovanni over Matt Tanner, Chuck Hebling, Shawn Donath and Davie Franek. The DIRTcar Sportsman feature went to Kevin Root over Matt Janczuk, Alan Fink, Chris Mackey and Dalton Rombough.

Anthony Macri won the 410 Sprint Car race and race #6 of the PA Speedweek at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA. Lance Dewease was second followed by Aaron Reutzel, Kyle Larson and Logan Wagner. In the United Racing Club (URC) feature Anthony Macri doubled down and took that race over Dallas Schott, Jonathan Preston, Derek Locke and Josh Weller.

Mike Bednar won the 30-lap USAC All Pro SpeedSTRS feature over Tim Buckwalter, Ryan Godown, Louden Reimert and Gary Wagner at the Action Track USA, Kutztown, PA. The 25-lap 600cc Micro Sprint feature was taken by Colin White with Eddie Strada second followed by Tim Buckwalter, Kenny Miller III and Alex Bright.

Chris Windom won the 30-lap 50th running of the Tony Hulman Classic USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car race at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN. Justin Grant was second followed by Chase Stockon, Jake Swanson and Carson Short.. Click to watch the feature highlights video.



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2021
C.J. Leary won the 30-lap USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car feature at the Plymouth Speedway, Plymouth, IN. Justin Grant finished second followed by Kevin Thomas Jr., Tanner Thorson, Brady Bacon, Jake Swanson, Shane Cottle, Paul Nienhiser, Logan Seavey and Chase Stockon. Click to watch the feature highlights video.





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