Chet Miller ... Died ... AAA driver 1928 to 1953. Ran the Indy 500 sixteen times with a best finish of 3rd in 1938. He was killed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during practice for the 1953 Indianapolis 500.
Bob McLean won the AAA Midget race at the Lafayette Stadium, Lafayette,IN
Keith Andrews ... Died ... He started racing on oval tracks in 1946 driving Roadsters, progressing to midgets in 1947 and winning three feature races at Lakeside Speedway. He won the Colorado Midget Championship three years running from 1952 to 1954. In 1955 he moved up to big cars and entered in the Indianapolis 500 in 1955 and 1956. Finishing 20th in 1955, in 1956 he was involved in an accident early on, but got restarted to finished 26th. He was killed after crashing his car during testing for the 1957 Indianapolis 500.
Don Kreitz won the ARDC Midget race and Rene Charland won the Modified-Sportsman race at the Islip Speedway , Islip, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jim English won the ATQMRA Midget race and Hardy Higbee won the Limited Sportsman Stock Car race at the Atlantic City Speedway , Pleasantville, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bobby Hogle won the USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/4d), Gardena,CA
Ray Tilley won the Modified Stock Car race over Leroy Felty at the Selinsgrove Speedway ,Selinsgrove, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bob Weisenmeyer won the Sportsman-Modified Stock Car race at the Flemington Fairgrounds , Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Henry Pens won the UARA Midget race at the Joliet Stadium, Joliet,IL
Bob Tester won the Modified race over Johnny Crawford, Johnny Roberts, Ed Zirkle and Neil Haight at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ron Rea won the CRA Sprint Car race over Paul Jones, Chuck Allen, Don Hamilton and Clark Templeman at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA
Sammy Sessions won the USAC Sprint Car race over Lee Kunzman, Tom Bigelow, Sonny Ates and Darl Harrison at the Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis,IN
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race at the Islip Speedway, Islip,NY
J.D. Leas won the Super Sprint Car race over Ted Wise, Milt Miller and Jerry Matus at the Jennerstown Speedway, Jennerstown,PA
Jay Woosdide won the Sprint Car race over Dick Sutcliffe at the Knoxville Raceway, Knoxville,IA
Danny Caruthers won the USAC Midget race over Jimmy Caruthers, Billy Engelhart, Billy Renshaw and Dave Strickland at the Limaland Motorsports Park, Lima,OH
Jim Shampine won the Super Modified race over Nolan Swift and Norm Mackereth at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY
Sheldon Kinser won the Sprint Car race over Larry Miller and Bob Kinser at the Paragon Speedway, Paragon,IN
Leroy Felty won the Super Sprint Car race over Lynn Paxton, Jim Kennedy, Billy Cassella and Elber Ruby at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Mitch Smith, in the Gary's Auto Wrecker Special # 5, won the Super Sprint Car race over Ray Tilley, Bobbie Adamson, Lee Osborne and Jim Wilbur at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
Buddy Taylor won the Sprint Car race at the Tucson Raceway Park, Tucson, AZ
Kenny Weld in his Sprint Car broke all existing track records except the Indy Car record while tire testing at the Dover International Speedway , Dover, DE. ( Click here for the race report. )
Max Sweeney won the CRA Sprint Car race over Rick Goudy, Billy Allen, Don Hamilton and Jay East at the Cajon Speedway, San Diego,CA
Dick Gaines won the Sprint Car race over Cliff Cochrum, Johnny Krebbs, John Batts and Calvin Gilstrap at the Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg,IN
Bobby Allen won the Super Sprint Car race over Jim Edwards, Dub May, Rob Cappetta and Van May at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Billy Shuman won the Sprint Car race over Lealand McSpadden, Ron Shuman and Jerry Miller at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ
Harry Benjamin won the URC Sprint Car race over Wayne Reutimann, Garry Gollub, Jerry Conners and Bobby Albert at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown,NY
Johnny Grum won the Super Sprint Car race over Barry Camp, Rick Ferkel, Jay Myers and Rod Gross at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Mitch Smith won the Super Sprint Car race over Paul Pitzer, Ben Showers, Leroy Felty and Smokey Snellbaker at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race over Billy Hughes, Doug Craig, Lew Blair and George Ferguson Jr. at the Susquehanna Speedway Park, Newberrytown,PA
Gus Linder won the Sprint Car race over Ted Wise and Ed Murphy at the Tri-City Speedway, Franklin, PA
Cale Yarborough wins the Mason-Dixon 500 over David Pearson at the Dover International Speedway, Dover DE
Jim Maguire won the ARDC Midget race at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD
Sammy Sessions won the Super Modified race over Jeff Bloom at the Kalamazoo Speedway, Kalamazoo,MI
Pancho Carter won the USAC Sprint Car race over George Snider, Sheldon Kinser, Joe Saldana and Billy Cassella at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN
Gordon Smiley... Died ... American race car driver from Omaha, Nebraska that ran SCCA Formula Atlantic, Can-Am, Formula 5000, Formula Super Vee and Indy cars. Smiley raced in the Indianapolis 500 twice, in 1980 and 1981, and was killed while trying to qualify for a third in 1982.
