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Born on this day
Tazio Nuvolari
Elizabeth Junek
Renée Friderich
Skip Barber
Gian Paolo Dallara
Norbert Singer
Gerry Marshall
Tommy Archer
Terry Labonte
Dean Hall
Roberto Guerrero
Mike Groff
Robert W. Stanley
Christian Horner
Passed away on this day
Ernesto Prinoth
Billy Hagan
Events on this day
Interesting and notable events from the history of motor sport.
1901
A. C. Bostwick became the first American racer to exceed the speed of a mile a minute on the Ocean Parkway racetrack in Brooklyn, New York.
1919
Dario Resta in a Peugeot won the last Vanderbilt Cup race. READ MORE
1919
1969
Pete Hamilton drove his Chevrolet Camaro to victory in the 100 mile NASCAR Grand Touring READ MORE
1980
Alan Jones drove a Williams FW07 to victory in the non-championship, Australian Grand Prix.
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