Bobby Ball won the URA Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ
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1951
Joe James won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Dayton Speedway, Dayton, OH
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Morgan County Speedway, Jacksonville, IL
Troy Ruttman, in the J.C. Agajanian # 98, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Williams Grove Speedway,Mechanicsburg, PA
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1956
George Amick won the USAC Midget race at the Salem Speedway, Salem,IN
Elmer George won the USAC Sprint Car race over Don Branson, Tommy Hinnershitz, Rex Easton and Bob Sweikert at the Lakewood Speedway (1.0d), Atlanta, GA
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1961
Bobby Hogle won the CRA Sprint Car race over Colby Scroggin, Bob McCoy, Louie Unser and Kack Brunner at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA
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1962
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Gleneste Speed Bowl, Cincinnati, OH
Johnny Rutherford won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Pete Folse, Bill Horstmeyer, Scratch Daniels and Harold Leep at the Illiana Motor Speedway, Schererville,IN
Tony Bonadies won the ARDC Midget race at the Nazareth Raceway, Nazareth, PA
Dick Tobias won the Super Modified feature over Neil Haight at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA
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1964
Johnny Kay won the NEMA Midget race at the Westboro Speedway, Westboro,MA
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1966
Bob Myers won the Super Modified feature over Bobby Abel and Lynn Paxton at the Dorsey Speedway, Dorsey, MD
Ray Tilley won the Super Modified feature over Ed Spencer, Leroy Felty, Bobby Gerhart and Dick Tobias at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
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1967
Steve Kennick won the CRA Sprint Car race over Billy Vukovich, Stan McElrath, Bob McCoy and Ned Spath at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA
Dick Tobias won the Super Modified feature over Ken Bartholomew, Wayne McGuire, Gerald Chamberlain and Jim Sheaffer at the Hershey Stadium, Hershey,PA
Russ Klar won the ARDC Midget race at the Islip Speedway, Islip,NY
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car feature at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Mitch Smith won the Super Sprint Car feature at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Ray Tilley, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Sprint Car feature over Bobby Gerhart, Bobbie Adamson, Steve Travers and Johnny Crawford at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
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1971
Mark Donohue recorded the first sub-50 second lap (49.73 seconds) and first 180 mph lap (180.977 mph) at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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1972
Chuck Allen won the CRA Sprint Car feature over Rick Goudy, Clark Templeman, Terry Kawell and Tony Simon at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA
Wayne Woodward won the URC Sprint Car feature over Buck Buckley, Bob Pickell, Stan Ploski and Sammy Beavers at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ
Tom Bigelow won the USAC Sprint Car feature over Larry Dickson, Lee Kunzman, Sammy Sessions and Don Nordhorn at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis,IN
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race over Johnny Mann and Dutch Schaefer at the Islip Speedway, Islip,NY
Roger Rager won the Sprint Car feature at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car feature over Bobby Allen, Paul Pitzer, Lynn Paxton and Steve Smith at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Ralph Quarterson, in the # 66 Nick Lupe Special, won the Super Modified feature over Bill Banick, Herb Buck, Dick Swartzlander and Frank Raiti at the Mercer Raceway Park, Mercer,PA
Jim Shampine won the Super Modified feature over Norm Mackereth, Fred Graves, Ollie Silva and Doug Syer at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY
Smokey Snellbaker won the Super Sprint Car feature over Johnny Grum, Sonny Duncan, Joe Lingle and Bob Elbin at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Bobbie Adamson, in the Al Hamilton # 77, won the Super Sprint Car feature over Tom Spriggle, Lee Osborne, Mike Lloyd and Jim Wilbur at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
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1973
Rick Ferkel won the Super Sprint Car feature over Mark Caldwell, Tommy Dickson, Don Hewitt and Hal Minyard at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH
Smokey Snellbaker won the Super Sprint Car feature over Jim Edwards, Lynn Paxton, Gary Howsare and Irvin King at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD
Bobby Allen won the Super Sprint Car feature over Jan Opperman, Tom Spriggle, Paul Pitzer and Steve Smith at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA
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1988
Rick Mears ran a lap of 220.453 mph in qualifying for the Indy 500. It was the first official 220 mph lap at the Speedway.
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2006
Greg Biffle wins the Dodge Charger 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
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2007
Jeff Gordon wins the Dodge Avenger 500 over Denny Hamlin at the Darlington Raceway , Darlington, SC.
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