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1915

Eddie Rickenbacker won the 300 Mile Sioux City AAA Race on the 2 Mile Dirt Oval Sioux City Speedway in Stevens, South Dakota. ____________________

1949

Johnny Mantz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Tioga Motorsports Park,Owego, NY. ____________________

1953

Bert Brooks won the NEMA Midget race at the Norwood Arena, Norwood, MA.

Deb Snyder won both IMCA Sprint Car feature races at the Jamestown Speedway, Jamestown, ND. ____________________

1954

Vic Carter won the AAA Midget race at the Motor City Speedway, Detroit,MI.

Bert Brooks and Tony Romit won the URC Sprint Car feature races at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA. ____________________

1955

Nick Fornoro won the ARDC Midget race at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown,PA.

Charlie Miller won the URC Sprint Car race at the Tioga Motorsports Park,Owego, NY.

Rex Easton won the AAA Midget race at the Blue Island,Chicago, IL.

Andy Linden won the AAA Sprint Car race over Jerry Hoyt at the Salem Speedway,Salem, IN. ____________________

1959

Chuck Arnold won the ARDC Midget race at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland,NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

Gene Hartley won the USAC Midget race at the Illiana Speedway, Schererville, IN. ( Click here for the race report. )

Dave Humphrey won the URC Sprint Car race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )

Ed Lindsay won both of the Twin Twenty Stock Car races at the Alcyon Speedway, Pitman, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

Bud Tinglestad won the Sprint Car race at the Sandusky Speedway, Sandusky, OH. ( Click here for the race report. )

Parnelli Jones won the 150-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car race at the Gardena Stadium, Gardena, CA. ____________________

1960

Don Branson continued his domination of the USAC Midwest Sprint Car circuit in the Bob Estes #4 car, winning the 30 lap feature over Parnelli Jones and A.J. Foyt on the high banked 1/2 mile paved Salem Speedway in Salem, IN.

Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.

Hal Rettberg won the URC Sprint Car race over Al Chamberlain, Eddie Gallione and Hank Rogers at the Nazareth Raceway, Nazareth,PA.

Bobby Grim won the USAC Midget race at the Debo Speedway, Steubenville,OH.

Don Davis won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Adobe Bowl, Tucson, AZ.

A.J. Shepherd won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Hawkeye Downs Speedway, Cedar Rapids,IA. Jerry Blundy was second followed by Pete Folse, Harold Leep and Arnie Knepper. ____________________

1961

Gene Hartley won the USAC Midget race at the Cloverleaf Speedway, Cleveland,OH.

Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race over Gene Goodling, Ray Kable, Bobby Hersh and Ruben McBee at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.

Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Westboro Speedway, Westboro, MA.

George Koch won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ____________________

1962

Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget race at the Cloverleaf Speedway, Cleveland,OH.

Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.

Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Westboro Speedway, Westboro, MA.

Wayne McGonagle won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ____________________

1963

Chuck Rodee won the USAC Midget race at the Cloverleaf Speedway, Cleveland,OH.

Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ.

Rollie Beale won the Sprint Car race over Harold McGilton, Jim Linder and Darl Harrison at the Fremont Speedway, Fremont,OH. ____________________

1964

Lou Johnson, in the Scats Anfuso # 3, won the URC Sprint Car race at the Harmony Speedway, Harmony,NJ.

Dick Tobias won the Super Modified race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.

Bobby Albert won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.

Bobby Unser won the USAC Midget race at the Sportsman Raceway Park, Colorado Spring, CO. ____________________

1965

Red Riegel drove to victory in the 30 lap USAC Sprint Car feature on the high banked 1/2 mile dirt Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. ____________________

1966

Don Branson drove to victory in the 30 lap USAC Sprint Car feature on the high banked 1/2 mile dirt Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio. ____________________

1971

Mark Donohue won the Pocono 500 USAC Championship race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Joe Leonard was second followed by A.J. Foyt, Mario Andretti and Billy Vukovich Jr. ____________________

1974

Pancho Carter won the 40 lap USAC Sprint Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway, Reading, PA. Johnny Parsons was second followed by Billy Cassella, Sammy Sessions and Rollie Beale. ____________________

1977

A.J. Foyt won the Molson Diamond Indy 300 USAC Championship race on the 2.459 Mile Road Course Mosport Park, Bowmanville, Ontario. Gary Bettenhausen was second followed by Tom Sneva, Todd Gibson and Jerry Grant. ____________________

1982

Tom Corellis won the Modified Stock Car race at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY.

Kevin Collins won the URC Sprint car race at the Fonda Speedway, Fonda, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )

Leigh Earnshaw won the ARDC Midget car race at the Five Mile Point Speedway, Binghamton, NY. Nick Fornoro, Jr. was second followed by Hank Rogers, Jr., Doug Craig and John Heydenreich.

Maynard Troyer won the 75-lap Modified race and Dave Shullick won the 75-lap Supermodified race at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )

Will Cagle won both Modified Stock Car feature races at the Canandaigua Speedway, Canandaigua, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )

Kenny Brightbill won the 50-lap MODCAR Modified Stock Car feature race and Van May won the Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. ( Click here for the race report. ) ____________________

1993

Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Sterling Marlin at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL. ____________________

1999

Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Dale Earnhardt at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL. ____________________

2004

Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Pepsi 400 over Jimmie Johnson at the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona, FL. ____________________

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