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1946
Tony Bettenhausen won the AAA sanctioned George Robson Memorial 100 Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Good Time Park in Goshen, New York. Ted Horn was second followed by Duke Dinsmore, Emil Andres and Charlie Rogers.
Bill Holland won the AAA sanctioned Grensboro Race 2 on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Greensboro Agricultural Fairgrounds in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Lucky Lux won the AAA sanctioned George Robson Memorial on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Williams Grove Speedway in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
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1950
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
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1951
Bill Holland won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
Otis Stine won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Charlotte Speedway (3/4d), Charlotte, NC.
Bill Schindler won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Richmond Int. Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1954
Marvin Pifer won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Motorplex, Tulsa, OK.
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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
Johnny Pouelson won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Buzz Barton, Don Branson, Bobby Grim and Hershel Wagner at the Birmingham Int. Raceway (1/2d), Birmingham, AL.
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1957
Gene Hartley won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Jud Larson and Bill Homeier at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
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1962
Bobby Abel won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Gene Brown won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
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1963
Bob Wente won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Jim Hurtubise and Billy Wood at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
Neil Haight won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Jerry Richert won the Sprint Car race at the Thunder Bay Expo Grounds, Thunder Bay, ONT.
Bob Pratt won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Gordon Woolley, Norm Brown, Jim McCune and Curly Boyd at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester,IN.
Bill Wimble won the 100 mile NASCAR National Sportsman-Modified Stock Car race at the Bedford Fairgrounds Speedway, Bedford, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Billy Deskovich won the 50 lap Championship Modified Stock Car race at the Reading Fairgrounds Speedway, Reading, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Bucky Bucholtz won the Modified Stock Car race at the Nazareth Fairgrounds , Nazareth, PA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Wally Dallenbach won the Sportsman-Modified Stock Car race at the Vineland Speedway , Vineland, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1968
Kenny Weld won the Super Sprint Car race at the Hagerstown Speedway, Hagerstown,MD.
Bobbie Adamson won the Sprint Car race at the Latrobe Speedway, Latrobe, PA.
Johnny Coy won the ARDC Midget race at the Waterford Speedbowl, Waterford,CT.
Ray Tilley, in the # 88 Bud Grimm Ford, won the Super Sprint Car race over Mitch Smith, Frank Gorichky, Johnny Crawford and Ronnie Rough at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1973
Gary Bettenhausen won the USAC sanctioned Texas 200 Race on the 2 Mile Paved Oval Texas World Speedway in College Station, Texas. Johnny Rutherford was second followed by Lee Kunzman, Lloyd Ruby and Johnny Parsons.
1985
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 500 over Bill Elliott at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1991
Geoffrey Bodine won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mello Yello 500 over Davey Allison at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1996
Terry Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-GM Quality 500 over Mark Martin at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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2002
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the NASCAR Winston Cup EA SPORTS 500 over Tony Stewart at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.
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