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1905
Louis Chevrolet won the AAA Empire City Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Empire City Speedway in Yonkers, New York.

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1915
Dario Resta won the AAA 500 Mile Chicago Race on the 2 Mile Board Oval Speedway Park in Maywood, Illinois.

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1939
Dick Moroso ... Born ... Motorsports performance parts manufacture and racetrack operator.

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1948
Johnnie Parsons won the 40-lap Chicago Auto Racing Association Midget race over Ted Duncan and Mel Hansen at the Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.

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1949
Johnny Mantz, in the Agajanian # 98, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway,Mechanicsburg, PA.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.

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1950
Kramer Williamson ... Born ... He was well decorated sprint car builder and driver earning many awards including induction into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and the URC Hall of Fame in 2008, York County Racing Hall of Fame in 1994, Lebanon County Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, 1976 and 1978 track championships at Williams Grove Speedway and Selinsgrove Speedway, 1969 track title at Silver Spring Speedway, 3 URC Championships, over 150 career wins including wins against the World of Outlaws including the 1978 Williams Grove National Open. Kramer Williamson, passed away on August 4th, 2013 as a result of injuries sustained in a sprint car racing accident on August 3rd, 2013 at Lincoln Speedway in Abbottstown, PA.

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1952
Jim Rigsby won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH.

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1954
Shorty Templeman won the AAA Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Indianapolis,IN.

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1955
Andy Linden won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Dayton Speedway,Dayton, OH.

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1957
Shorty Templeman won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago, IL.

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1959
Len Sutton won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Dixie Motor Speedway, Saginaw, MI.
Red Riegel won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.

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1960
Don Branson and Parnelli Jones won the USAC Twin 50 Sprint Car races at the Milwaukee Mile (1.0p) West Allis, WI
Chuck Arnold won the ARDC Midget race at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading,PA.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the River Cities Speedway, Grand Forks,ND.
Ted Wise won the Sprint Car race over Steve Ungar and Tom Betts at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH.

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1960
Allen Heath won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.

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1964
Chuck Rodee won the USAC Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Indianapolis,IN.
Dick Tobias won the Modified race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Frankie Schneider won the Modified Stock Car race at the Harmony Speedway, Harmony, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Budd Olsen won the Modified Stock Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bobby Ballantine won the Modified Stock Car race at the Dorsey Speedway, Elkridge, MD. ( Click here for the race report. )
Tommy Elliott won the Modified Stock Car race at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1965
Bobbie Adamson won the Sprint Car race at the Debo Speedway, Steubenville,OH.
Bobby Grim won the USAC Midget race at the Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo,IN.
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. Johnny Roberts was second followed by Bobby Ballentine, Dizzy Dean and Bob Myers.
Gus Linder won the Sprint Car race over Steve Ungar at the Tri-City Speedway, Franklin,PA.
Ron Lux won the Super Modified race at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY. Todd Gibson was second followed by Ron Wallace, Jack Murphy and Baldy Baker.
Allen Heath won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Kearney Bowl, Fresno, CA.

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1966
Mario Andretti won the USAC 300 Mile Atlanta 300 Race on the 1.5 Mile Paved Oval Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia. Billy Foster was second followed by Gordon Johncock, Chuck Hulse and Al Smith.
Bud Randall won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway , New Bremen, OH..

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1970
Larry Dickson won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Berlin Raceway, Grand Rapids,MI.

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1971
Rollie Beale won the USAC Sprint Car race over Gary Bettenhausen, Larry Dickson, Darl Harrison and Bill Koepfer at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo,OH. ( Click here for the race report. )
Tommy Spriggle won the Super Sprint Car race and ended Mitch Smith's 8 straight victorys at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Roger Treichler won the Sportsman Stock Car race at the Lancaster Speedway, Lancaster, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Richard Petty won the 100 mile NASCAR Grand National Stock Car race at the Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ray Hendrick won the third annual Bill Bogley Gold Trophy Late Model Sportsman race at the Old Dominion Speedway, Manassas, VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dave Strickland won the USAC Midget race at the South Bend Motor Speedway, South Bend , IN. ( Click here for the race report. )
Dave Kneisel won the Modified-Sportsman Stock Car race at the 5-Mile Point Speedway, Kirkwood , NY.
Bob Moore won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix , AZ.
Smokey Snellbaker and Lynn Paxton won the twin 20 lap Super Sprint car features at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal , PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Kenny Slaybaugh , Kenny Weld and Steve Smith won the feature sprint car races at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover , PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Charlie Kremer Jr won the Modified-Sportsman race, Pete Cobb won the Limited Sportsman race and Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race at the Wall Stadium, Belmar , NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jerry Morgan won the Modified Stock Car race at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown , NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bugsy Stevens won the NASCAR Modified Stock Car race at the Stafford Springs Speedway, Stafford Springs , CT.
Sammy Beavers won the Modified Stock Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington , NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Will Cagle won the Modified Stock Car race at the Harmony Speedway, Harmony, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Lou Lazzaro won the Modified Stock Car race at the Fonda Speedway, Fonda, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )

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1976
Dana Carter won the USAC Sprint Car race over Chuck Gurney, Tommy Astone, Greg Leffler and James McElreath at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN.
Bill Schroth and Garry Gollub each won the Twin 25's URC Super Sprint Car races at the Beckley Motor Speedway , Beckley, WV.

