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1887

Len Zengel... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's ____________________

1888

Percy Ford... Born ... AAA driver from 1917 to 1921. Ran the Indy 500 in 1921 and finished 3rd. ____________________

1907

Ken Fowler... Born ... AAA driver from the 1930's and 40's ____________________

1926

Bob Mathouser ... Born ... Drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1961-1966 seasons, with 30 career starts, including the 1964 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 4 times, with his best finish in 6th position in 1964 at Langhorne. ____________________

1927

Al Herman... Born ... AAA /USAC driver from the 1950's and 60's ____________________

1930

Cliff Woodbury drives a front-drive Miller 91 to a 180.90 mph record over a measured mile at Daytona Beach, Florida. ____________________

1958

Curtis Turner in a Holman-Moody Ford, nipped Gwyn Staley's Chevy by a car length to win the 150 lap NASCAR Grand National race on the 1/3 mile paved Champion Speedway in Fayetteville, North Carolina. ____________________

1959

Parnelli Jones, in the Fike Plumbing Chevy, won the 25-lap CRA Sprint Car race over Allen Heath, in the Childers Offy, at the Ascot Speedway in Los Angeles, CA.

Jim Hurtubise, driving the Kephart Offy, won the 20-lap CRA Sprint Car race over Roger McCluskey, in the Purvis Chevy, at the Imperial Mid-Winter Fair in Imperial, CA.

Joe Lee Johnson won the 100 mile NASCAR Convertible race at the State Fair Grounds, Richmond, VA. Joe Weatherly was second followed by Ken Rush, Larry Frank and Curtis Turner. ____________________

1962

Josele Garza... Born ... USAC / CART driver from the 1980's ____________________

1981

Cale Yarborough wins the Coca-Cola 500 over Harry Gant at the Atlanta Motor Speedway , Atlanta, GA. ____________________

1987

Ricky Rudd wins the Motorcraft 500 over Benny Parsons at the Atlanta Motor Speedway , Atlanta, GA. ____________________

1992

Bill Elliott wins the Motorcraft 500 over Harry Gant at the Atlanta Motor Speedway , Atlanta, GA. ____________________

2001

Charlie Rogers... Died ... AAA driver from the 1940's ____________________

2008

Rick Laubach won the Race Fuels Race of Champions Dart Dirt Modified Tour Icebreaker 50 race at the Selinsgrove Speedway , Selinsgrove, PA.

Billy Dietrich won the 358 Sprint Car opener race at the Lincoln Speedway , Abbottstown, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )

Fred Rahmer won the 410 Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway , Abbottstown, PA.

Rick Eckert won the Late Model race at the Hagerstown Speedway , Hagerstown, MD. ( Click here for the race report. )

Jimmy Phelps won the Big Block Modified race at the Hagerstown Speedway , Hagerstown, MD. ( Click here for the race report. )

Gary Wright won the final night of the 35th Annual Spring Nationals Sprint Car race at the Devil's Bowl Speedway , Mesquite, TX.

Clint Bowyer won the NASCAR Nationwide Series Sharpie Mini 300 race at the Bristol Motor Speedway , Bristol, TN. ( Click here for the race report. ) ____________________

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