Robert Delno ... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
1911
Louis Disbrow drove a Pope-Hartford to victory in the 100 mile AAA Championship Pablo Beach Road Race in Jacksonville, Florida. Disbrow averaged 76.5 mph.
1935
Sonny Ates... Born ... USAC midget, sprint and championship car driver from the 1960's & 70's.
1964
Rolla Vollstedt buys the first Offenhauser engine built for rear-engine application. It was put in the Bryant Heating Special which finished 15th in the Indianapolis 500 with Len Sutton at the wheel.
1965
Don Branson drove a Watson roadster to victory in the 150 mile USAC Championship race on the 1 mile paved Phoenix International Raceway.
1970
Al Unser drove a Colt-Ford to victory in the USAC Championship 'Jimmy Bryan 150' at Phoenix International Raceway.
1971
Mario Andretti, driving an F1 Ferrari 312B, won the F1/F5000 Questor Grand Prix at Ontario Motor Speedway in California.
1982
Rick Mears drove a Penske/Cosworth to victory in the 150 mile CART Indy Car race at Phoenix International Raceway. Bobby Rahal made his first Indy Car start.
Cale Yarborough wins the Hodg. Car. 500 over Terry Labonte at the North Carolina Speedway , Rockingham, NC.
1993
Dale Earnhardt wins the TranSouth 500 over Mark Martin at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
1999
Terry Labonte wins the PRIMESTAR 500 over Dale Jarrett at the Texas Motor Speedway , Fort Worth, TX.
2001
George Connor... Died ... AAA driver from the 1930's , 40's & 50's who ran the Indy 500 14 times with a best finish of 3rd in 1949.
2004
Kurt Busch wins the Food City 500 over Rusty Wallace at the Bristol Motor Speedway , Bristol, TN.
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