Mickey Shaw ... Born ... USAC driver from the 1960's.
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1951
Ernie Johnson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Casper Speedway, Casper, WY.
Duane Carter won the AAA Sprint Car race over Troy Ruttman, Mike Nazaruk and Joe James at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.
Charlie Ethier ... Died ... He was killed in his first Sprint Car outing in a AAA race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.
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1953
Leroy Warriner won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH.
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1954
Jimmy Knight won the AAA Midget race at the Canfield Fairgrounds, Canfield,OH.
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1955
Rex Easton won the AAA Midget race at the Lafayette Stadium, Lafayette,IN.
Bob Sweikert won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Lakeside Speedway (1/2d), Kansas City, KS.
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1956
Ronnie Rough won the Sprint Car race at the Lehighton Fairgrounds, Lehighton,PA.
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1960
Leroy Warriner won the USAC Midget race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham,AL.
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1961
Allen Heath won the CRA Sprint Car race over Colby Scroggin, Billy Cantrell, Bob McCoy and Art Pratt at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Russ Congdon won the USAC Midget race at the Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus,OH.
Rollie Beale won the Sprint Car race over Darl Harrison at the Fremont Speedway, Fremont,OH.
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1962
Dan Daniels won the URC Sprint Car race over Bobby Courtwright, Don Gillette, Jim Maguire and Earl Halaquist at the Autodrome de Laval, Laval, PQ.
Bert Brooks won the ARDC Midget race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove, PA.
Johnny Rutherford won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway, Salem,IN.
Bobbie Adamson won the Sprint Car race over Glen Davis and Bob Burris at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH.
Bobby Hersh won the Super Modified race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA.
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1963
Chuck Weyant won the USAC Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL.
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1964
Bobby Hogle won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1965
Dean Knittel won the Sprint Car race at the K-C Raceway, Chillicothe, OH.
Larry Taylor won the Limited Sportsman Stock Car race and Dick Lewis won the Foreign Compact race at the Fort Dix Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1966
Lynn Paxton won the Super Modified race over Red Fouts and Rick Schmelyun at the Dorsey Speedway, Dorsey,MD.
Arnie Knepper, in the John Werglund # 14, won the USAC Sprint Car race over Bobby Unser at the Lakeside Speedway (1/2d), Kansas City,KS.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.
Chuck Arnold won the USAC Midget race at the Santa Fe Speedway, Chicago,IL.
Ray Tilley, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Modified race over Kenny Weld, Troy Funck, Milford Wales and Ed Zirkle at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1967
Richard Petty drove the Petty Enterprises Plymouth to victory in the NASCAR Grand National 'Islip 300'. The race was 300 laps on the 1/5 mile paved Islip Speedway in Islip, New York, that's right 300 laps on a 1/5 mile paved oval! . James Hylton was leading when he spun on lap 183 and Bobby Allison was on his way to victory when he collided with Wendell Scott with 20 laps to go and had to pit for repairs. Petty wound up winning by 3 laps over Hylton's Hartje Dodge.
Ray Tilley, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Sprint Car race over Bobbie Adamson, Gene Varner and Johnny Crawford at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA.
Bob Evans won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Reno Fairgrounds, Reno,NV. Terry Nish was second followed by Lee Robison, Bobby Hogle and Ned Spath.
Mitch Smith won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA.
Jim Shampine won the Super Modified race over Jack Murphy, Todd Gibson and Bentley Warren at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY.
Rick Schmelyun won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
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1968
Mike Mosley and Sammy Sessions won the Twin 50's USAC Sprint Car races at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego ,NY.
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1970
Jimmy Caruthers won the USAC Midget race at the Avilla Speedway, Avilla,IN.
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1972
Fonty Flock ... Died ... NASCAR great and one of the central figures in the formative days of NASCAR. He was the brother of NASCAR pioneers Tim Flock and Bob Flock, and the second female NASCAR driver Ethel Mobley. The four raced at the July 10, 1949 race at the Daytona Beach Road Course, which was the first event to feature a brother and a sister, and the only NASCAR event to feature four siblings. Ethel beat Fonty and Bob by finishing in eleventh.
Leroy Felty, in the John Werglund # 1, won the URC Sprint Car race at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon,NY
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1973
Roger McCluskey won the Michigan 200 USAC Indy Car race at the 2 Mile Paved Oval Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan. Johnny Rutherford finished second followed by Billy Vukovich, Jr, Lloyd Ruby and Mario Andretti.
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1978
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup Nashville 420 over Darrell Waltrip at the Nashville International Raceway, Nashville, TN
Jeff Bloom won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo,OH.
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1979
Gordon Johncock and Bobby Unser shared wins in the Norton Twin 125's , CART Indy Car race at the 2 Mile Paved Oval Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan.
Bubby Jones won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway , New Bremen, OH.
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1980
Doug Wolfgang, in the Howells # 4, won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race over Bobby Allen, Steve Kinser, Tim Green and Jac Haudenschild at the Mansfield Motorsports Speedway, Mansfield,OH.
Bentley Warren won the ISMA Super Modified race over Bobby Stelter, Doug Heveron, Jamie Moore and Denny Wheeler at the Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs,CT.
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1981
Brad Doty, in the Bowers #28d, won the All Star Sprint Car race over Smokey Snellbaker, Keith Kauffman, Lee Osborne and Richard Lupo at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford,OH.
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1990
Billy Pauch won the URC Sprint Car race over Glenn Fitzcharles, Mike Wells, Charley Massey and Paul Molz at the Bridgeport Speedway,Bridgeport, NJ.
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2001
Kevin Harvick won the NASCAR Winston Cup Tropicana 400 over Robert Pressley at the Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
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2007
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup USG Sheetrock 400 over Matt Kenseth at the Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL
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