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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.
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1950
Bobby Ball won the URA Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
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1951
Chuck Stevenson won the AAA Midget race at the Salem Speedway, Salem,IN.
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1952
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA Midget race at the Oak Ridge Sportsdrome, Knoxville,TN.
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1953
Leroy Warriner won the AAA Midget race at the Peach Bowl Speedway, Atlanta,GA.
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1955
Jack Turner won the AAA Midget race at the Galesburg Speedway, Galesburg,MI.
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1956
Jimmy Bryan won the USAC sanctioned Indianapolis Sweepstakes race on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Pat O'Connor was second followed by Ed Elisian, Tommy Hinnershitz and Jimmy Davies.
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1960
Leroy Warriner won the USAC Midget race at the Quad City Speedway, East Moline,IL.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Harold Leep, Buzz Barton, Leroy Neumayer and Bill Hobbs at the Nodak Speedway, Minot,ND.
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1961
Allen Crowe won the USAC Midget race at the South Bend Motor Speedway, South Bend, IN.
Eddie Gallione won the Sprint Car race over Dave Humphrey, George Monsen and Jim Maguire at the Seekonk Speedway, Seekonk,MA.
Bobby Hersh won the Super Modified race over Johnny Mackison and Bobby Abel at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
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1962
Rodger Ward drove his Watson-Offy roadster to victory in the USAC Championship race on the 1 mile paved Trenton Speedway in Trenton, New Jersey. The race was stopped after 142 of the scheduled 150 laps due to rain. Don Branson was second followed by Don Davis, Parnelli Jones and Jim Hurtubise.
Dan Daniels won the URC Sprint Car race over Jim Maguire and George Monsen at the Airborne International Raceway, Plattsburgh,NY.
Jerry Weld won the Sprint Car race over Junior Hower and Bob Williams at the Olympic Stadium, Kansas City,MO.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Onteora Speedway, Olivebridge, NY.
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race over Ralph Smith and Neil Haight at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Johnny White won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Tom McClellan, Johnny Rutherford, Bob King and Arnie Knepper at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
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1963
Parnelli Jones won the USAC Midget race at the Wall Township Speedway, Belmar,NJ.
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1964
Bobby Hogle won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Parnelli Jones won the USAC Midget race at the Rockford Speedway, Rockford,IL.
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1966
Don Nordhorn won the Sprint Car race at the Bloomington Speedway, Bloomington,IN. Bob Kinser was second followed by Mike Johnson, Larry Miller and Sheldon Kinser.
Johnny Mann won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.
Ray Tilley won the Super Modified race over Kenny Weld at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Gordon Woolley won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Nodak Speedway, Minot,ND.
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1967
Rollie Beale won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. A.J. Foyt was second followed by Mickey Shaw, Greg Weld and Mario Andretti.
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race over Bobby Courtwright, Bob Wilkey, Lou Johnson and Joe Conti at the Delaware State Fairgrounds, Harrington,DE.
Roger Bailey won the ARDC Midget race at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown,NY.
Joe Saldana won the Sprint Car race at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA.
Dick Tobias won the Super Modified race over Harry Moore and Leroy Felty at the Hershey Stadium, Hershey,PA.
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Gus Linder won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA.
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1969
Bob Tattersall won the USAC Midget race at the Davenport Speedway, Davenport,IA.
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1970
Ralph Quarterson won the All Star Sprint Car race over Ted Wise, Harold McGilton, Lou Blaney and Bill Banick at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford,OH.
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1971
Jon Backlund won the BCRA Sprint Car race at the Colorado National Speedway, Erie, CO. ( Click here for the race report. )
Tommy Corellis won the 100 lap All-Star Modified Stock Car race at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1972
Ron Rea won the CRA Sprint Car race over Stan McElrath and Clark Templeman at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Lee Kunzman won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. Bill Puterbaugh finished second followed by Sammy Sessions, Larry Dickson and Rollie Beale.
Gary Bettenhausen won the Crown 100 USAC Midget race over Jerry Wall, Billy Engelhart, Dave Strickland and Tommy Astone at the John F. Kennedy Stadium , Philadelphia,PA.
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. Van May finished second followed by Bobby Allen, Jan Opperman and Jim Edwards.
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1973
Lou Blaney won the Sprint Car race at the Tri City Speedway, Franklin, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Tom Sneva , driving the Carl Gehlhausen's rear-engined Chevy, won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen, OH. ( Click here for the race report. )
David Pearson won the Dixie 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at the Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA.
Kenny Brightbill won the Modified Stock Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Leroy Felty and Carl Bergkuist won the 20-lap URC Sprint Car races at the Weedsport Speedway, Weedsport, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dick Gaines won the Sprint Car race over Rocky Fisher and Greg Leffler at the Limaland Motor Speedway, Lima, OH.
Richie Evans won the 30-lap Modified Stock Car race over Maynard Troyer and Andy Romano at the Utica Rome Speedway, Vernon, NY.
Dana Carter won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1980
Scott Dixon ... Born ... Scott won the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500 in 2008. He won the Indy Racing League (IRL) championship in 2003 on his first attempt.
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1984
Mario Andretti won the Michigan 500 CART race on the 2 Mile Paved Oval Michigan International Speedway. Tom Sneva was second followed by Rick Mears, Gordon Johncock and Roberto Guerrero.
Harry Gant won the NASCAR Winston Cup Summer 500 over Cale Yarborough at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA.
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1990
Geoffrey Bodine won the NASCAR Winston Cup AC Spark Plug 500 over Bill Elliott at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA.
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2001
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup New England 300 over Jeff Gordon at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, NH.
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