Gus Schrader ...Born ... Schrader would become known as "King of the OUTLAW Dirt Tracks" during his storied career. Gus was the IMCA "big car" (sprint) champ from 1933-1941 except in 1938 when Emory Collins broke the string. He ran the Indy 500 in1932 and finished 39th.
Joe Barzda ... Born ... AAA / USAC driver in the 1950's. Quit after Van Johnson's fatal crash in 1959, in which Joe was involved in. With brother Jim, he ran the Californian Speed and Sport Shop in New Brunswick, New Jersey which fielded cars in lots of events, including CART and endurance racing.
Bobby Johns ... Born ... Johns raced in the NASCAR series in the 1956-1969 seasons, with 141 career starts. He had 2 wins among his 36 top ten finishes and finished the 1960 season 3rd in the points. He also attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 7 times and succeeded in both 1965 and 1969, where he finished 7th and 10th, respectively.
Greg Weld crashed at Indy and ended the saga of the Novi engine.
Marvin Panch, with the help from relief driver Richard Petty, drove a Plymouth Belvedere to victory in the Charlotte 600 NASCAR stockcar race in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Ted Wise won the Sprint Car race over Andy Phillips, Frank Gorichky, Buddy Cochran and Jim Magill at the Blanket Hill Speedway, Kittanning,PA
Johnny Mann won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA
Joe Saldana won the Sprint Car race over Ken Gritz and Lonnie Jensen at the Midwest Speedway, Lincoln,NE
RayLee Goodwin won the Sprint Car race over Roy Robbins, Wes Ferrand, Ken Williams and Jerry Weld at the Olympic Stadium, Kansas City,MO
Wib Spaulding won the Sprint Car race over Gene Henson and Tom Bigelow at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL
Rollie Beale won the Super Modified race over Tom York, Benny Rapp, Lou Blaney and Darl Harrison at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo,OH
Billy Engelhart won the USAC Midget race at the Santa Fe Speedway, Chicago,IL
Kenny Weld, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Sprint Car race over Johnny Grum, Smokey Snellbaker,Bobbie Adamson and Tom Spriggle at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
Herman Wise won the Little 500 Sprint Car race over Billy Cassella, Chuck Amati, Benny Rapp and Buzz Gregory at the Anderson Speedway , Anderson,IN
Paul Jones won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA
Mitch Smith, in the Gary's Auto Wrecker # 5, won the Super Sprint Car race over Lee Osborne, Bobbie Adamson, Mike Lloyd and Jim Wilbur at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
Danny Caruthers won the USAC Midget race over Jimmy Caruthers, Bob Wente, Jerry McClung and Dave Strickland at the Shady Bowl Speedway, DeGraff,OH
Barry Camp won the Super Sprint Car race over Elmer Ruby, Leroy Felty, Kramer Williamson and Gary Krout at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal,PA
Keith Andrews won the Super Modified race over Nolan Swift, Jim Shampine, Nolan Johncock and Norm Mackereth at the Oswego Speedway, Oswego,NY
Buddy Cochran won the Sprint Car race over Steve Travers and Lee Kothera at the Tri-City Speedway, Franklin, PA
Kramer Williamson won the KARS Super Sprint Car race over Ben Showers, Randy Ruth, Mitch Smith and Smokey Snellbaker at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove,PA
Dave Blaney won the 35-lap World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series race at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH. It was Blaney's first Outlaw win since 1997. Sheldon Haudenschild was second followed by Carson Macedo, David Gravel and Brad Sweet. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
Shane Cottle won the Lucas Oil POWRi WAR (Wingless Auto Racing) Sprint League feature at the Charleston Speedway, Charleston, IL. Joe B. Miller was second followed by Anthony Nicholson, Brandon Mattox and Mitch Wissmiller.
Cap Henry won the FloRacing All Star Circuit of Champions presented by Mobil 1 Sprint Car Series race at the Gas City I-69 Speedway, Gas City, IN, Rico Abreu was second followed by Bill Balog, Kerry Madsen and Justin Peck. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
Brett Kressley won the 30-lap T.P. Trailers Modified Stock Car feature at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville, PA. Danny Bouc was second followed by Doug Manmiller, Jared Umbenhauer and Craig Von Dohren. Also Dylan Hoch won the 25-lap T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman feature over Joey Vaccaro, Decker Swinehart, Jimmy Leiby and Matt Clay.
Andrew Krause won the40-lap Modified feature at the Wall Stadium Speedway, Wall Township, NJ. Jack Ely was second followed by Dom Fattaruso, Tyler Truex and Kyle Scisco, Carsten DiGiantomasso won the 25-lap Sportsman feature over Jake Nelke, Neil Rutt III, Mike Carr and Kevin Davison.
Brian Spencer won the NEWS Sprint Car feature at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypy, NJ. Rich Mellor was second followed by Brad Schaale, Shea Wills and Mick D'Agastino.
Kenny Edkin won the Super Sportsman feature at the BAPS Motor Speedway, York Haven, PA. Frankie Herr finished second followed by Tony Jackson, Scott Dellinger and Russ Mitten.
Mike Wagner won the 410 Sprint Car feature at the Port Royal Speedway, Port Royal, PA. Logan Wagner was second followed by Tyler Bear, Ryan Smith and Mike Walter II.
Chase Dietz won the 410 Sprint Car feature at the Lincoln Speedway, Abbottstown, PA. Billy Dietrich finished second followed by Freddie Rahmer, Tyler Ross and Landon Myers.
Alex Bright won the USAC East Coast Wingless 360 Sprint Car feature at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA. Briggs Danner was second followed by Carmen Perigo, Mark Smith and Kenny Miller. In the PASS 305 Sprint Car feature it was Garrett Bard over Kenny Heffner, Ken Duke, Austin Reed and George Riden.
Kyle Busch won the Pit Boss 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Circuit of The Americas road course Austin, TX. AJ Allmendinger finished second followed by Justin Allgaier, Kevin Harvick and Austin Cindric.
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