Jim McCune won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Johnny White, Gordon Woolley, Pete Folse and Steve Stapp at the Illiana Motor Speedway, Schererville,IN
Ray Tilley won the Super Modified race over Bobby Hersh, Ralph Smith, Leroy Felty and Johnny Crawford at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA
Ray Brown won the ARDC Midget race at the Thompson Int. Speedway, Thompson,CT
Bobby Gerhart won the Super Modified race over Roger Sowers, Pee/Wee Pobletts, Neil Haight and Ray Tilley at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
Dario Franchitti ... Born ... A Scottish racing driver of Italian descent. He formerly competed in the CART series before switching to the IndyCar Series where he was 2007 champion. Dario is a 3 time Indy 500 Champion, 2007 (rain-shortened) ..2010 & 2012. He also competed in the American Le Mans Series for Andretti Green Racing with his brother Marino and former IndyCar Series teammate Bryan Herta. In late 2007 he started driving in NASCAR and in 2009 went back to Indy Cars. On 6 October 2013, he was involved in a serious crash at the Grand Prix of Houston, when his car flew into catch-fencing after contact with the car of Takuma Sato. Franchitti suffered two fractured vertebrae, a broken ankle and a concussion in the accident. A month later, on 14 November 2013, Franchitti announced his immediate retirement from motor racing on medical advice.
Rick Goudy was the winner of the CRA Sprint Car race over Jimmy Oskie, Danny McKnight, Clark Templeman and Terry Kawell at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Pancho Carter won the USAC Midget race over Bob Wente, Larry Rice, Billy Shuman and Larry Dickson at the Kankakee Motor Speedway, Kankakee, IL. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jan Opperman won the Super Sprint Car race over Lee Osborne, Rick Ferkel, Sam Armstrong and Ben Showers at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Lynn Paxton won the Super Sprint Car race over Johnny Grum, Barry Camp, Smokey Snellbaker and Gary Howsare at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Jim Shampine won the Super Modified race over Ron Wallace and Keith Andrews at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race over Hank Rogers Jr, Leigh Earnshaw, Jerry Stover and Rich Vogler at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Troy Ruttman... Died ... AAA / USAC driver from the late 1940's to 1964. He raced in 12 Indy 500's and won in 1952. He was the older brother of NASCAR driver Joe Ruttman.
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