Aaron Reutzel won the Morgan Cup World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at the Williams Grove Speedway , Mechanicsburg, PA, Giovanni Scelzi was second followed by Lance Dewease , Anthony Macri and Kerry Madsen. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
Craig Von Dohren won the 30-lap T.P. Trailers Modified Stock Car feature at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA. Brett Kressley was second followed by Jeff Strunk, Doug Manmiller and Nate Brinker. Also Logan Bauman won the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature over B.J. Joly, Mike Stofflet, Chris Esposito and Cody Manmiller. In the 25-lap Rapid Tire East Coast USAC Sprint Feature it was Briggs Danner the winner over Steve Drevicki, Alex Bright, Bruce Buckwalter and Tommy Kunsman Jr..
Neil Rutt III won the25-lap Sportsman feature at the Wall Stadium Speedway, Wall Township, NJ. Kevin Davison was second followed by Mike Carr, Jake Nelke and Jarrett DiGiantomasso, Neil Rutt III won the 25-lap Limited Late Model feature over Howie Conk, Mike Tillett, Greg Gastelu, and Ray Minieri. The 25-lap Factory Stock feature was won by Elliot Wohl followed by Bryan O'Shea, Scott Riggleman, John Carpenter and Kevin Flores.
Kyle Reinhardt won the FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 Sprint Car Series race at the Dirt Oval at Route 66 in Joliet, IL, Tyler Courtney was second followed by Cory Eliason , Cap Henry and Bill Balog. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
Ryan Godown won the30-lap Modified Stock Car feature at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, Swedesboro, NJ. Dominick Buffalino finished second followed by Alex Yankowski, Billy Pauch Sr. and Matt Stangle. The 25-lap 602 Sportsman feature was won by Sam Martz, Jr., Howie Finch, Ryan Godown Jr., Wayne Weaver and Matt Ellery.
Billy Pauch Jr, who started from the 14th starting spot, won the30-lap Modified Stock Car feature at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. Jimmy Blewett was second followed by Mike Gular, Brandon Grosso and David Van Hoern. The Crate Sportsman feature was won by Justin Grosso followed by Matt Miller, George Gareis Jr., Jon Meyer and Anthony Tranonfana. The MASS 305 Sprint Car feature was won by Kevin Nagy followed by Eddie Wagner, Rick Stief, Jon Brennflek and Zack Bealer.
Austin Cindric won the Drydene 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race over Josh Berry, Justin Allgaier, AJ Allmendinger and Ty Gibbs at the Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE.
John Lieto won the 30-lap 358 Modified feature over Ryan Macartney, Tanner VanDoren, Anthony Perrego and Corey Cormier at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, NY. The Sportsman feature was taken by Jeff Hulseapple over Joe Bonetti, Jake Bedell, Jared Labagh and John Bockhorn.
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