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.
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1949
John Force... Born ... Many time NHRA Funny Car Champion.
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1952
Allen Heath won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
Joe James won the AAA Midwest Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway,Winchester, IN
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1962
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.
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1966
Jackie Stewart passed his rookie test for the Indianapolis 500.
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1968
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint car feature over Ed Zirkle, Jackie Denniston, Red Nininger and Ken Slaybaugh at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Ralph Quarterson won the Super Sprint car feature over Bill Banick and Frank Gorichky at the Mercer Raceway Park, Mercer, PA
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1969
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
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1975
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.
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1980
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.
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1986
Bobby Allison won the Winston 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Talladega Superspeedway , Talladega, AL.
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1996
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.
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1997
Mark Martin won the Save Mart 300 over Jeff Gordon at the Infineon Raceway , Sonoma, CA
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