Louis Disbrow ... Born ... AAA driver from the early 1900's
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1905
Barney Oldfield won the AAA sanctioned Providence Race on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Narragansett Park in Cranston, Rhode Island.
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1930
Don Edmunds ... Born ... Racecar driver and car builder. He had his first start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1957. He won the 1957 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year after finishing nineteenth over Bill Cheesbourg, Elmer George, Mike Magill, and Eddie Sachs. Edmunds' Indy career ended in with a serious practice accident at the Speedway in 1958. He founded Autoresearch, Inc. in Anaheim, California, which specialized in building midget cars and sprint cars. His chasis won several National Midget Championships in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He became a collector and restorer of old race cars. He built Evel Knievel's Snake River Canyon Sky cycle. Edmunds was named to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1991and was inducted in the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1994.
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1946
Bill Holland , driving the Malamud #29, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA.
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1949
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Eastern States Expo Speedway, West Springfield, MA.
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1950
Otis Stine won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Eastern States Expo Speedway, West Springfield, MA.
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Music City Motorplex (1/2d), Nashville, TN.
Joe James won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Shelby Fairgrounds,Shelby, NC.
Duane Carter , driving the Agajanian #98, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown, PA.
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1951
Tony Bettenhausen won the AAA sanctioned Denver 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Centennial Park in Denver, Colorado. Henry Banks finished second followed by Jack McGrath, Joe James and Bobby Ball.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Williams Grove Speedway, Mechanicsburg, PA.
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1952
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City, OK.
Harry Turner won the AAA Midget race at the Memphis Speedbowl (1/4d), Memphis, TN.
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1953
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Enid Motor Speedway, Enid, OK.
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1954
Bob Sweikert won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Eastern States Expo Speedway, West Springfield, MA.
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1955
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Allentown Fairgrounds, Allentown,PA.
Johnny Thomson won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Eastern States Expo Speedway, West Springfield, MA.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Nashville Fairgrounds (1.0d), Nashville, TN.
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1956
Tommy Hinnershitz won the USAC Eastern Sprint Car race over Jud Larson and Van Johnson at the Reading Fairgrounds, Reading,PA.
Eddie Sachs won the Joe James Memorial 100 USAC Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway , Salem, IN.
Bert Hellmueller won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Walt McWhorter, Mickey McCormick, A.J. Foyt and Bob Carpenter at the State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City,OK.
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1958
Arnie Knepper won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair Speedway, Oklahoma City,OK.
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1962
Don Branson won the USAC sanctioned Trenton 200 on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Trenton International Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Len Sutton was second followed by Bobby Marshman, A.J. Foyt and Rodger Ward.
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1971
Danny Caruthers won the 50-lap USAC Midget race at the Lakeside Speedway in Denver, CO. Lee Kunzman was second followed by Jimmy Caruthers, Jerry McClung and Billy Shuman.
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1973
Gordon Johncock won the USAC sanctioned Trenton 200 on the 1.5 Mile Paved Oval Trenton International Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Bobby Unser was second followed by Wally Dallenbach, Johnny Rutherford and Jim McElreath.
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1978
Mario Andretti won the USAC sanctioned Machinist Union 150 on the 1.5 Mile Paved Oval Trenton International Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Johnny Parsons was second followed by Tom Sneva, Al Unser and Steve Krisiloff.
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1979
Buddy Baker won the NASCAR Winston Cup Old Dominion 500 over Richard Petty at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
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1984
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Goody's 500 over Terry Labonte at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
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1990
Geoffrey Bodine won the NASCAR Winston Cup Goody's 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA.
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2001
Dale Earnhardt Jr. wins the NASCAR Winston Cup MBNA Cal Ripken, Jr. 400 over Jerry Nadeau at the Dover International Speedway , Dover, DE.
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2007
Carl Edwards wins the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Dodge Dealers 400 over Greg Biffle at the Dover International Speedway , Dover, DE.
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