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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. ____________________

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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