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1936
Rex Mays won the AAA Championship race Goshen 100 on the 1 mile dirt Good Time Park in Goshen, New York. Wilbur Shaw was second followed by Doc MacKenzie, Floyd Roberts and Billy Winn.

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1948
Walt Brown won the 100 mile AAA Championship race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA.

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1951
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH

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1953
Jiggs Peters won the AAA Midget race at the Lonsdale Sports Arena, Lonsdale,RI
Duane Carter won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Illiana Motor Speedway, Schererville, IN

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1954
Jimmy Bryan won the 100 mile AAA Independence Day Sweepstakes race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA. Jimmy Reece was second followed by Sam Hanks, Bob Sweikert and Eddie Sachs.
Bob Slater won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Champaign County Fairgrounds,Urbana, IL

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1956
Jack Turner won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL

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1957
Billy Garrett won the USAC Midget race at the Grand Rapids Speedrome, Grand Rapids,MI

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1958
Jack Turner won the USAC Midget race at the Sportsdrome Speedway, Jeffersonville,IN

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1959
Al Herman won the ARDC Midget race at the Danbury Fairgrounds, Danbury,CT

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1961
Dave Humphrey won the URC Sprint Car race over Bobby Courtwright, Jack Soper and Tom Price at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ

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1962
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL

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1964
Allen Heath won the USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.
Red Riegel won the URC Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Irvin King won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Sammy Sessions won the Super Modified race at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY. Nolan Johncock was second followed by Nolan Swift, Jim Shampine and Eldon Schrader.
Gary Congdon won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ

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1965
Jim McElreath won the 100 mile USAC Championship race on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA. Mario Andretti was second followed by Lloyd Ruby, Bud Tingelstad and Billy Foster.
Red Amick won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
Mack Clingan won the Sprint Car race at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH.

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1968
Gus Linder won the Super Sprint Car race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA.

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1969
Ray Tilley, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA. Lee Osborne was second followed by Johnny Grum, Bobbie Adamson and Kenny Weld.
Chuck Engstrom won the Sprint Car race at the Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, OH. Al Franks was second followed by Lou Blaney, Fred Linder and Darl Harrison.
RayLee Goodwin won the Sprint Car race over Eddie Leavitt at the Topeka Fairgrounds, Topeka,KS.
Bob Tattersall won the USAC Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL Bob Wente was second followed by Jimmy Caruthers, Mike McGreevy and Chuck Arnold.

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1970
Milt Miller won the Super Sprint Car race over Lou Blaney at the Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown,PA.
Dick Gaines won the Sprint Car race over Hal Minyard and Bob Kinser at the Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg,IN.
Kenny Weld won both the Super Sprint Car race and the URC Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Lynn Paxton won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA.
Mitch Smith, in the Gary Wasson # 5, won the Super Sprint Car race at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA. Bobbie Adamson was second followed by Lee Osborne, Sonny Duncan and Jim Sheaffer.
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race at the Wisconsin Int. Raceway, Kaukauna,WI.

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1971
Bobby Allison won the NASCAR Winston Golden State 400 Grand National Stock Car race at the Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA. ( Click here for the race results. )
Jim McElreath won the USAC Champ Car race on the 1 -1/8 Mile Dirt Nazareth National Speedway , Nazareth,PA. Arnie Knepper was second followed by Don Hawley, Billy Vukovich and Gary Bettenhausen. ( Click here for the race results. )
Bob Greer won the Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH.
Merle Bettenhausen won the USAC Midget race at the Tri-City Speedway, Granite City,IL.
Lee Osborne won the Super Sprint Car race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA. Bobby Allen was second followed by Lynn Paxton, Leroy Felty and Sonny Duncan.
Kenny Weld and Elmer Ruby won the Super Sprint Car feature races at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD.
Jack Bowsher won the USAC Late Model Stock Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen, OH. ( Click here for the race report. )
Lou Lazzaro won the 30 lap Modified-Sportsman Stock Car race at the Utica-Rome Speedway, Vernon, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dick Sutcliffe won the Supermodified race at the Eagle Raceway, Lincoln, NE. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bubby Jones won the Super Sprint Car race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield, IL.

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1973
Jan Opperman, in the Bogar # 99, won the All Star Super Sprint Car race at the Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, OH. Kenny Weld, in the Bob Weikert # 29, was second followed by Lynn Paxton, Rick Ferkel and Ralph Quarterson.

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1974
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race at the Eighty-One (81) Speedway, Wichita,KS.

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1976
David Pearson won the NASCAR Winston Cup CAM2 400 over Cale Yarborough at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
Clark Templeman won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. Rollie Beale was second followed by Karl Busson, Chuck Gurney and James McElreath.
Dana Carter won the USAC Midget race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. James McElreath was second followed by Steve Cannon, Sleepy Tripp and Rich Vogler.

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1982
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup Gabriel 400 over Darrell Waltrip at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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1993
Ricky Rudd won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 400 over Jeff Gordon at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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1999
Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pocono 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Pocono Raceway, Pocono, PA

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2004
Ryan Newman won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup DHL 400 over Kasey Kahne at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI

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2021
Kyle Larson continued his streak of superiority , winning the Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville, TN. , his third consecutive win, following three consecutive runner-up finishes. It's a high performance mark the series hasn't seen in more than a decade when former Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson won four straight points-paying races in 2007. Larson's win was his third straight points-paying victory, but he also won the All-Star Race $1 million-to-win exhibition the previous week at Texas Motor Speedway. Ross Chastain finished second followed by William Byron, Aric Almirola, Kevin Harvick, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Daniel Suarez, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell and Joey Logano.

Kevin Thomas Jr. won the 30-lap USAC Amsoil Sprint Car National Championship Eastern Storm Final Round at the Bloomsburg Fair Raceway, Bloomsburg, PA. Tanner Thorson finished second followed by Brady Bacon, Jake Swanson, Alex Bright, Robert Ballou, C.J. Leary, Briggs Danner, Timmy Buckwalter and Shane Cottle. Robert Ballou, whose 6th place finish at Bloomsburg secured the Eastern Storm championship by one single point over Brady Bacon. Click to watch the feature highlights video.



Buddy Kofoid won the 30-lap Lucas Oil POWRi National Midget League feature at the Fayette County Speedway in Brownstown, IL. Brent Crews was second followed by Cannon McIntosh, Ryan Timms and Karter Sarff.

Brent Marks won the 410 Sprint Car race at the Path Valley Speedway Park, Spring Run, PA. TJ Stutts finished second followed by Devon Borden, Dylan Cisney, Ryan Smith, Billy Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Lucas Wolfe, Tim Glatfelter and Austin Bishop.

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