Jimmy Murphy won the AAA 250 Mile Altoona Race 2 on the 1.25 mile board oval Altoona Speedway, Tyrone, Pennsylvania
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1928
Ray Keech won the 100 mile AAA sanctioned Syracuse Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Russ Snowberger was second followed by Chet Gardner, Zeke Meyer and Dave Evans.
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1930
Billy Arnold won the AAA 116 Mile Altoona Race 2 on the 1.25 mile board oval Altoona Speedway, Tyrone, Pennsylvania
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1941
Rex Mays won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by George Connor, Mauri Rose and Floyd Davis.
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1946
Bill Holland won the AAA Flemington Race 2 over Tommy Hinnershitz, Lee Wallard and Hank Rogers on the .5 Mile Dirt Oval Flemington Speedway, Flemington , NJ.
Charlie Van Acker won the AAA Midwest Sprint Car race over Spider Webb and Elbert Booker at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN.
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1947
Louis Unser won the AAA sanctioned Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Race on the 12.42 Mile Hill Climb in Cascade, Colorado
Lee Wallard ,driving the D'Amore HAL #40, won the 20-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fairgrounds Speedway in Flemington, NJ.
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1951
Tony Bettenhausen won the 100 Mile AAA sanctioned Ted Horn Memorial race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Illinois. Johnnie Parsons was second followed by Paul Russo, Walt Faulkner and Sam Hanks.
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1952
George Hammond won the AAA sanctioned Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb Race on the 12.42 Mile Hill Climb in Cascade, Colorado
Chuck Stevenson won the 100 Mile AAA sanctioned Ted Horn Memorial race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Illinois. Sam Hanks was second followed by Bill Vukovich, Paul Russo and Jack McGrath.
Tommy Hinnershitz , driving the Hinnershitz #1, won the 20-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Richmond Speedway in Richmond, VA.
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1955
Potsy Goacher won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati, OH.
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1957
Van Johnson and Ralph Ligouri won the 50 Mile USAC sanctioned Sprint Car races on the 1 mile dirt oval at the Langhorne Speedway, Langhorne, PA.
Johnnie Parsons won the 100 mile USAC Midget race at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in Detroit, MI.
Rex Easton won the 50-lap USAC Midget race at the Dayton Speedway in Dayton, OH.
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1958
Johnny Thomson won the 100 Mile USAC sanctioned Ted Horn Memorial race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Illinois. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by Don Branson, Rodger Ward and Johnnie Tolan.
Fred Lorenzen won the 300 Mile USAC Stock Car race at the 1-mile paved Trenton Speedway, Trenton, NJ. Tom Pistone was second followed by Mike Klapak, Tommy Irwin, Louie Unser, Buzz Woodward, Bob Devine, Bob Sterrett, Marshall Teague and Johnny Mackison.
Glenn "Fireball" Roberts won the Darlington 500 NASCAR Grand National Stock Car race at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC. Buck Baker was second followed by Shorty Rollins, Jimmy Thompson, Marvin Panch, Bob Welborn, Rex White, Doug Cox, Bob Duell, Herbert Estes and Junior Johnson.
Vern Harriman won the URC Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ. Hank Rogers finished second followed by Bobby Courtwright and Bobby Marshman.
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1965
Jimmy Knight won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the O'Hare Field in Chicago, IL.
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1969
Al Unser won the 100 Mile USAC sanctioned Ted Horn Memorial race on the 1 mile dirt oval at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, Illinois. Mario Andretti was second followed by A.J. Foyt, Billy Vukovich Jr and Bobby Unser.
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1975
Bobby Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Richard Petty at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1980
Terry Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over David Pearson at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1985
Bill Elliott won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Cale Yarborough at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1991
Harry Gant won the NASCAR Winston Cup Heinz 500 over Ernie Irvan at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1996
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Hut Stricklin at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2002
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mountain Dew Southern 500 over Ryan Newman at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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