Rex White won the NASCAR Grand National Stock Car race at the Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA. ( Click here for the race report. )
Eddie Sachs won the USAC sanctioned Trenton 100 on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Trenton International Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by Eddie Johnson, Gene Force and Don Branson. ( Click here for the race report. )
Gene Hartley won the 40 lap USAC Midget race at the Lincoln Fairgrounds, Lincoln, IL.
Freddie Harbach won the Modified-Sportsman Stock Car race at the Islip Speedway, Islip Long Island, NY.
Billy Rafter won the 100-mile National Championship Stock Car race at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, NY. Bill Wimble finished second followed by Tom Kotary, Ralph Earnhardt, Perk Brown and Pete Corey.
Parnelli Jones won the USAC sanctioned Trenton 200 Champ Car race on the 1 Mile Paved Oval Trenton International Speedway in Trenton, NJ. Don Branson was second followed by Bud Tingelstad, Rodger Ward and Norm Hall.
George Snider won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the Kearney Bowl in Fresno, CA.
Larry Rice won the Hut Hundred USAC Midget race at the Terre Haute Action Track , Terre Haute,IN. Merle Bettenhausen was second followed by Billy Renshaw, Don Vogler and Mike McGreevy.
Nick Fornoro Sr... Died ... Nick was the American Racing Drivers Club (ARDC) driving champion in 1950, and he was the first NASCAR Midget driving champion in 1953. After retiring, he went on to be one of the best starters (flaggers) ever, starting out here in the Northeast and eventually ending up as the flagger for two hundred consecutive Championship Auto Racing Teams Indy Car Series races (CART), serving in that position from 1979 to 1992. In 1993 he was the honorary starter for the Indianapolis 500.
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