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1930
Bill Cummings won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Deacon Litz was second followed by Shorty Cantlon, Stubby Stubblefield and Frank Farmer.
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1946
Lee Wallard , driving the Nyquist #6, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Rutland Fairgrounds in Rutland, VT.
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1947
Ted Horn , driving the Horn #1, won the 20 lap AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Port Royal Speedway in Port Royal, PA.
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1948
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway,Flemington, NJ.
Mel Hansen won the Atlanta 100 AAA Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Lakewood Speedway, Atlanta, Georgia.
Bud Camden won the AAA Midget race at the San Antonio Raceway, San Antonio, TX.
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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 State Fair Park Speedway, Lincoln, NE.
Ernie Johnson won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Madison Speedway, Madison, MN.
Johnnie Tolan won the AAA Midget race at the Quad City Speedway, East Moline,IL.
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1952
Deb Snyder won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Madison Speedway, Madison, MN.
Jimmy Bryan won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Rutland Fairgrounds, Rutland, VT.
Jack McGrath won the AAA sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. Mike Nazaruk was second followed by Bobby Ball, Paul Russo and Jimmy Reece.
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1953
Tommy Hinnershitz won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ.
Bob Carpenter won the IMCA Sprint Car race at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, St. Paul, MN.
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1954
Sam Hanks won the Ted Horn Memorial AAA Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Chuck Stevenson was second followed by Jimmy Bryan, Jimmy Davis and Jimmy Reece.
Al Keller won the AAA Eastern Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fair Speedway, Flemington, NJ.
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1958
Johnny Thomson won the USAC sanctioned Syracuse 100 on the 1 Mile Dirt Oval New York State Fairgrounds, Syracuse, New York. George Amick was second followed by Tony Bettenhausen, Rodger Ward and Jud Larson.
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1959
Tony Bettenhausen won the 100 lap USAC Midget race at the DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin, IL.
Ernie Gahan won the Modified Stock Car race at the Stafford Motor Speedway, Stafford Springs, CT. ( Click here for the race report. )
Verne Harriman won the afternoon URC Sprint Car race at the Flemington Fairgrounds, Flemington, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
Lou Johnson and Dave Humphrey each won the URC Sprint Car races at the Nazareth Speedway, Nazareth, PA.
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1964
Gordon Johncock won the USAC Sprint Car race at the Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN. Arnold Knepper finished second followed by Don Branson, Jud Larson and Mario Andretti.
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1965
Don Branson won the Ted Horn Memorial USAC Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Jim McElreath was second followed by A.J. Foyt, Jud Larson and Johnny Rutherford.
Bob Wente won the 100-lap USAC Midget race at the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus, OH.
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1969
A.J. Foyt won the Hoosier Hundred USAC Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana. Gary Bettenhausen was second followed by Bobby Unser, Al Unser and Greg Weld.
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1970
Jim McElreath 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 Dick Simon, Gordon Johncock and Peter Revson.
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1976
David Pearson won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Richard Petty at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1982
Gary Bettenhausen won the Ted Horn Memorial USAC Champ Car race at the 1 Mile Dirt Oval DuQuoin State Fairgrounds, DuQuoin,IL. Steve Chassey was second followed by Bobby Olivero, Bill Engelhart and Rick Hood.
Cale Yarborough won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Richard Petty at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1987
Dale Earnhardt won the NASCAR Winston Cup Southern 500 over Rusty Wallace at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1992
Darrell Waltrip won the NASCAR Winston Cup Mt. Dew 500 over Mark Martin at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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1997
Dale Jarrett won the NASCAR Winston Cup Exide NASCAR 400 over Jeff Burton at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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1998
Jeff Gordon won the NASCAR Winston Cup Pepsi Southern 500 over Jeff Burton at the Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC.
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2003
Ryan Newman won the NASCAR Winston Cup Chevy Rock & Roll 400 over Jeremy Mayfield at the Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA.
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