Tommy Hinnershitz, driving the Horn #3, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Ted Horn, driving the Horn #5, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Richmond Speedway in Richmond, VA.
Bill Holland, driving the Malamud #29, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race on the 1-mile dirt Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, GA.
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1947
Bill Holland, driving the Malamud #29, won the 30 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the half mile dirt Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, PA.
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1951
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
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1952
Joe Jagersberger ... Died ... AAA driver 1911 & 1912.
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Charlotte Speedway (3/4d), Charlotte, NC.
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1955
Jim Wegscheider won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Motorplex, Tulsa, OK.
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1956
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Bud Randall, Don Branson, Johnny Pouelson and Buzz Barton at the Birmingham Int. Raceway (1/2d), Birmingham, AL.
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1957
Don Carr won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway , Birmingham, AL.
Johnny Boyd won the USAC Midget race at the Gardena Stadium, Gardena,CA.
Billy Cantrell won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
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1958
Don Branson won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Eddie Johnson and Rodger Ward at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
Len Duncan won the 100-mile ARDC Midget race at the Trenton International Speedway, Trenton,NJ. Chuck Arnold finished second followed by Bill Randall, Dick Linder, Bobby Marshman, Al Herman, Dick Brown, Tony Bonadies, Gig Stephens and Van Johnson.
Bill Slater won the 25-lap Stock Car race over Ray Moran, Russ Foote, Johnny Thompson and Hank Stevens at the New London-Waterford Speedbowl, New London, CT.
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1962
Michael Andretti ... Born ... Retired CART, Formula One, IRL driver , IRL Car owner and the son of Mario Andretti .
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1963
Billy Cantrell won the USAC Midget race at the Gardena Stadium, Gardena,CA.
Gene Brown won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA. Roger McCluskey was second followed by Johnny White, Chuck Arnold and Chuck Hulse. Jim Maguire, in the Venezia # 27, finished first but was put back to 18th after a protest found his engine to be a few inches oversize. ( Click here for the race report. )
Al Tasnady won the Sportsman-Modified Stock Car feature race at the Flemington Speedway, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1968
Dick Fries won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Saugus Speedway, Saugus,CA. Jack Brunner was second followed by Ned Spath, Don Hamilton and Bobby Hogle.
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1969
Earl Halaquist won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Roger Bailey was second followed by Johnny Hubbard, Johnny Coy and Len Duncan.
Elmer Ruby won the Super Sprint Car race over Johnny Grum, Buddy Cochran, Buddy Armel and Rich Schmelyun at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD.
Sammy Sessions won the Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial USAC Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway , Salem,IN. Rollie Beale was second followed by Bill Puterbaugh, Larry Dickson and Bruce Walkup.
Mitch Smith, in the Gary Wasson # 5, won the Super Sprint Car race over Rick Schmelyun, Johnny Grum, Lynn Paxton and Buddy Cochran at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1975
Richard Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup National 500 over David Pearson at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1976
J.J. Yeley ... Born ... USAC Midget, Sprint, Silver Crown, IRL and NASCAR driver.
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1980
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup National 500 over Cale Yarborough at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1986
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Oakwood 500 over Harry Gant at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1992
Geoffrey Bodine won the NASCAR Winston Cup Holly Farms 400 over Mark Martin at the North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC.
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1997
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-GM Quality 500 over Bobby Labonte at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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2003
Ryan Newman won the NASCAR Winston Cup Banquet 400 presented by ConAgra Foods over Bill Elliott at the Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS.
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