Red Riegel... Born ... URC and USAC driver from Leesport PA. Died in a USAC Sprint car race at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway in the same crash which also claimed the life of Jud Larson.
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1946
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Selingsgrove Speedway , Selingsgrove, PA.
Ted Horn , driving the Horn #5, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the DuBoise Speedway , DuBoise, PA.
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1947
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Nazareth Speedway , Nazareth, PA.
Ronnie Householder won the 50-lap CARA Midget race over Ted Duncan, Sam Hanks, Mel Hansen and Ray Richards before 18,224 fans at the Soldier Field, Chicago, IL.
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1951
Perry Grimm won the 100 lap AAA Midget race at the Kokomo Speedway (1/4d) , Kokomo, IN.
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1952
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Sprint Car race over Duane Carter and Jimmy Bryan at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL
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1955
Eddie Sachs won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH.
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1956
Jack Turner won the USAC Midget race at the Galesburg Speedway, Galesburg,MI.
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1957
Andy Linden won the USAC Midget race at the Motor City Speedway, Detroit,MI.
Bill Randall won the ARDC Midget race at the Riverhead Raceway, Riverhead,NY.
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1958
Jud Larson won the USAC Champ Car Non Point race over Johnny Thomson, Buzz Barton, Eddie Sachs and Don Freeland at the Williams Grove Speedway ,Mechanicsburg, PA.
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1960
Gene Force won the USAC Midget race at the Peoria Speedway, Peoria,IL.
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1961
Dale Swaim won the USAC Midget race at the Galesburg Speedway, Galesburg,MI.
Gus Linder won the Sprint Car race over Mickey Shaw, Bobbie Adamson, Herb Scott and Gib Orr at the Heidelberg Speedway, Pittsburgh,PA.
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1962
Don Morris won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport, NY.
Bobby Hersh won the Super Modified race over Johnny Mackison, Leroy Felty, Lorenz Alwine and Roger Sowers at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Columbus Motor Speedway, Columbus,OH.
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1963
Greg Weld won the Knoxville Nationals Sprint Car race over brother Jerry Weld, Dick Fries, Gordon Woolley and Wib Spaulding at the Knoxville Raceway , Knoxville, IA.
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1966
Hank Henry won the CRA Sprint Car race over Paul Jones, Mike Mosley and Hal Minyard at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Henry Pens won the USAC Midget race at the Rockford Speedway, Rockford,IL.
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1967
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Nodak Speedway, Minot,ND.
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race over Mike McGreevy, Don Meacham, Bob Tattersall and Chuck Arnold at the Rockford Speedway, Rockford,IL.
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1968
Bobby Hogle, in the Morales # 1, won the CRA Sprint Car race over Bob McCoy, Jimmy Oskie, Billy Wilkerson and John Kellar at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race at the Hershey Stadium, Hershey,PA.
Jiggs Peters won the URC Sprint Car race at the Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville,MD.
Larry Dickson won the USAC Sprint Car race over Herman Wise, Karl Busson, Bill Koepfer and Mike Mosley at the Eldora Speedway , Rossburg,OH.
Jerry Blundy won the Sprint Car race at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA.
Bobby Abel won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover, PA.
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1969
Lloyd Beckman won the Sprint Car race over Dick Sutcliffe, Joe Saldana, Lonnie Jensen and Ken Gritz at the Eagle Raceway, Eagle,NE.
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race over Bob Wente, Bruce Walkup, Billy Engelhart and Dave Strickland at the Tri-City Speedway, Granite City,IL.
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1973
Jan Opperman, in the Bogar # 99, won the Super Sprint Car race over Kenny Weld, Gary Howsare, Lynn Paxton and Ed Zirkle at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Midget race over Mike Gregg, Billy Engelhart, Steve Troxell and Bobby Olivero at the Lakeside Speedway - Mile-High Classic, Denver, CO.
Dick Gaines won the Sprint Car race over Bob Kinser, Butch Wilkerson, Larry Miller and Bobby Black at the Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington, IN.
Will Cagle won the Modified Stock Car race over George Ely, Dave Lape, John McArdle and Frank Mears at the Rolling Wheels Raceway, Elbridge, NY.
Chuck Amati won the Super Sprint Car race at the Williamson County Speedway, Marion, IL.
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1974
Tom Bigelow won the 40-lap USAC Sprint Car race at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo,OH.
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1975
A.J. Foyt drove his Coyote-Foyt to victory in the 200 mile USAC Championship race on the 2 mile Michigan International Speedway.
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup Nashville 420 over Richard Petty at the Nashville International Raceway, Nashville, TN.
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1980
Johnny Rutherford drove Jim Hall's Chaparral-Cosworth to victory in the 200 mile CART race at Michigan International Speedway.
Rich Vogler won the 40-lap USAC Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN.
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1986
Bobby Rahal drove a March-Cosworth to victory in the inaugural 'Toronto Grand Prix' CART race on a temporary circuit through the Canadian National Exhibition grounds.
Tim Richmond won the NASCAR Winston Cup Summer 500 over Ricky Rudd at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA.
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1997
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pennsylvania 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA.
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1999
Emil Andres ... Died ... AAA driver from 1935 to 1950
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2003
Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR Winston Cup New England 300 over Kevin Harvick at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH.
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