Ted Horn , driving the Horn #1, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Rutland Fairgrounds in Rutland, VT.
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1948
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway,Flemington, NJ.
Jimmy Gibbons won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Hagerstown Speedway,Hagerstown, MD.
Jackie Holmes won the AAA Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway,Winchester, IN.
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1949
Spider Webb won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds,Essex Junction, VT.
Speed McFee won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Monroe County Fairgrounds,Rochester, NY.
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1950
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron, SD.
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1951
Frankie Luptow won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Dakota State Fair Speedway, Huron, SD.
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1953
Homer Claytor won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Bethany Fairgrounds Speedway, Bethany, MO.
Mike Nazaruk won the 100 lap AAA Midget race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL.
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1954
Pat OConnor won the AAA Sprint Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL.
Charlie Musselman won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race over Tommy Hinnershitz at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ.
Bobby Grim won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the State Fair Park Speedway, Lincoln, NE.
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1955
Jimmy Bryan won the 100 lap Ted Horn Memorial AAA Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Jack McGrath was second followed by George Amick, Bob Sweikert and Bob Veith.
Charlie Musselman , driving the Traylor #5, won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Speedway in Flemington, NJ.
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1959
Gene Hartley won the 30 lap USAC Midget race at the Illiana Speedway, Schererville, IN.
Otto Harwi won the Modified Stock Car race and Tony Bonadies won the TQ Midget race at the Orange County Fairgrounds, Middletown, NY. ( Click here for the race report. )
A.J. Foyt won the 100 lap Ted Horn Memorial USAC Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Tony Bettenhausen was second followed by Cotton Farmer, Eddie Sachs and Jim Packard.
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1964
Don Branson won the 100 mile USAC Midget race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL.
Porky Rachwitz won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the Ascot Park in Gardena, CA.
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1965
Jud Larson won the 50 lap USAC Sprint Car race at the New Bremen Speedway, New Bremen,OH. Red Riegel was second followed by Johnny Rutherford, Don Branson and Chuck Arnold.
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1966
Bud Tingelstad won the 100 lap Ted Horn Memorial USAC Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Dick Atkins was second followed by Bobby Unser, Joe Leonard and Ralph Liguori.
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1969
Leigh Earnshaw won the ARDC Midget race at the Freeport Speedway, Freeport,NY.
Elmer Ruby won the Tuscarora 50 Super Sprint Car race over Steve Ungar, Lynn Geisler, Dick Swarmer and Tom Spriggle at the Port Royal Speedway , Port Royal, PA.
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1970
Jochen Rindt... Died ... Rindt was a German-Austrian racing driver. He is the only driver to posthumously win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship (in 1970), after being killed in practice for the Italian Grand Prix. Away from Formula One Rindt was highly successful in other single-seat formulae, as well as sports car racing. In 1965 he won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving a Ferrari 250LM in partnership with American Masten Gregory.
Tommy Dickson won the URC Sprint Car race over Paul Barnes, Joe Tetz, Gino Swarthout and Tom Price at the Champlain Valley Fairgrounds, Essex Junction,VT.
Len Duncan won the ARDC Midget race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington,NJ. Earl Halaquist was second followed by Tommy McAndrew, Bryant Ingalls and Pancho Carter.
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1971
Joe Leonard won the USAC California 500 Indy Car race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval at the Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California. Art Pollard was second followed by Gary Bettenhausen, Lloyd Ruby and Steve Krisiloff.
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1976
Bobby Unser won the USAC California 500 Indy Car race on the 2.5 Mile Paved Oval at the Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California. Johnny Rutherford was second followed by Gordon Johncock, Wally Dallenbach and Tom Bigelow.
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1977
David Pearson won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Donnie Allison at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1981
Tom Sneva won the CART sanctioned AB Dick Tony Bettenhausen 200 on the 1 Mile Paved Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin. Rick Mears finished second followed by Bobby Unser, Johnny Rutherford and Al Unser.
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1983
Bobby Allison won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Bill Elliott at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1993
Mark Martin won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mt. Dew 500 over Brett Bodine at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1999
Jeff Burton won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi Southern 500 over Ward Burton at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2004
Elliott Sadler won the NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Pop Secret 500 over Kasey Kahne at the Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, CA.
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