Troy Ruttman won the AAA Western Sprint Car race at the Clovis Fairgrounds, Clovis, CA.
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1955
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Louisiana State Fairgrounds,Shreveport, LA.
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1960
Hank Arnold won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
Colby Scroggin won the 100 lap CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA.
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1961
Rodger Ward won the USAC sanctioned Golden State 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento, California. Parnelli Jones was second followed by Bobby Marshman, Len Sutton and Cotton Farmer.
Bill Randall won the ARDC Midget race at the Trenton International Speedway (1.0p), Trenton, NJ.
Johnny Mackison won the Super Modified race over Leroy Felty, Dick Tobias, Johnny Crawford and Neil Haight at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1966
Roger McCluskey won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA. Hal Minyard was second followed by George Benson, Bobby Unser and Bruce Walkup.
Hank Arnold won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway (1/2d) , Phoenix, AZ.
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1967
Bobby Allison and David Pearson finish 1-2 in Holman+Moody prepared Fords in the NASCAR Grand National race at Rockingham, North Carolina.
Bobbie Adamson won the National Open Super Sprint Car race over Buddy Cochran, Ted Wise, Bobby Allen and Kenny Weld at the Williams Grove Speedway , Williams Grove,PA.
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1977
Gordon Johncock won the USAC sanctioned Bobby Ball 150 on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, AZ. Al Unser was second followed by Pancho Carter, Mario Andretti and Roger McCluskey.
Steve Howard and Jimmy Oskie won the feature CRA Sprint Car races at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA.
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1978
Shane Carson won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at the Eldora Speedway , Rossburg,OH. Charlie Swartz was second followed by Doug Wolfgang, Dub May and Fred Linder.
Kenny Brightbill won the Schmidt's 200 Modified Stock Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway, Reading, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Geoff Bodine won the Modified Stock Car race and Sam Ard won the Late Model Sportsman race at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
Mike Miller won the 150-lap Super Stock open comp race over Jim Thirkettle and Joe Ruttman at the Craig Road Speedway, Las Vegas, NV.
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1983
Ron Shuman won the Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA. Steve Kinser was second followed by Gary Howard, Dean Thompson and Brad Noffsinger.
Dave Blaney won the Super Sprint Car race at the Southern Ohio Raceway, Portsmouth,OH. Kenny Jacobs was second followed by Lee Osborne, Jeff Swindell and Danny Smith.
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1986
Bobby Davis Jr. won the first nights preliminary race of the 19th annual Valvoline/Coors Western World Sprint Car Championship at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1987
Kenny Jacobs won the second nights preliminary race of the 20th annual Valvoline/Coors Western World Sprint Car Championship at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1995
Ricky Rudd won the NASCAR Winston Cup Dura Lube 500 over Derrike Cope at the Phoenix International Raceway, Phoenix, AZ.
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2006
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Bass Pro Shops 500 over Jimmie Johnson at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA.
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2010
Jim Hunter... Died ... Legendary NASCAR executive.
Brad Sweet won the 25-lap preliminary feature at the 23rd COMP Cams Short Track Nationals presented by Hoosier Tires Sprint Car race at the I-30 Speedway in Little Rock, AR. Finishing second to Sweet in the Lucas Oil ASCS presented by K&N Filters National Sprint Car race was Brandon Wimmer followed by Chad Kemenah, Tim Crawley and Jason Sides.
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