Johnnie Parsons won the Phoenix 100 AAA Championship Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, Arizona. Henry Banks finished second followed by Jimmy Davies, Neal Carter and Joe James.
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1961
Len Thrall won the ARDC Midget race at the Island Gardens (1/10c), West Hempstead, NY.
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Midget race at the Orange Show Speedway (1/4d), San Bernardino, CA.
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1965
Lee Ann Roberts Breedlove , wife of land speed record-holder Craig Breedlove, became the first female driver to exceed 300 mph when she sped to 308.50 mph in the Spirit of America - Sonic 1 vehicle over the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. The Sonic 1 was a four-wheel vehicle powered by a J79 jet engine. A few hours after Lee Ann jet-powered across the one-mile course, Craig Breedlove shattered his own record from the previous year when he reached 555.49 mph in the Spirit of America.
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1972
Bobby Unser won the Bobby Ball Memorial 150 USAC Championship Race on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix, Arizona. Mike Mosley finished second followed by Mario Andretti, Al Unser and Johnny Rutherford.
Ollie Silva won the Supermodified race over Fred Ede, Gary Patterson, Leroy VanConett and DeWayne Woodward at the All American Speedway, Roseville,CA.
Bobby Allen won the Super Sprint Car race at the Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport, NJ.
Leigh Earnshaw won the ARDC Midget race over Jim Hettinger, Hank Rogers, Jr and Buck Buckley at the Bridgeport Speedway, Bridgeport, NJ.
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1973
Newt White won the NAMAR Midget race over Rich Vogler at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
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1978
Bob East won the USAC Sprint Car race over Chuck Gurney, Ron Shuman, Duke Cook and Jimmy Oskie at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1979
Neil Bonnett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Dixie 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA.
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1983
Sammy Swindell and Ron Shuman both won the Sprint Car feature races at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, Dallas,TX.
Steve Kinser won the Gary Patterson Classic preliminary Super Sprint Car race at the Baylands Raceway Park , Fremont,CA. Doug Wolfgang was second followed by Chuck Gurney, Rich Vogler and Brad Doty.
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1984
Sammy Swindell won the Super Sprint Car race over Bobby Davis Jr, Dave Blaney, Danny Smith and Doug Wolfgang at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, Dallas,TX.
1990
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Checker 500 over Ken Schrader at the Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ.
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2001
Joe Nemechek won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pop Secret Microwave Popcorn 400 over Kenny Wallace at the North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC.
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2007
Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Dickies 500 over Matt Kenseth at the Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, TX.
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