Cy Fairchild ... Born ... Supermodified and USAC Sprint Car Driver from the 1960's.
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1937
Jerry Weld ... Born ... Supermodified, Sprint and USAC Indy Car Driver from the 1960's. Brother of drivers Greg and Kenny.
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1947
Ted Horn, driving the Horn #1, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Richmond Speedway in Richmond, VA.
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1952
Billy Cantrell won the Midget race at the South Mountain Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
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1953
Nick Fornoro won the URC Sprint Car race at the Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA.
Joe Sostilio won the 100 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds (1/2d) , Reading, PA.
Pat OConnor won the AAA Sprint Car race over Jimmy Bryan and Gene Force at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute, IN.
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1958
Jiggs Peters won the Midget race at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds, Bloomsburg,PA.
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1959
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Danbury Fairgrounds, Danbury,CT.
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Meyer Speedway, Houston,TX.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the USAC Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1964
Bob Tattersall won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Jimmy Davies, Bob Wente, Mel Kenyon and Chuck Weyant at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
Hal Minyard won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Meyer Speedway, Houston,TX.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Thompson Int. Speedway, Thompson, CT.
Harold Smith won the 150 lap Sprint Car race at the Heidelberg Speedway (1/2p) , Pittsburgh, PA.
Leo Caldwell won the 150 lap IMCA Sprint Car race over Clare Lawicki, Curly Boyd, Sammy Sessions and Red Amick at the Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.5p), Atlanta, GA.
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1969
Dick Tobias won the URC Sprint Car race over Lynn Geisler, Bob Shaw, Tommy Dickson and Tom Price at the Metrolina Speedway, Charlotte,NC.
Bob Huebner won the Western World Sprint Car race over Bob Cleberg, Jerry McClung, Paul Jones and Don Hamilton at the Manzanita Speedway , Phoenix, AZ.
Jack Bertling wins the Three Quarter Midget feature at the indoor Atlantic City Convention Hall.
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1970
Don Hewitt won the Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. Hal Minyard was second followed by Bob Greer, Rocky Fisher and Benny Rapp.
Bobby Allen won the PA State Championship Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway , Hanover,PA. Kenny Weld finished second followed by Gus Linder, Ed Zirkle and Steve Ungar.
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1974
Dub May won the KARS Super Sprint Car race at the East Windsor Speedway, Hightstown,NJ. Jay Myers was second followed by Billy Hughes, Elvin Felty, Bobby Allen and Lynn Paxton.
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1975
Don Garlits ran the 1/4-mile in 5.636 seconds at 250.69 mph in his T/F dragster. This elapse time record would stand for another six years and the top speed record for 9 years.
Bobby Olivero won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Cajon Speedway, San Diego,CA.
Bobby Allen won the PA State Championship Super Sprint Car race at the Lincoln Speedway , Hanover,PA. Steve Smith finished second followed by Dub May, Jay Myers and Van May.
Sammy Swindell won the Sprint Car race at the Riverside Speedway, West Memphis,AR.
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1978
Buster Venard won the World of Outlaws Western World preliminary Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway , Phoenix, AZ. Dub May was second followed by Doug Wolfgang, Mike Shaw and Shane Carson.
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1979
Jack Hewitt won the World of Outlaws Western World preliminary Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway , Phoenix, AZ.
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1980
Bubby Jones won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Randy Kinser won the Sprint Car race over Fred Linder, George Harbour, Ron Dorsett and Chuck Amati at the Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg,IN.
Steve Kinser won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at the New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse,NY. Lynn Paxton was second followed by Jim Shampine, Scott Tobias and Barry Camp.
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1981
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup National 500 over Bobby Allison at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
Steve Kinser won the USAC Four Crown Nationals Sprint Car race over Sheldon Kinser, Tom Bigelow, Jack Hewitt and Larry Rice at the Eldora Speedway , Rossburg,OH.
Steve Kinser won the USAC Four Crown Nationals Champ Dirt Car race over Larry Rice, Gary Bettenhausen, Jack Hewitt and Mark Alderson at the Eldora Speedway , Rossburg,OH.
Ken Schrader won the USAC Four Crown Nationals Midget race over Bob Cicconi, Sherwin Armstrong, Mel Kenyon and Eddie Leavitt at the Eldora Speedway , Rossburg,OH.
Bubby Jones won the CRA Sprint Car race over Eddie Wirth, Mike Sweeney, Brad Noffsinger and Ron Shuman at the Santa Maria Speedway, Santa Maria,CA.
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1986
Gary.G Howard won the CRA Sprint Car race over Wayne Bennet, Bubby Jones, Mike Sweeney and Brad Noffsinger at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Jeff Gordon and Kevin Huntley each won won the feature Sprint Car races at the Lawrenceburg Speedway, Lawrenceburg, IN.
Steve Kinser won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at the New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse,NY. Dave Blaney was second followed by Doug Wolfgang, Mark Kinser and Brad Doty.
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1987
Bill Elliott won the NASCAR Winston Cup Oakwood 500 over Bobby Allison at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1992
Mark Martin won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mello Yello 500 over Alan Kulwicki at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1993
Joe Barzda ... Died ... AAA / USAC driver in the 1950's. Quit after Van Johnson's fatal crash in 1959, in which Joe was involved in. With brother Jim, he ran the Californian Speed and Sport Shop in New Brunswick, New Jersey which fielded cars in lots of events, including CART and endurance racing.
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1998
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Winston 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.
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2003
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-GM Quality 500 over Ryan Newman at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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