Barney Oldfield drove a streamlined Miller with fully enclosed cockpit, called the "Golden Sub", to new one mile (80 mph), five mile (77.2 mph), 25 mile (75.4 mph), and 50 mile (73.5 mph) speed records.
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1925
Len Sutton... Born ... Sutton became involved in auto racing after serving in the Navy during World War II. He spun out in the first corner on his first lap at a dirt track. Sutton won Oregon Racing Association championships in 1949, 1950, 1954, and 1955. He raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1955 to 1965, with 76 career starts, 43 top ten finishes, and 3 victories.
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1963
Wally Dallenbach won the Modified - Sportsman Stock Car race at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland, NJ. (Click here for the race report.)
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1975
Mark Donohue set an American closed-course speed record of 221.120 mph at Talladega, AL in a Porsche 917/30.
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1992
Kyle Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup Bud at the Glen over Morgan Shepherd at the Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY.
Barney Oldfield drove a streamlined Miller with fully enclosed cockpit, called the "Golden Sub", to new one mile (80 mph), five mile (77.2 mph), 25 mile (75.4 mph), and 50 mile (73.5 mph) speed records.
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1925
Len Sutton... Born ... Sutton became involved in auto racing after serving in the Navy during World War II. He spun out in the first corner on his first lap at a dirt track. Sutton won Oregon Racing Association championships in 1949, 1950, 1954, and 1955. He raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1955 to 1965, with 76 career starts, 43 top ten finishes, and 3 victories.
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1963
Wally Dallenbach won the Modified - Sportsman Stock Car race at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland, NJ. (Click here for the race report.)
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1975
Mark Donohue set an American closed-course speed record of 221.120 mph at Talladega, AL in a Porsche 917/30.
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1992
Kyle Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup Bud at the Glen over Morgan Shepherd at the Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY.
Barney Oldfield drove a streamlined Miller with fully enclosed cockpit, called the "Golden Sub", to new one mile (80 mph), five mile (77.2 mph), 25 mile (75.4 mph), and 50 mile (73.5 mph) speed records.
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1925
Len Sutton... Born ... Sutton became involved in auto racing after serving in the Navy during World War II. He spun out in the first corner on his first lap at a dirt track. Sutton won Oregon Racing Association championships in 1949, 1950, 1954, and 1955. He raced in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series from 1955 to 1965, with 76 career starts, 43 top ten finishes, and 3 victories.
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1963
Wally Dallenbach won the Modified - Sportsman Stock Car race at the Vineland Speedway, Vineland, NJ. (Click here for the race report.)
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1975
Mark Donohue set an American closed-course speed record of 221.120 mph at Talladega, AL in a Porsche 917/30.
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1992
Kyle Petty won the NASCAR Winston Cup Bud at the Glen over Morgan Shepherd at the Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, NY.