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1890
George Clark... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
Bill Rader... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
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1953
Bill Vukovich , driving the #45 Gerhardt Offy, won the AAA Midget race at the Kearny Bowl, Fresno, CA.
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1959
Johnny Beauchamp ,Having lost the inaugural 'Daytona 500' in a photo finish the month before, won the 100 mile NASCAR Grand National race at the 1 mile dirt Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia by a full lap. It was the first career GN win for the former IMCA star from Harlan, Iowa. Beauchamp was again in Roy Burdick's T-Bird, giving Thunderbirds three straight GN wins. Buck Baker, lapped with 13 laps to go, finished second.
George Amick won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the Ascot Speedway, Gardena, CA. Johnnie Parsons finished second followed by Mike McGreevy, Johnny Boyd, Shorty Templeman, Johnnie Tolan, Ray Crawford, Danny Oakes, Tommy Copp, Gene Gurney, Dempsey Wilson and Wayne Weiler.
Don Branson won the 30 lap USAC Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Raceway, Birmingham, AL. A.J Foyt finished second followed by Jud Larson, Van Johnson, Eddie Sachs, Jerry Blundy, Rex Easton, Nick McCormick, Elmer George and Tommy Hinnershitz.
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1964
Fred Lorenzen took the checkered flag in the NASCAR GN 'Southeastern 500' at 60 mph. Lorenzen had led since lap 7, but the Holman-Moody Ford began smoking with 24 laps to go on the 1/2 mile paved Bristol International Speedway. Lorenzen slowed the car and nursed it to the line a half lap ahead of teammate Fireball Roberts.
A.J. Foyt drove his Offy powered Watson roadster to victory in the 100 mile USAC Championship race at Phoenix International Raceway, the first event for Indy Cars on the one mile paved oval.
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1974
Peter Revson... Died ... Formula One and the Indy car driver. The nephew of Revlon Cosmetics industry magnate Charles Revson, he was an heir to his father Martin's fortune (reportedly worth over $1 billion). During a practice run for the 1974 South African Grand Prix in Johannesburg, he was killed as a result of suspension failure on his Shadow Ford DN3.
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1980
Lynn Paxton won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jim Edwards won the Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1981
Johnny Rutherford drove a Cosworth-Chaparral to victory in the 150 mile CART Indy Car race at Phoenix International Raceway.
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1986
Doug Wolfgang won the Super Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Doug Hoffman won the Small Block Modified Stock Car race at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Howie Locke won the Super Sportsman race at the Silver Spring Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
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2008
Scott Wimmer won the NASCAR Nationwide Series race at the Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon, TN. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jason Johnson won the O'Reilly American Sprint Car Series race at the State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City, OK. ( Click here for the race report. )
Greg Hodnett won the 410 Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Brad Kuhn won the USAC Western Midget Series race over Garrett Hansen, sprint car driver Jason Meyers, Robby Jossett and Robby Flock at the Bakersfield Speedway, Bakersfield, CA.
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