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1888

Al Cotey... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's ____________________

1889

Wade Morton... Born ... AAA driver from the 1920's ____________________

1943

Vern Schuppan... Born ... USAC / CART driver from the 1970's and 80's ____________________

1951

Bill Cantrell won the AAA Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ____________________

1960

Charlie Schild won the Modified race at the Playland Park Speedway, Houston, TX. ( Click here for the race report. )

Lee Dieas won the Modified race and Rick Arthur won the Sportsman race at the Sunshine Speedway, St. Petersburg, FL. ( Click here for the race report. ) ____________________

1961

A.J. Foyt won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Orange Show Stadium, San Bernardino, CA. ____________________

1977

Gordon Johncock set an Indianapolis Motor Speedway track record of 200.4 MPH. This was the first 200 mph lap at Indy. ____________________

1978

Bobby Allison ran away with the NASCAR Grand National 'Atlanta 500'. Allison led the last 197 laps in the Bud Moore Ford, taking the checkered a lap ahead of second place Dave Marcis. The win broke a drought for Allison, who went winless in the 1976 & 1977 seasons.

Lee Shephard made the first 160 mph NHRA Pro Stock pass when he ran 160.71 mph at a meet in La Place, Louisiana. ____________________

1982

Bobby Allen won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at Big H Motor Speedway, Houston, TX. Sammy Swindell finished second followed by Bobby Marshall, Steve Kinser and Bobby Davis Jr. ____________________

1989

Darrell Waltrip won the Motorcraft 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Atlanta International Raceway , Hampton, GA. ( Click here for the race results. )

Kenny Jacobs won the Sprint Car race at Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )

Mike Balzano won the Late Model race at Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown, MD.

Bobby Davis Jr won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at the State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City, OK. Doug Wolfgang was second followed by Jeff Swindell, Andy Hillenburg, Jac Haudenschild, Danny Lasoski and Cris Eash. ____________________

2000

Ward Burton wins the Mall.com 400 over Dale Jarrett at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC. ____________________

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