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1916
Buzz Barton... Born ... Raced in IMCA & USAC Sprints and Indy Cars

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1950
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
Duane Carter won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Greensboro Fairgrounds, Greensboro, NC.
Tommy Hinnershitz, driving the Comforth #1, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car Race at the Charlotte Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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1954
Marvin Pifer won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Tulsa Fairgrounds Motorplex, Tulsa, OK.

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1956
George Fonder won both of the ARDC Midget feature races at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Pat OConnor won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH.
Tony Bettenhausen won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Chuck Weyant and Danny Oakes at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.

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1960
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham,AL.

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1961
Jimmy Davies won the USAC Midget race at the Antioch Speedway, Antioch,CA.
Allen Heath won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
Johnny White won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham,AL.
Red Riegel won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
Neil Haight won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, Hanover,PA.
Hank Arnold won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.

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1962
Ray Brown won the ARDC Midget race at the Southside Speedway, Richmond,VA.
Ronnie Duman won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race over Bud Tingelstad and Jim Hurtubise at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
Dick Tobias won the Super Modified race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA. Neil Haight was second followed by PeeWee Pobletts, Gene Goodling and Leroy Felty.

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1967
Wayne Weiler won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Tulsa Fairgrounds, Tulsa, OK. RayLee Goodwin was second followed by Jay Woodside, Joe Saldana and Jon Backlund.

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1972
Mel Kenyon won the USAC Midget race over Sammy Sauer, Dave Strickland, Jimmy Caruthers and Larry Rice at the Suntana Raceway, Provo,UT.

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1973
Jan Opperman won the Super Sprint Car race over Steve Smith, Lynn Paxton, Kenny Weld and Lee Osborne at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
Tom Sneva won the USAC Sprint Car race over Tom Bigelow, Don Nordhorn, Lee Kunzman and Rollie Beale at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH.

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1979
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup NAPA 500 over Bobby Allison at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.

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1984
Bill Elliott won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 500 over Benny Parsons at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.

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1990
Davey Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mello Yello 500 over Morgan Shepherd at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.

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1995
Louis Meyer... Died ... American Hall of Fame race car driver best known as the first three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He raced in 12 Indy 500's with wins in 1928, 1933 and 1936.

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2001
Sterling Marlin won the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-GM Quality 500 over Tony Stewart at the Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.

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2007
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup UAW-Ford 500 over Jimmie Johnson at the Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL.

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