Jack LeCain... Born ... AAA driver from 1912 to 1917
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1936
Skip Barber... Born ... A retired road racing driver who is most famous for his Skip Barber Racing Schools.
John Mahler... Born ... A former open wheel race car driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1970-1973 and 1976-1981 seasons, with 39 combined career starts, including the 1972 and 1977-1979 Indianapolis 500. He finished in the top ten 6 times, with his best finish in 6th position in 1970 at the Indianapolis Raceway Park road course.
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1940
Chuck Amati... Born ... Chuck Amati is one of the original outlaws, a star who built his legend during an era when the term defied any organized definition. His career stretched across six different decades, 1959 through 2002, and he became one of the most popular and interesting characters in the sport.
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1947
Ted Horn, driving the Horn #1, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Jacksonville Speedway in Jacksonville, FL.
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1958
Roberto Guerrero... Born ... CART, IRL and Grand Prix driver.
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1967
Robbie Stanley ... Born ... Robbie was the All-Stars Circuit of Champions sprint car titleist in 1990, then moved on to USAC where he collected three straight USAC National sprint car championships from 1991, 1992, and 1993, and was on his way to a fourth when his career was cut short in a fatal accident in a USAC sprint car event in Winchester, Indiana, on May 26, 1994.
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1968
Jimmy Oskie won the Sprint Car race over Jerry McClung at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Midget race over Sammy Sessions and Mel Kenyon at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ.
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1974
Rick Goudy won the CRA Sprint Car race over Jimmy Oskie, Bobby Olivero, Jerry Weeks and Bubby Jones at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1975
Kramer Williamson won the Super Sprint Car race over Smokey Snellbaker, Dick Tobias, Bobby Allen and Paul Pitzer at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading,PA
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1985
Dean Thompson won the CRA Sprint Car race over Eddie Wirth, Duane Feduska, Jeff Heywood and Brad Noffsinger at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Victor Mencarini won the BCRA Midget race at the Baylands Raceway Park, Fremont,CA.
Wayne Reutimann won the winged Sprint Car race over Taylor Andrews, Greg Staab, Bill Roynon and Randy Alvarez at the East Bay Raceway Park, Tampa,FL.
Lealand McSpadden won the Midget race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ. Rich Vogler was second followed by Ron Shuman, Robby Flock and Mike Gregg.
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1986
Tim Richmond won the NASCAR Winston Cup Winston West. 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA.
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1991
Ron Shuman won the Dave Sanborn Classic CRA Sprint Car race at the Bakersfield Speedway ,Bakersfield, CA. Lealand McSpadden finished second followed by Chuck Gurney, Richard Griffin and Brad Noffsinger.
Page Jones won the USAC Midget race over Ricky Gray, P.J. Jones, Robby Flock and Terry Tarditi at the Ventura Raceway,Ventura, CA.
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1997
Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup NAPA 500 over Dale Jarrett at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA.
Dean Franklin won the Midget race over John Heydenreich at the Petro-Plex Raceway, Odessa,TX.
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2003
Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup Ford 400 over Kevin Harvick at the Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, FL.
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