Bill Holland won the 100 Mile AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Rex Mays was second followed by Paul Russo, George Connor and Charles Van Acker.
Sam Hanks won the 25-lap CARA Midget race over Tony Bettenhausen and Ronnie Householder at the Soldier Field, Chicago, IL.
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1949
Johnnie Parsons , driving the Shaffer Gear Offy #1, won the 30-lap CARA Midget race over Sam Hanks and Johnnie Tolan before 7,000 fans at the Soldier Field, Chicago, IL.
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1951
Art Cross won the AAA Midget race at the Lafayette Stadium, Lafayette,IN
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1952
Mike Nazaruk won the 100 Mile Rex Mays Classic AAA Indy Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Paul Russo was second followed by Bill Schindler, Jim Rigsby and Jimmy Reece.
Johnny McDowell ... Died ... AAA driver from the mid 1930's to 1952. He drove Midgets and Indy Cars. McDowell competed in the 1949 to 1952 Indianapolis 500 races. He died in a qualifying crash at the Milwaukee Mile the week after the 1952 Indy 500.
Al Keller won the 100 Mile NASCAR Speedway Car race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, GA. Jack Smith was second followed by Wally Campbell, Buck Baker and Bill Miller.
Vic Carter won the AAA Midget race at the Toledo Raceway Park, Toledo,OH
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines, IA
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Moundsville Fairgrounds, Moundsville, WV
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1953
George Tichenor won the AAA Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL
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1955
Bob Veith won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH
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1956
Gene Force won the USAC Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH
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1957
Frank Burany won the USAC Midget race at the Soldier Field, Chicago,IL
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1958
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines, IA
Art Bisch won the 100 Mile USAC Indy Car race on the 1 mile paved oval at the Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, WI. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by Jimmy Reece, Johnny Thomson and Johnny Boyd.
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1960
Eddie Johnson won the USAC Midget race at the Lorain County Speedway, South Amherst, OH
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1961
Tommy Copp won the USAC Midget race at the Flat Rock Speedway, Flat Rock, MI
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1962
Dutch Schaefer won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY
Johnny White won the Super Modified race at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo,OH
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove, PA.
Tommy Copp won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the Cloverleaf Speedway, Valley View, OH.
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1963
Johnny Riva won the USAC Midget race at the Soldier Field Speedway, Chicago, IL.
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1964
Mel Kenyon won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield, IL.
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1969
Art Pollard relieved Greg Weld and won the 150 Mile Rex Mays Classic USAC Championship Car race at the 1 Mile Paved Oval The Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, Wisconsin. Jim Malloy finished second followed by A.J. Foyt, Bud Tingelstad and Johnny Rutherford.
Larry Cannon won the USAC Sprint Car race over Bruce Walkup, Bill Puterbaugh, Lee Kunzman and Don Nordhorn at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg, OH.
Gus Linder and Lynn Paxton awarded first place money in the Super Sprint Car race at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Billy Shuman and Don Nordhorn won the Twin 50's USAC Sprint Car races at the Indiana State Fairgrounds , Indianapolis,IN
Richie Evans won the Don MacTavish 100-lap memorial race for NASCAR Modifieds at the Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta, NY. Fred DeSarro ran a close second followed by Jerry Cook, Carl (Bugs) Stevens, Maynard Forette, Bob Santos, Sonny Seaman, Bernie Miller, Ed Flemke and Brian Ross.
Larry Rice won the USAC Midget feature race over Jimmy Caruthers, Tommy Astone, Dave Strickland and K.V. Weiland at the Santa Fe Speedway, Hinsdale, IL.
Leroy Felty won the URC Super Sprint Car race over Buck Buckley, Harry Benjamin, Bing Metz and Rich Varone at the Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville, MD.
Red Farmer won two Late Model features at the Birmingham International Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
Dean Ward won the Modified Sprint race at the Hastings Raceway, Hastings, NE.
Jerry Matus won the Sprint Car feature race over Jack Sodeman, Buddy Cochran, Ralph Quarterson and Ed Lynch at the Lernerville Speedway, Sarver, PA.
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1974
Billy Cassella won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, IN. Bill Puterbaugh was second followed Tom Bigelow, George Snider and Tommy Astone.
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1975
Richard Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup Tuborg 400 over Bobby Allison at the Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
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1980
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Hodgdon 500 over Neil Bonnett at the Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
Paul Lotier won the Super Sprint Car Pre-National Open race at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ron Lauer, after 14 years of trying, won the co-sanction ESMRA / ARDC Midget race at the Silver Spring Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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