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1946
Bus Wilbert won the AAA Midwest Sprint Car Race at the Dayton Speedway,Dayton, OH.

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1947
Bill Holland won the AAA Midwest Sprint Car Race at the Powell Motor Speedway,Columbus, OH.
Mark Light , driving the Cracraft #20, won the 20-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race on the 1/2 mile dirt Nazareth Speedway in Nazareth, PA.
Gus Klingbiel , driving the Leader Card Offy, won the 25-lap CARA Midget race over Ronnie Householder and Mike O'Halloran at the Soldier Field, Chicago, IL.

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1949
Eddie Haddad , driving the Haddad Special Offy #3, won the 40-lap CARA Midget race over Keith Andrews and Frank Burany before 4,211 fans at the Soldier Field, Chicago, IL.

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1951
Potsy Goacher won the AAA Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Indianapolis,IN.

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1952
Tom Cherry won the 100 mile NASCAR / Champ Car race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA. Steve Yanigan was second followed by Wally Campbell, Tony Bonadies and Tex Keene.
Marshall Teague drove his Hudson Hornet to victory in the AAA Stock Car race on the 1/2 mile dirt Williams Grove Speedway in Williams Grove, Pennsylvania.
Tim Flock drove his Ted Chester owned Hudson Hornet to victory in the 2nd annual NASCAR Grand National 'Motor City 250' on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Michigan State Fairgrounds.
Vito Calia won the AAA Midget race at the Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City,KS.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN.

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1956
Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget race at the Auto City Speedway, Flint,MI.

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1957
Cliff Riggott won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
Don Staudinger won the URA Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.

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1958
Bill Homeier won the USAC Midget race at the Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne,PA.
Don Branson won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH.

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1960
Leroy Warriner won the USAC Midget race at the Blue Island, Chicago,IL.

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1961
Mickey Shaw won the Sprint Car race at the Heidelberg Speedway, Pittsburgh,PA.
Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget race at the Berlin Raceway, Grand Rapids,MI.

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1962
Bill Johnston won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
Greg Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City,KS.
Bobby Hersh won the Super Modified race over Johnny Mackison and Neil Haight at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.

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1963
Johnny Moorhouse won the USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena, CA.
Greg Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA.
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.

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1964
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL.
Kenny Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Topeka Fairgrounds, Topeka,KS. Don Elliott was second followed by Greg Weld, Gordon Woolley and Jay Woodside.

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1968
Ned Spath won the CRA Sprint Car race over Don Hawley, Paul Jones, Jimmy Oskie and Bobby Hogle at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Johnny Mann won the ARDC Midget race at the Hershey Stadium, Hershey,PA.

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1969
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Gino Swarthout finished second followed by Bryant Ingalls, Johnny Hubbard and Dick Mealy.
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway (1/2p), New Bremen,OH. Jim Malloy was second followed by Mike Mosley, Sammy Sessions and Rollie Beale.
Ernie McCoy won the ARDC Midget race at the Nazareth Raceway, Nazareth,PA.
Bob Tattersall won the USAC Midget race at the Kamp Motor Speedway, Boswell, IN.
Mike Lloyd won the Super Sprint Car race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA.

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1971
Jim Kirk won the USAC Midget race over Johnny Coy, Johnny Parsons, Arnie Knepper and Bob Wente at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.

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1973
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA. Jan Opperman was second followed by Bobby Allen, Mike Lloyd and Ed Zirkle.

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1974
Steve Smith won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. Kenny Weld was second followed by Bobby Allen, Jay Myers and Dub May.
Smokey Snellbaker won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA.
Paul Pitzer won the Super Sprint Car race over Mike Lloyd, Kramer Williamson, Tom Spriggle and Jim Kirk at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA.

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1975
Garry Gollub won the URC Sprint Car race at the Cayuga County Speedway, Weedsport,NY.
Hank Rogers, Jr. won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Dana Carter was second followed by Dub May, Frankie Holz and Joe Gimpel.
A.J. Foyt won the Schaefer 500 USAC Championship race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA. Wally Dallenbach was second followed by Billy Vukovich, Jr, Roger McCluskey and Gary Bettenhausen.

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1980
Joe Saldana won the USAC Sprint Car feature over Steve Chassey, Larry Rice, Larry Dickson and Rich Leavell at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute, IN.

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2019
Chad Trout won the 410 Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. Darren Mollenoyux was second followed by Ryan Smith, Freddie Rahmer and Cory Haas.

Kenny Tremont Jr. won the Modified Stock Car race over Brian Berger, J.R. Heffner, Kolby Schroder and Eddie Marshall at the Lebanon Valley Speedway, West Lebanon, NY. The Small Block Modified feature was won by Andy Bachetti and the Sportsman feature was taken by Michael Sabia.

Rocky Warner won the Modified Stock Car feature over Stewart Friesen, David Schilling, Craig Hanson and Jessica Friesen at the Fonda Speedway, Fonda, NY.

Erick Rudolph won the 50-lap "Land of Legends" Modified Stock Car feature over Matt Sheppard, Billy Dunn, Alan Johnson and Justin Haers at the Land of Legends Speedway, Canandaigua, NY. The Sportsman Modified feature went to Kevin Root over Kane Bristol and Jackson Gill. The 305 Sprint Car feature went to Erik Karlsen over Andy Jacobus.

Dean Jacobs won the Sprint Car race over Andrew Palker, Henry Malcuit, Danny Mumaw and Tom Schinderle at the Wayne County Speedway, Orrville, OH.

Cole Custer won the Camping World 300 NASCAR Xfinity race at the Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet, IL. Joey Logano finished second followed by Michael Annett, Brandon Jones and Austin Cindric.

Dave Blaney won the Lou Blaney Memorial 410 Sprint Car race at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH. Cole Duncan was second followed by Dan Shetler, Jordan Ryan and Chad Kemenah.

Aaron Reutzel won the All Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car race over Dale Blaney, Paul McMahan, Cory Eliason and Bill Balog at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, IL.

Brad Sweet won the 35-lap World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car race over Donny Schatz, Daryn Pittman, David Gravel and James McFadden at the Jackson Motorplex, Jackson, MN. Click to watch the feature highlights video.



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2021
Kyle Larson won night 5 of the annual Pennsylvania Speedweek series and "Thunder on the Hill" at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA . Brent Marks was second followed by Danny Dietrich, Anthony Macri, Kyle Moody, Rico Abreu, Christopher Bell, Lynton Jeffery, Ryan Taylor and Justin Peck. In the other part of the "Thunder on the Hill" program Ryan Godown won the NASCAR 358 Modified feature over Jeff Strunk, Duane Howard, Brett Kressley and Craig VonDohren. Click to watch the 410 feature highlights video.





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