Walt Ader, driving the Horn #4, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC.
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1947
Ted Horn, driving the Horn #1, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Spider Webb won the AAA Midwest Sprint Car Race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, OH.
Ronnie Householder won the 200-lap Chicago Auto Racing Assn. Midget race over Johnny Mantz, Bob Muhlke and Paul Russo at the Soldier Field in Chicago, IL.
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1951
Len Fenelli won the AAA Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
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1952
Don Branson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Shreveport, LA.
Duane Carter won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Jack McGrath won the AAA Midget race at the Kearney Bowl, Fresno,CA.
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1957
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Shreveport,LA.
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1958
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds, Shreveport,LA.
Eddie Sachs won the 50-lap Ted Horn-Bill Schindler Memorial USAC Eastern Sprint Car race over Johnny Thomson, Tommy Hinnershitz, Jim McWithey, Joe Barzda, Chuck Arnold, Van Johnson, Bobby Grim and Elmer George at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.
Bert Brooks won the URC Sprint Car race and clinched his fourth URC driving crown in front of 30,000 fans at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC. Hal Rettberg was second followed by Dave Humphreys, Lou Johnson, Verne Harriman and Bud Martin.
Bill Slater won the Modified Stock Car race at the New London-Waterford Speed Bowl, New London, CT.
Junior Johnson won the NASCAR Grand National Stock Car race at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC. Glen Wood finished second followed by Speedy Thompson, Cotton Owens, Jack Smith, Jim Massey, Wilbur Rakestraw, Brownie King, Lee Petty and Buck Baker.
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Tucson Raceway Park, Tucson, AZ.
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race over Jim Maguire at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh,NC.
Billy Cantrell won the USAC Midget race at the Manzanita Speedway (1/2d), Phoenix, AZ.
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1969
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC Sprint Car race over Lee Kunzman, Sammy Sessions, Don Nordhorn and Johnny Parsons at the Terre Haute Action Track, Terre Haute,IN.
Ron Dunstan won the Super Sprint Car race over Tom Spriggle, Johnny Grum, J.D. Leas and Buddy Cochran at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA
Wib Spaulding won the Sprint Car race at the Springfield Speedway, Springfield,IL. Bubby Jones was second followed by Dean Mast, Bernie Graybeal and Don Davis.
Hal Browning won the Super Sprint Car race over Ed Zirkle, Bobby Allen, Ronnie Rough and Lynn Geisler at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA
Mario Andretti and Al Unser each won the 100 mile Indy Car races at the Seattle International Raceway, Kent , WA .
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1974
Clark Templeman won the Pacific Coast Open CRA Sprint Car race over Jimmy Oskie, Ron Shuman, Bobby Olivero and Lealand McSpadden at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena,CA
DeWayne Woodward won the Supermodified race over Davey Pombo, Gary Allbritain, Don Epperson and Jerry Sneva at the San Jose Speedway, San Jose,CA.
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1975
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup American 500 over Bobby Allison at the North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC.
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup American 500 over Harry Gant at the North Carolina Speedway, Rockingham, NC.
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1986
Michael Andretti won the Circle K/Fiesta Bowl 200 CART PPG Indy Car race at the Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ. ( Click here for the race result. )
Jack Johnson won the Skoal Bandits/Mohawk Valley 200 Modified Stock Car race at the Fonda Speedway , Fonda, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
Neil Bonnett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Nationwise 500 over Ricky Rudd at the North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC. ( Click here for the race result. )
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1988
Steve Kinser won the United Sprint Association (USA) Western World Championship Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. Johnny Herrera was second followed by Cris Eash, Richard Griffin, Dave Blaney and Lee Brewer.
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1997
Cory McClenathan became the first person in NHRA history to register a 320 mph top speed at the end of a 1/4-mile run. His exact speed was 321.77 mph at Ennis, Texas.
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2003
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Subway 500 over Jimmie Johnson at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
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