Buster Warke... Born ... AAA driver from the 1930's , 40's to the mid 1950's.
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1926
Art Bisch ... Born ... Bisch started racing midgets in 1948 before moving on to Sprint Cars in California, dominating the 1956 season, winning 10 of the 27 races. He moved up to Champ cars in 1958 and won his first race in the Rex Mays 100. Sadly his career was cut short when he crashed at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia and succumbed to his injuries.
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1946
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA sanctioned Richmond Race 2 on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Strawberry Hill Speedway in Richmond, Virginia.
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1957
Harry Thicksten ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1920's.
Billy Cantrell won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Imperial Valley Speedway, El Centro,CA.
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1962
Roger McCluskey won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1963
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
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1968
Bruce Walkup won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Clovis Fairgrounds, Clovis,CA. Carl Williams was second followed by Sammy Sessions, George Snider and Jimmy Oskie.
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1974
Kenny Weld, in the Bob Weikert # 29, won the Super Sprint Car race over Rick Ferkel, Lynn Paxton, Bobby Allen and Paul Pitzer at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading,PA.
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1978
Jim Childers won the Sprint Car race at the DeSoto Super Speedway, Bradenton,FL.
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1979
Dean Thompson won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway,Gardena,CA.
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1984
Rip Williams won the CRA Sprint Car race over Dean Thompson, Mike Sweeney, Jimmy Oskie and Bubby Jones at the Ascot Park Speedway,Gardena,CA.
Norman Martin won the winged Sprint Car race at the Big H Motor Speedway, Houston,TX.
Sport Allen won the winged Sprint Car race at the East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa,FL.
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1985
Bobby Allen and Kenny Jacobs each won the feature winged Sprint Car races at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD.
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1989
Sammy Swindell won the USA Sprint Car race at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, Dallas,TX. Doug Wolfgang finished second followed by Steve Kinser, Dave Blaney and Bobby Allen.
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1990
Brad Noffsinger won the CRA Sprint Car race over Rip Williams, Cary Faas, Tim Green and Clark Drake at the Ascot Park Speedway,Gardena,CA.
Frank Riddle won the PRO 360 Sprint Car race over Stan Butler, Todd Schmidt and Bill Roynon at the Columbia Motorsports Park,Ellisville, FL.
P.J. Jones won the USAC Midget race over Jeff Gordon, Mike Streicher, Frank Pedregon and Stan Fox at the Ventura Raceway,Ventura, CA.
Steve Kinser won the Western World Winged Sprint Car race over Sammy Swindell, Bobby David Jr, Johnny Herrera and Brent Keading at the Manzanita Speedway (1/2d) ,Phoenix, AZ
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1991
Sammy Swindell won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race over Joey Allen, Mark Kinser, Dave Blaney and Frankie Ferr at the New Lakeside Speedway (1/2p) ,Kansas City, KS
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1996
Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup NAPA 500 over Dale Jarrett at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA.
Don Kreitz, Jr. won the Octoberfest Winged Sprint Car race over Lance Dewease, Billy Pauch, Ed Lynch Jr and Keith Kauffman at the Hagerstown Speedway ,Hagerstown, MD
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2001
Tim Shaffer won the Cotton Classic Winged Sprint Car race over Brent Keading, Brad Furr, Kasey Kahne and Damion Gardner at the Kings Speedway , Hanford, CA.
Rickey Hood won the Jim Edwards Memorial SCOA Winged Sprint Car race over Tim Crawley, Johnny Herrera, Robert Hall and Danny Williams at the Central Arizona Speedway , Casa Grande, AZ.
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2002
Matt Kenseth won the NASCAR Winston Cup Checker Auto Parts 500 over Rusty Wallace at the Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ.
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