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1926
Frank Lockhart won the AAA sanctioned Detroit 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan.
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1948
Ted Horn won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway,Port Royal, PA.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Rutland Fairgrounds,Rutland, VT.
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1949
Tony Bettenhausen won the AAA sanctioned Detroit 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Michigan State Fairgrounds, Detroit, Michigan. Spider Webb was second followed by Myron Fohr, Raplh Pratt and Lee Wallard.
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Dayton Speedway, Dayton, OH.
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1951
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Clay County Fairgrounds, Spencer, IA.
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1952
Johnny Thomson won the AAA Midget race at the Norwood Arena, Norwood,MA.
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1953
Bill Holland , driving the Culp #4, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Rutland Fairgrounds in Rutland, VT.
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1954
Bob Sweikert won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Don Freeland was second followed by Johnnie Tolan, Jimmy Bryan and Ed Elisian.
Shorty Templeman won the AAA Midget race at the Indianapolis Speedrome, Indianapolis,IN.
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1955
Marvin Pifer won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Kansas State Fairgrounds,Hutchinson, KS.
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Langhorne Speedway (1.0d) ,Langhorne, PA.
Jud Larson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Topeka Fairgrounds,Topeka, KS.
Shorty Templeman won the AAA Midget race at the Galesburg Speedway, Galesburg,MI.
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1956
Don Hutchinson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Clay County Fairgrounds, Spencer, IA.
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1957
A.J. Foyt won the USAC Midget race at the Kil-Kare Speedway, Xenia,OH.
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1958
Bob Wente won the USAC Midget race at the Spartan Speedway, Lansing,MI.
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1959
Bert Brooks won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield,PA.
Jack Rounds won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron,SD.
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1960
Mickey McCormick won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Hutchinson Fairgrounds, Hutchinson,MN.
Don Branson won the USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH. Jim Hurtubise was second followed by A.J. Foyt, Roger McCluskey and Elmer George.
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Buzz Barton, A.J. Shepherd, Herschel Wagner and Bill Sullivan at the Topeka Fairgrounds, Topeka,KS.
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1962
Jiggs Peters won the ARDC Midget race at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading,PA.
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1963
Bobby Hogle won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA.
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1964
Sammy Sessions won the Supermodified race over Gordon Dukes and Nolan Johncock at the Sandusky Speedway, Sandusky,OH.
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1965
Bob Myers won the Super Modified race at the Lincoln Speedway, New Oxford, PA. Bobby Ballentine finished second followed by Bobby Abel, Irvin King and Bobby Gerhart.
Bill Puterbaugh won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Topeka Fairgrounds, Topeka,KS.
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1966
Johnny Herrera ... Born ... Best known for racing in the World of Outlaws sprint car racing series. In 1986 Johnny was named World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year. Herrera's career in the World of Outlaws has lasted twenty two years. Johnny has several feature event wins with the World of Outlaws as well as wins in USAC and ASCoC competitions.
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1976
Joe Saldana won the Hoosier Hundred USAC Silver Crown race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, IN. A.J. Foyt was second followed by Sheldon Kinser, Billy Cassella, Jim Hurtubise, Johnny Parsons, Larry Rice, Jerry Miller, Steve Chassey and James McElreath.
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1977
Neil Bonnett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Capital City 400 over Richard Petty at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1983
Bobby Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Wrangler SanforSet 400 over Ricky Rudd at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1988
Davey Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller High Life 400 over Dale Earnhardt at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1993
Rusty Wallace won the NASCAR Winston Cup Miller 400 over Bill Elliott at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1999
Tony Stewart won the NASCAR Winston Cup Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 400 over Bobby Labonte at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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2004
Jeremy Mayfield won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Chevy Rock and Roll 400 over Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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