Chet Miller ... Born ... AAA driver 1928 to 1953. Ran the Indy 500 sixteen times with a best finish of 3rd in 1938. He was killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500.
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1903
Luther Johnson... Born ... AAA driver from 1930 to 1937
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1952
Len Duncan won the AAA Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
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1953
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN.
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1957
Gene Hartley won the USAC Midget race at the Berlin Raceway, Grand Rapids,MI.
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1958
Wayne Doerstler won the ARDC Midget race at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown,PA.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Red River Valley Speedway, Fargo,ND.
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1959
Van Johnson... Died ... USAC driver. First name Dale, he was killed in a race at Williams Grove Speedway just 5 weeks after winning his first champ car race. Rodger Ward won the race followed by Eddie Sachs, Jim Packard, Johnny Thomson and A.J. Foyt.
Tony Bettenhausen drove to victory in the 150 mile USAC/ ARCA Stock Car race on the 1 Mile paved Oval Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. Nelson Stacy was second followed by Darel Dieringer, Don White and Red Duvall.
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1960
Gordon Johncock won the Supermodified race over Bud Wilson, Joy Fair, Rollie Beale and Del Ducas at the Flat Rock Speedway, Flat Rock,MI.
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1961
Shorty Templeman won the USAC Midget race at the Louisville Fairgrounds, Louisville, KY.
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1962
Chuck Rodee won the USAC Midget race at the Galesburg Speedway, Galesburg,MI.
Mickey Shaw won the Supermodified race at the Mount Clemens Race Track, Mount Clemens,MI.
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1963
Bobby Grim won the USAC Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Indianapolis,IN.
Lou Blaney won the Sprint Car race over Hank Jacoby, Larry Dickson, Bobbie Adamson and J.D. Leas at the Greater Pittsburgh Speedway, Pittsburgh,PA.
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1964
A.J. Foyt, in his Sheraton-Thompson Watson Offy, won the Trenton 150 USAC Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Trenton International Speedway, Trenton, NJ. Lloyd Ruby was second followed by Don Branson , Bob Harkey and Norm Hall.
Billy Wade, in the Bud Moore Mercury Marauder , won the NASCAR Grand National race on the Watkins Glen International Road Course in Watkins Glen, NY. LeeRoy Yarbrough finished second followed by Walt Hansgen, Buck Baker and Bob Welborn.
Greg Weld won the Sprint Car race over Junior Hower, Al Manning and RayLee Goodwin at the Olympic Stadium,Kansas City, MO
Steve Ungar won the Sprint Car race over Ralph Quarterson and Lou Blaney at the Sharon Speedway,Hartford, OH.
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1966
Bobbie Adamson won the Sprint Car race over Gus Linder and Jerry Matus at the Cannonball Motor Speedway, St. Clairsville, OH.
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1968
Mitch Smith won the Super Sprint Car race over Bob Shaw, Bobbie Adamson, Ray Tilley and Gene Varner at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
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1969
Mario Andretti won the Trenton 200 USAC Indy Car race on the 1.5 mile paved oval at the Trenton International Speedway, Trenton, NJ. Wally Dallenbach was second followed by Mike Mosley , Gordon Johncock and George Snider.
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1973
Leo Tucker won the 40-lap USAC Midget race at the Englewood Speedway, Englewood, CO. Don Wilson was second followed by Gary Bettenhausen , Billy Shuman and Tommy Astone.
Rusty Wallace won the Miller 200 USAC Stock Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI.
Joe Ruttman was second followed by Bobby Allison , Don White and Bay Darnell.
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1987
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Summer 500 over Alan Kulwicki at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA
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1992
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 500 over Harry Gant at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA
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