Bennett Hill won the 250 mile AAA Championship race on the 1.25 mile high banked board track Culver City Speedway in Culver City, California. Hill averaged 131.29 mph at the wheel of a Miller.
1948
Billy Shuman... Born ... West coast Super-Modified and Sprint car driver from the 1960's and 70's. Older brother of Ron Shuman.
1960
Ayrton Senna... Born ... Three time F1 World Champion.
1965
Erwin Bergdoll... Died ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
1966
Kenny Brack... Born ... A race car driver from Sweden. Until his retirement from racing, he competed in the CART, Indy Racing League and the IROC series. He is the winner of the 1999 Indianapolis 500 and the 1998 driving champion of the Indy Racing League.
1970
Mario Andretti jumps into the Ferrari 512S of Ignazio Giunti/Nino Vaccarella and drives it to a 23.8 second victory over the Porsche 908 of Peter Revson and film star Steve McQueen in the 12 Hours of Sebring, at Sebring, Florida.
1976
David Pearson wins the Atlanta 500 over Benny Parsons at the Atlanta Motor Speedway , Atlanta, GA.
1982
Darrell Waltrip wins the Coca-Cola 500 over Richard Petty at the Atlanta Motor Speedway , Atlanta, GA.
1998
Dale Jarrett wins the TranSouth Financial 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
1999
John Force set a NHRA Funny Car speed record of 324.05 mph at Gainesville, Florida. At the same event, Tony Pendragon set an NHRA Funny Car quarter mile e.t. record of 4.779 seconds.
Jeff Burton wins the TranSouth Financial 500 over Jeremy Mayfield at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
2004
Jimmie Johnson wins the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 over Bobby Labonte at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
ONE DAY
To report wrong information, click here to send E-Mail to webmaster@wheelsofspeed.com 
Back to the Wheels of Speed home page