Pat O'Connor... Born ... AAA / USAC driver from the 1950's. He was killed in the 1958 INDY 500.
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1948
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Metrolina Speedway,Charlotte, NC.
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1949
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Charlotte Speedway, Charlotte, NC.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway, Salem, IN.
Johnny Mantz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Tioga Motorsports Park, Owego, NY.
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1953
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
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1954
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Birmingham Int. Raceway, Birmingham, AL.
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1955
Jackie McLaughlin won the URC Sprint Car race over Lou Johnson at the Langhorne Speedway,Langhorne, PA.
Len Duncan won both of the ARDC Midget feature races at the Old Dominion Speedway,Manassas, VA.
Eddie Sachs won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Reading Fairgrounds,Reading, PA.
Tony Bettenhausen won the Hut Hundred AAA Midget race over Shorty Templeman and Jack Turner at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN.
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1960
Dale Johnson won the Sprint Car race over Gib Orr, Frank Gorichky, Glen Davis and Steve Ungar at the Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH.
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Sprint Car race over Jim Hurtubise at the Williams Grove Speedway, Williams Grove,PA.
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1965
Chuck Allen won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA. Paul Jones was second followed by Bruce Walkup, Dick Fries and Billy Wilkerson.
Bob Bishop won the Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ.
Jerry Weld won the Sprint Car race at the Topeka Fairgrounds, Topeka, KS. Jerry Blundy was second followed by Al Murie, Joe Saldana and Billy Covert.
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1966
Dave Strickland won the USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1970
Jimmy Allard won the Sprint Car race at the Devil's Bowl Speedway, Dallas,TX.
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1971
Jan Opperman won the Western World Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway , Phoenix, AZ. The event was marred when veteran driver Jimmy Cox was fatally injured in a consolation race. Cox , 42, a 20-year veteran from San Diego that came out of a 1-year retirement, died in a two car mishap that also caused serious arm injuries to Dub May.
Ralph Parkinson Jr won IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK.
Tony Hirschman won the Modified feature at the Wall Stadium, Belmar, NJ. Mark Engle was second followed by Ray Evernham, Eddie Bohn, Lenny Boyd, Tom Comerford, Tony Siscone, Ed Brunnhoelzl, Tom Mauser and Tom Baldwin. Bob Cramer won the Sportsman race.
George Kent won the Modified race and Doug Heveron won the Super Modified race at the Oswego Speedway in Oswego, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1983
Richard Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 500 over Darrell Waltrip at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1988
Rusty Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Oakwood 500 over Darrell Waltrip at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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1994
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mello Yello 500 over Morgan Shepherd at the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC.
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2005
Mark Martin won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Banquet 400 over Greg Biffle at the Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, KS.
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