Johnny Sawyer ... Born ... AAA driver from the 1930's.
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1944
Bill Endicott ... Died ... AAA driver from the early 1900's. He was the brother of fellow racer Harry Endicott.
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1950
Andy Linden won the AAA Midget race at the West 16th Street Speedway, Indianapolis,IN
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1952
Johnny Thomson won the AAA Midget race at the Plainville Stadium, Plainville,CT
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1953
Jack McGrath won the 100 Mile Rex Mays Classic AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Jimmy Bryan was second followed by Jerry Hoyt, Paul Russo and Ernie McCoy.
Nick Fornoro won the URC Sprint Car race at the Lonsdale Sports Arena,Lonsdale, RI
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1955
Tim Richmond ... Born ... USAC / CART and NASCAR driver from the 1970's and 80's. He had his career cut short when he contracted HIV and died of complications from AIDS.
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1956
Rex Easton won the USAC Midget race at the Lafayette Stadium, Lafayette,IN
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1957
George Amick won the USAC Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH
Jiggs Peters won the ARDC Midget race at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown,NY
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1958
Joe Barzda won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Sandusky Speedway, Sandusky,OH
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1959
Johnny Thomson won the 100 Mile Rex Mays Classic USAC Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Johnny Boyd was second followed by A.J. Foyt, Jud Larson and Al Keller.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines,IA
Al Herman won the ARDC Midget race at the Old Bridge Stadium, Old Bridge,NJ
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1963
Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget race at the Cloverleaf Speedway, Cleveland,OH
Greg Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Lakeside Speedway, Kansas City,KS
Jim Hurtubise won the USAC Sprint Car race over Don Branson, Jim McElreath, Parnelli Jones and Roger McCluskey at the Lancaster Motorsports Park (5/8p), Lancaster, NY
Bobby Gerhart won the Super Modified race over Bobby Abel, Leroy Felty, Gene Goodling and Dick Tobias at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
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1964
A.J. Foyt won the 100 Mile Rex Mays Classic USAC Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Len Sutton was second followed by Bud Tinglestad, Troy Ruttman and Mel Kenyon.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Thompson Int. Speedway,Thompson, CT
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Sprint car race over George Snider, Rollie Beale, Bruce Walkup and Larry Dickson at the Illiana Motor Speedway, Schererville,IN.
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1981
Benny Parsons won the NASCAR Winston Cup Budweiser 400 over Dale Earnhardt at the Texas World Speedway
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1985
Nick Fornoro Jr won the co-sanctioned ESMRA / ARDC Midget race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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