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1977
Tom Sneva won the Schaefer 500 USAC Championship race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Mario Andretti was second followed by Gordon Johncock, Wally Dallenbach and Johnny Rutherford.

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1988
Rusty Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 400 over Bill Elliott at the Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI.

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2005
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Save Dodge/Save Mart 350 over Ricky Rudd at the Infineon Raceway, Sonoma, CA.

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2019
Tim Fuller won the 60-lap DIRTcar 358 Modified Series feature at the Can-Am Speedway, La Fargeville, NY. Erick Rudolph was second followed by Mat Williamson, Michael Parent and Mike Mahaney. The DIRTcar Sportsman feature was won by Jessica Power.

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2021
Dominic Scelzi won the 40-lap Lucas Oil American Sprint Car Series presented by the MAVTV 49th running of the Jim Raper Memorial Dirt Cup presented by the Skagit Casino Resort at the Skagit Speedway, Alger, WA. Trey Starks finished second followed by Matt Covington, Ryan Robinson and Seth Bergman.

Brent Marks won night 2 of the annual Pennsylvania Speedweek series at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. Rico Abreu finished second followed by Freddie Rahmer, Danny Dietrich and Paul McMahan.

Tyler Courtney won the USAC Silver Crown National Championship race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH. Chris Windom was second followed by Kody Swanson, Kevin Thomas Jr., Brady Bacon, Matt Westfall, Dallas Hewitt, Logan Seavey, Shane Cottle, Robert Ballou, Jake Swanson, Shane Cockrum, Jason McDougal, C.J. Leary, Carmen Perigo, Chris Phillips, David Byrne, Eric Gordon, Travis Welpott, Mike Haggenbottom, Bryan Gossel, Casey Buckman, Matt Goodnight, Austin Nemire, Chris Fetter, Justin Grant, Dave Berkheimer, Nathan Moore, Kyle Robbins and Terry Babb. Click to watch the feature highlights video.



Brett Kressley won the 30-lap T.P. Trailers Modified Stock Car feature at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA. Craig Von Dohren was second followed by Jeff Strunk, Jared Umbenhauer and Mike Maresca. Also Kenny Gilmore won the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature over Logan Bauman, Cole Stangle, Kyle Lilick and Lex Shive.

Billy Pauch won the Foley Cat Modified Stock Car feature at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, Swedesboro, NJ. Ryan Krachun finished second followed by Ryan Godown, Alex Yankowski and Sam Martz. The South Jersey Overhead Door 602 Sportsman feature was won by Joe Toth followed by Steve Davis, Matt Elery, Bryan Brobst and Tom Sherby.

Billy Pauch Jr. won the Vahlco Wheels Modified Stock Car feature at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. David Van Horn finished second followed by Mike Gular, Cale Ross, Brandon Grosso, Louden Reimert, Dakota Kessler, Mike Butler, Bryan Kuhl, DJ Hunt, Kory Fleming, Rick Laubach, Jimmy Blewett, Jack Swain, JR Fulper, John Aumick, Blaine Bracelin, Frank Venezia, David Burns, Jim Housworth, Wade Hendrickson, Kevin Vaclavicek, Tim Apgar and Chris Grbac. The Crate Modified Feature was won by
Paul Mancini followed by Anthony Tramontana, Pat Wall, Ryan Simmons, George Gareis Jr , Tom Princiotta, Jeremy Martino, Johnny Bangs, Nick Van Wickle and Justin Grosso. The Mid-Atlantic Sprint Series (MASS) 305 Sprint Car Feature was won by
Jeff Geiges followed by Kevin Nagy, Larry McVay, Ricky DiEva, Mark Bitner, Phil Meisner Jr., Joe Kay, Jon Brennfleck, Kristina Pratt, Dale Eggert, Buddy Schweibinz, Matthew Swift, David Bonner, Darren Cox, Michael Keen, JR Booth, Aidan Borden, Tom Carberry, Craig Pellegrini, Cody West, Eddie Wagner, Rory Janney, Ben McCall and Cory Cornell.

Alex Bowman won the NASCAR Cup Series Pocono Organics CBD 325 when his Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson blew a left-front tire while leading within one corner of the finish line at the Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Kyle Busch finished second followed by William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney, Kurt Busch, Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Larson and Brad Keselowski. The CRC Brakleen 150 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race was won by John Hunter Nemechek over Kyle Busch, Sheldon Creed, Tyler Ankrum and Austin Hill.

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