Howard Dauphin won the Midget race at the Sharon Speedway,Hartford, OH.
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1951
Bill Schindler won the AAA Midget race at the Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City,NJ.
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1954
Mike Nazaruk won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA sanctioned Golden State 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California. Jack McGrath was second followed by Bob Sweikert, Jimmy Davies and Jimmy Reece.
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1964
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ.
Red Riegel won the URC Sprint Car race at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh,NC.
Larry Dickson won the National Open Super Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway , Williams Grove,PA. Rollie Beale was second followed by Hank Jacoby, Johnny Dubendorf and Harold Apel.
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1965
Hank Jacoby won the National Open Super Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway , Williams Grove,PA. Steve Ungar was second followed by Steve Travers, Gene Tallman, Dean Mast, Lou Blaney and Krnny Weld.
Don Branson won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway, Rossburg,OH. Johnny Rutherford was second followed by Roger McCluskey, Greg Weld and Larry Dickson.
Mike McGreevy won the USAC Midget race at the Kearney Bowl, Fresno,CA.
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1970
Smokey Snellbaker , in the Roy Morral # 880, won the Super Sprint Car race over Gus Linder, Kenny Weld and Tom Spriggle at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jim Paschal won the NASCAR Grand American Challenge Series race over Tiny Lund at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Sonny Hutchins won the 250-lap Late Model Sportsman race and Fred DeSarro won the 250-lap Modified Stock Car race at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville,VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Joe Ruttman won the second annual Johnny Appleseed 100 Late Model race at the Mansfield Raceway, Mansfield, OH. ( Click here for the race report. )
Roger Treichler won the 200 mile National Open race at the Langhorne International Speedway, Langhorne, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Richard Petty won the Delaware 500 NASCAR Winston Cup race at the Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE. ( Click here for the race report. )
Rollie Beale and Gary Bettenhausen won the Twin 50s USAC Sprint Car feature races at the Winchester Speedway , Winchester,IN. ( Click here for the race report. )
Steve Smith won the 50-lap Super Sprint Car race and Gary Snelbaker won the 50-lap Modern Stock Car race at the Lincoln Speedway , Hanover, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Pancho Carter won both of the Twin 50s USAC Sprint Car feature races at the Winchester Speedway , Winchester,IN.
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1978
George Clark... Died ... AAA driver from the early 1900's.
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1981
Dickie Keipers won the 75-lap Eastern States Championship Sportsman Stock Car race at the Orange County Fair Speedway, Middletown, NY.
Carl Reynolds won the 100-lap Southern Tier Championship Stock Car race over Chuck Akulis, Charlie Castle, Don Slack and Harvey Hainer at the Five Mile Point Speedway, Kirkwood, NY.
Johnny Coy Sr. won the Northeastern Midget Association (NEMA) race at the Thompson Speedway, Thompson, CT. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1982
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Old Dominion 500 over Ricky Rudd at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
Charlie Swartz won the 100-lap Late Model Dirt Track World Championship at the Pennsboro Speedway in Pennsboro, WV. Jerry Inmon finished second followed by John Mason, Steve Kosiski and Mike Duvall.
Harry Behrent won the 21st annual Eastern States 200 Modified race at the Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, NY. Carl Reynolds was second followed by Karl Pittinger, Bob Malzahn, Charlie Shire, Ron Tobias, Eddie Haenelt, Bobby Brueckner and Gerald Chamberlain.
Sheldon Kinser won the 40-lap USAC Sprint Car feature at the 311 Speedway in Madison, NC. Ken Schrader finished second followed by Van Gurley, Danny Milburn and Joe Saldana.
Walt Breeding and Gary Trice won the two 25-lap Modified races at the Georgetown Speedway, Georgetown, DE.
Nick Fornoro Jr. won the 25-lap NEMA Midget race at the Thompson Speedway in Thompson, CT. Brian Wickens and Bobby Cicconi tied for second followed by Russ Klar, Bruce Buffinton and Hank Rogers. Doug Heveron won the 40-lap Super Modified feature over Jamie Moore. Greg Sacks won the 40-lap stock car race over George Kent, Kenny Bouchard, Reggie Ruggiero and George Summers.
Alan Johnson and Dave Lape won the twin 50-lap Modified features at the Fonda Speedway, Fonda, NY.
Jerry Cramner won the Mountain Dew 100-lap NASCAR Racing Series Modified race at the New Egypt Speedway, New Egypt, NJ. Wayne Anderson finished second followed by John Blewett Jr, Jerry Cook and Lenny Boyd.
Steve Kinser won the 40-lap 2nd annual Jack Gunn Memorial Sprint Car race at the Selinsgrove Speedway, Selinsgrove, PA. Brad Doty was second followed by Lynn Paxton, Steve Smith, George Bischoff, Skeets Gamble, Doug Wolfgang, Cris Criswell, Bary Camp and Dan Dietrich.
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1986
Bobby Allen won the World of Outlaws Copenhagen/Skoal Shootout preliminary Sprint Car race at the San Jose Fairgrounds Speedway, San Jose, CA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Jeff Fuller won the Snap-On Tools World Series NASCAR Modified Tour race at the Thompson International Speedway, Thompson, CT. Mike Stefanik was second followed by Satch Worley, Jan Leaty and Jamie Tomaino.
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1998
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi 400 over Bobby Labonte at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona FL.
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1999
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Winston 500 over Dale Jarrett at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.
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