Ralph Mulford won the 100 lap Liberty Sweepstakes AAA race on the 1.12 mile board oval Uniontown Speedway in Hopwood, Pennsylvania.
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1935
Billy Winn won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Bill Cummings was second followed by Al Miller, Doc MacKenzie and Deacon Litz.
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1939
Mauri Rose won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. George Connor was second followed by Ted Horn, Floyd Davis and George Barringer.
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1940
Rex Mays won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. George Robson was second followed by Tommy Hinnershitz, George Connor and Shorty Cantlon.
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1946
George Robson... Died ... AAA driver 1938 to 1946. Had 3 Indy 500 starts with a win in 1946. Robson died with George Barringer in an accident at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia.
George Barringer ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1930's and 40's. He ran the Indy 500 six times with a best finish of 6th in 1939. He and George Robson were killed in same multi-car pile-up at the Lakewood Speedway in Atlanta, Georgia.
George Connor won the AAA sanctioned Atlanta 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the 20-lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Speedway in Flemington, NJ.
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1950
Roy Sherman won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction, VT.
Emory Collins won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN
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1951
Troy Ruttman won the 100 lap AAA Sprint Car race over Mike Nazaruk and Joe James at the Dayton Speedway (1/2p) , Dayton, OH.
Perry Grimm won the AAA Midget race at the Kokomo Speedway, Kokomo,IN.
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
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1952
Bob Slater won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron, SD.
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1953
Mike Nazaruk won the AAA Midget race at the Cincinnati Race Bowl, Cincinnati,OH.
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1954
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Belleville High Banks, Belleville, KS.
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1955
Shorty Templeman won the AAA Midget race at the Flat Rock Speedway,Flat Rock, MI.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway,Des Moines, IA.
Bert Brooks, the 1954 URC Sprint Car champion, won the 25-lap NASCAR Stock Car race at the Morristown Speedway,Morristown, NJ. Brooks driving the Calder-Delroy stock car won over Russ Meyer, Joe Rosko, Ray Brown and Tommy Elliott.
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1956
Pat OConnor won the USAC Sprint Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL.
George Fonder won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Johnny Pouelson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (1/2d), St. Paul, MN.
Chuck Arnold won the URC Sprint Car race at the Nazareth Raceway, Nazareth,PA.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair Park Speedway, Lincoln,NE.
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1957
Jud Larson won the Ted Horn 100 USAC Champ Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Johnny Thomson was second followed by Rodger Ward, Elmer George and Bob Veith.
Johnny Pouelson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
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1959
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines,IA.
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1960
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Belleville High Banks, Belleville,KS.
Ray Brown won the ARDC Midget race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction,VT.
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1961
Allen Heath won both of the Twin 50's CRA Sprint Car races at the Ascot Park Speedway (1/2d) , Gardena, CA.
Ernie McCoy won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ.
Hank Rogers won the URC Sprint Car race over Ed Terry, Eddie Gallione, Earl Halaquist and Dan Daniels at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction,VT.
Elmer George won the USAC Sprint Car race over Parnelli Jones, Jim Hurtubise, Al Keller and A.J. Foyt at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL.
Red Riegel won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (1/2d), St. Paul, MN.
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1963
A.J. Foyt won the Ted Horn Memorial 100 mile Champ Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, IL. Rodger Ward was second followed by Chuck Hulse, Bobby Marshman, Don Branson, Parnelli Jones, Jim McElreath, Jim Hurtubise, Johnny White and Johnny Rutherford.
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1968
Bert Brooks... Died ... Eastern midget and sprint car driver from the 1940's, 50's and 60's. He was the United Racing Club (URC) Sprint car champion in 1954, 1956, 1957 and 1958. He died in an ARDC midget race at the Hershey Stadium in Hershey, PA.
Mario Andretti won the Ted Horn Memorial 100 mile USAC Indy Car race at the 1-Mile dirt oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, IL. A.J. Foyt was second followed by Billy Vukovich, Jr., Gary Bettenhausen, Roger McCluskey, Tom Bigelow, Al Unser, Jerry Daniels, George Benson and George Snider.
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1973
Buck Buckley won the URC Sprint Car race over Leroy Felty, Bing Metz, Mike Grbac and Leigh Earnshaw at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Hank Rogers, Jr. won the ARDC Midget race at the Grandview Speedway, Bechtelsville,PA. Leigh Earnshaw finished second followed by Doug Craig, Jim Hettinger and Billy Hughes.
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1984
Harry Gant won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Tim Richmond at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1990
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Heinz 500 over Ernie Irvan at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2001
Ward Burton won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mountain Dew Southern 500 over Jeff Gordon at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2007
Jimmie Johnson won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Sharp AQUOS 500 over Carl Edwards at the Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA.
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