David Bruce-Brown , the first American to win a Grand Prix, died in a practice accident for the American Grand Prize race in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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1923
Eddie Rickenbacker took control of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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1926
Bob Veith... Born ... AAA and USAC driver. Ran the Championship Car series, racing from 1955 to 1968 with 63 starts. He finished in the top ten 37 times, with a best finish of 2nd twice, both in 1958. Veith qualified for his first Indianapolis 500 in 1956, finishing 7th that year to win the Rookie of the Year award. After another top 10 finish the next year, he qualified 4th in 1958 but was knocked out of the race in a first lap accident that killed Pat O'Connor. He competed in the 500 eight more times, with his last start coming in 1968.
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1953
Joe Sostilio won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
Frank Armi won the AAA Midget race at the Gardena Stadium, Gardena,CA.
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1955
Tony Bettenhausen won the AAA Midget race at the Gardena Stadium, Gardena,CA.
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1958
Rex Easton won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway (1/4p) , Phoenix, AZ.
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1959
Cliff Spaulding won the USAC Midget race at the Stockton 99 Speedway, Stockton,CA.
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1964
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race over PeeWee Pobletts and Bob Myers at the Lincoln Speedway, New Oxford, PA.
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1970
Burt Foland won the USAC Midget race at the San Jose Speedway, San Jose,CA.
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1974
Billy Shuman won the Sprint Car race over Bubby Jones at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ.
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1975
Gary Allbritain won the ASA Supermodified race over Bob Frey, Jerry Carman, Todd Gibson and John Batts at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
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1978
Lee Oldfield ... Died ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
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1979
CART announced that PPG will be the organization's new title sponsor and the PPG Indy Car World Series was created.
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1980
Dean Thompson won the Pacific Coast Open Sprint Car race over Lealand McSpadden, Bubby Jones, Billy Shuman, Jeff Swindell, Doug Wolfgang and Tony Simon at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena,CA.
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1981
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup American 500 over Bobby Allison at the North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC.
Keith Kauffman, in the Bob Weikert # 29, won the Super Sprint Car race over Dave Kelly, Scott Tobias, Gerry Daneker and Bobby Weaver at the Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport,NJ.
Steve Kinser won the Sprint Car race over Dean Thompson, Bubby Jones, Sammy Swindell and Jimmy Oskie at the Speedway 117, Chula Vista,CA.
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1986
Bobby Davis Jr. won the 19th annual Valvoline/Coors Western World Sprint Car Championship at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
Glenn Fitzcharles won the URC sanctioned Northeastern Sprint Car Championship race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Fritz Epright won the 100-lap Pepsi Small Block Modified Championship race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1987
Jimmy Hensley won the NASCAR 200-lap Busch Grand National race, George Kent won the Modified race and Mark Martin won the Late Model race as part of the NASCAR Winston Classic triple-header at the Martinsville Speedway's 40th anniversary celebration in Martinsville, VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Ken Schrader , in the Louie Seymour's # 29, won the USAC Valvoline Silver Crown race at the Phoenix International Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Don Jones won the 15th annual Snowball Derby Midget race and Doug Saunier won the 10th annual Sammy Sessions Memorial Supermodified race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bobby Allen and brother Joey Allen each won Sprint Car features at the Hagerstown Speedway's Big Fall Classic, Hagerstown, MD. ( Click here for the race report. )
"Barefoot Bob" McCreadie came from the 39th starting position to win the Wendy's 200 Modified Stock Car race at the Flemington Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1989
George Marshman... Died ... Race car driver, builder and promoter. Father of Bobby Marshman, 1961 Indianapolis 500 Co-Rookie of the Year.
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1992
Davey Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pyroil 500 over Mark Martin at the Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ.
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1998
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup ACDelco 400 over Dale Jarrett at the North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC.
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