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1935
Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to top 300 mph during land speed runs on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah. Campbell averaged 301.13 mph driving his Rolls-Royce powered Bluebird.
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1938
Chet Gardner... Died ... Chet started racing in 1922 in Colorado. In 1933 he won the Midwest AAA Sprint Car Championship. He was named "Southern Dirt Racing King" twice. Between 1928 and 1938, Chet made 25 starts in the AAA series, where his best result was 3rd. From 1930 to 1938 he competed in the Indianapolis 500 with a best finish of 4th in 1933. He was killed in an accident during a time trial at the Flemington Speedway in Flemington, New Jersey when he swerved to avoid a child that had run onto the racetrack.
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1948
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction, VT.
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1949
Tony Bettenhausen won the DuQuoin 100 AAA Champ Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Bill Holland was second followed by George Connor, Lee Wallard and Walt Brown.
Otis Stine won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Allegany County Speedway,Cumberland, MD.
Milt Goodwin won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Little Valley Speedway,Little Valley, NY.
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1950
Troy Ruttman won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Dayton Speedway, Dayton, OH.
Harry King won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
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1951
Tony Bettenhausen won the DuQuoin 150 AAA Champ Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Walt Faulkner was second followed by Sam Hanks, Chuck Stevenson and Henry Banks.
Bill Schindler won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ.
Gays Biro won the AAA Midget race at the Toledo Speedway, Toledo, OH.
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1953
Vic Carter won the AAA Midget race over Mike Nazaruk at the Motor City Speedway, Detroit,MI.
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1954
Mike Nazaruk won the AAA Midget race at the Flint Motor Speedway, Flint,MI.
Bob Slater won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines, IA.
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1955
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway,Flemington, NJ.
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds,Essex Junction, VT.
Rosie Roussel won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway,Phoenix, AZ.
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1956
Jimmy Bryan won the 100 lap Ted Horn Memorial USAC Champ Car race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Johnny Thomson was second followed by Jim Rathmann, Bob Veith and George Amick.
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1957
Cotton Farmer won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron,SD.
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1959
Pete Folse won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Belleville High Banks, Belleville,KS.
Gene Hartley won the USAC Midget race at the Painesville Speedway, Painesville,OH.
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1960
Ed Terry won the URC Sprint Car race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction,VT. Hal Rettberg was second followed by Beau Clerke, George Monsen and Tom Price.
Dutch Schaefer won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Buzz Barton won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Iowa State Fair Speedway, Des Moines,IA.
Don Davis won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix,AZ.
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1961
Hank Rogers won the URC Sprint Car race over Bobby Courtwright, Dave Humphrey, Earl Halaquist and Eddie Gallione at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Gig Stephens won the ARDC Midget race at the Hatfield Speedway, Hatfield, PA.
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race over Johnny White, Russ Long, Bill Horstmeyer and Bobby Hogle at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds (1/2d), St. Paul, MN.
Parnelli Jones won the USAC Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial Sprint Car race at the Salem Speedway , Salem,IN. Elmer George finished second followed by Chuck Hulse, Jim Hurtubise and Bud Tingelstad.
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1962
Earl Halaquist won the URC Sprint Car race over Cookie Osterhout, Bobby Courtwright, Hank Rogers and Bill Brown at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ.
Billy Cantrell won the CRA Sprint Car race at the Ascot Park Speedway, Gardena,CA. Hank Henry finished second followed by Ned Spath, Stan McElrath and Dee Jones.
Jerry Richert won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron,SD.
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1965
Mike McGreevy won the 50-lap USAC Midget race at the Mazon Motor Speedway in Mazon, IL.
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1972
Jerry Grant became the first USAC driver to break 200 miles per hour. He accomplished the feat in qualifying at the Ontario Motor Speedway , completing a 2.5 mile lap in 44.7 seconds. Roger McCluskey won the race.
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1979
David Pearson won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Bill Elliott at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1989
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Heinz 500 over Mark Martin at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1995
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mt. Dew 500 over Dale Earnhardt at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2000
Bobby Labonte won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi Southern 500 over Jeff Burton at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2006
Kasey Kahne won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Sony HD 500 over Dale Earnhardt Jr. at the Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA.
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