Hurley Haywood... Born ... He won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977 (Porsche 936), 1983 (Porsche 956) and 1994 (Dauer-Porsche 962) and is the most winning driver at the 24 Hours of Daytona with 5 (1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1991). He also drove in the 1980 Indianapolis 500 finishing 18th. He also represented IMSA four times in the International Race of Champions (1986, 1989, 1992, 1995).
Ted Horn , driving the Horn #1, won the 30-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race on the 1/2 mile dirt Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Gus Linder won the Super Modified feature over Bobbie Adamson, Rich Bauman, Larry Dickson and Bob Burris at the Greater Pittsburgh Speedway, Pittsburgh,PA
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified feature over Dick Tobias, Neil Haight, Leroy Felty and Johnny Crawford at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
Jimmy Davies won the 50 lap USAC Midget race at the Taft Stadium, Oklahoma City, OK.
Larry Dickson won the USAC Sprint car race over Sammy Sessions, Gary Bettenhausen, Carl Williams and Mickey Shaw at the Tri-County Speedway (1/3d), Cincinnati,OH
Lloyd Beckman won the Super Modified car feature over Joe Saldana, Lonnie Jensen, Jay Woodside and Jan Opperman at the Eagle Raceway, Eagle,NE
Lynn Paxton won the Super Sprint car feature over Frank Gorichky, Kenny Weld, Bobby Allen and Gus Linder at the Susquehanna Speedway, Newberrytown,PA
Buck Buckley won the URC Sprint car feature over Harry Benjamin, Mike Garbac, Lauden Potts and Bing Metz at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ
Buddy Baker won the Winston 500 over David Pearson at the Talladega Superspeedway , Talladega, AL.
Pancho Carter won the 40 lap Tony Hulman Classic USAC Sprint Car race over Lee Osborne, George Snider, Tom Bigelow and Sheldon Kinser at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute, IN.
Buddy Baker won the Winston 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Talladega Superspeedway , Talladega, AL.
Steve Chassey won the USAC Sprint Car race over Larry Rice, Sheldon Kinser, Larry Dickson and Johnny Parsons at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute, IN.
Tim Adams won the ATQMRA Midget race at the Wall Stadium, Wall Township, NJ. Richie Coy finished second followed by Don Adams, Mike Tidaback and Andy Storero.
Tim Fuller won the 100-lap Super DIRTcar Big Block Modified feature and became the new reigning King of the Big Blocks at the Bridgeport Motorsports Park, Swedesboro, NJ. Stewart Friesen was second followed by Max McLaughlin, Peter Britten and Jimmy7 Phelps. Also in the USAC All-Pro Speedstrs 20-lap feature it was Billy Pauch over Briggs Danner, Tim Buckwalter, Tom Mayberry and Jason Musser. Click to watch the feature highlights video.
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