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"1960 Indy 500 Winner" Jim Rathmann Dies - November 23, 2011
July 16, 1928 - November 23, 2011Jim Rathmann (A.K.A. Dick)(Photo;alchetron.com) Born in Alhambra, California, USA.Rathmann and his older brother notably swapped names while teenagers. As a 16-year-old...
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"Endurance Racing Veteran" Olivier Beretta Born - November 23, 1969
November 23, 1969Olivier Beretta(Photo; Olivier Beretta 2012 WEC Fuji » par Morio )Born in Monte Carlo.He is a former Formula One driver and 8-time class winner at the Le Mans 24 Hours. He raced in...
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Bobby Isaac Sets World Closed Course Speed Record - November 24, 1970
November 24, 1970(Photo; streetlegaltv.com)Bobby Isaac sets a new World Closed Course Speed Record of 201.104 mph at Talladega, Alabama, USA.Isaac drove Nord Krauskopf's K&K Insurance Dodge to the...
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"Racing Legend" Milt Minter Born - November 24, 1933
November 24, 1933 - December 23, 2004Milt Minter(Photo; floridastockcars.com)Born in Sanger, California, USA.Milton Nelson Minter was born and raised in Sanger and served in the US Navy as a radioman...
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Gaston Chevrolet Killed At Beverly Hills Speedway - November 25, 1920
October 4, 1892 - November 25, 1920Gaston Chevrolet(Photo; www.mshf.com) Born in Beaune, Côte-d'Or, France.He was the younger brother of Louis, founder of the Chevrolet car company and Arthur...
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"National Sprint Car Hall Of Famer" Jimmy Wilburn Born - November 25, 1908
November 25, 1908 - August 26, 1984Jimmy Wilburn(Photo; revslib.stanford.edu)Home:Los Angeles, California, USA.Jimmy won a non-points Championship Car race at Lakewood Speedway in March 1946 which is...
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Mike Joy Born In Chicago, Illinois - November 25, 1949
November 25, 1949Mike Joy(Photo; twitter.com) Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA.Joy is a TV sports announcer, who currently serves as the lap-by-lap voice of Fox Sports' NASCAR Sprint Cup coverage. His...
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Dan Gurney First To Win Four Major Racing Disciplines - November 26, 1967
November 26, 1967(Photo: The Henry Ford via photopin cc) Dan Gurney, drives an Eagle to victory in the Rex Mays 200 Indycar race at Riverside, California, USA. He becomes the first driver to win in the...
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Desire Wilson Born In Brakpan, South Africa - November 26, 1953
November 26, 1953Desire Wilson(Photo: Vukie1953 via photopin cc)Born in Brakpan, South Africa.She is the only woman to have been licensed to drive in a CART Indy cars event, as well as holding a FIA...
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"1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Champ" Dale Jarrett Born - November 26, 1956
November 26, 1956Dale Jarrett (Photo: Darryl W. Moran Photography via photopin cc)Born in Conover, North Carolina, USA.The 1999 NASCAR Winston Cup Series champion and winner of the Daytona 500 three...
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Russell "Cliff" Durant Born In Flint, Michigan - November 26, 1890
November 26, 1890 - October 31, 1937Russell "Cliff" Durant(Photo; en.wikipedia.org)Born in Flint, Michigan, USA.He was the son of William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors. He was a co-owner and...
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Ralph "Gumdrop Kid" Mulford Wins Vanderbilt Cup - November 27, 1911
November 27, 1911(Photo; vanderbiltcupraces.com)Ralph Mulford drives a Lozier to victory in the first Vanderbilt Cup race to be held in Savannah, Georgia, USA.The first race organized by Vanderbilt was...
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Hélio Castroneves Wins "Mirrorball Trophy" - November 27, 2007
November 27, 2007(Photo: Vitodens via photopin cc)3-time "Indy 500" champ Hélio Castroneves, and his partner, professional ballroom dancer Julianne Hough, win the fifth season of the TV show "Dancing...
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Drag Racer & Crew Chief Dale Armstrong Dies - November 28, 2014
November 28, 2014Dale Armstrong, drag racer and crew chief,(Photo: bangshift.com)Inducted in to the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame in 1995, Armstrong died at his home in Temecula, California at the...
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Frank Duryea Wins First Motor-car Race In USA - November 28, 1895
November 28, 1895(Photo; berthoudrecorder.com)Frank Duryea, mechanic and inventor, won the first motor-car race in the United States, a 54-mile loop along the lakeshore from Chicago to Evanston and...
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Chase Elliott Born In Dawsonville, Georgia - November 28, 1995
November 28, 1995Chase Elliott(Photo; nascar.com)Born in Dawsonville, Georgia, USA.He currently competes full-time in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 9 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for...
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Ashley Force Born in Yorba Linda, California - November 29, 1982
November 29, 1982Ashley Force(Photo: The Freewheeling Daredevil via photopin cc)Born in Yorba Linda, California, USA.The Top Fuel Funny Car drag racer and the daughter of 16-time NHRA Top Fuel Funny...
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Racing Legend Graham Hill Dies In Plane Crash - November 29, 1975
November 29, 1975(Photo"By Lothar Spurzem [CC-BY-SA-2.0-de], via Wikimedia Commons)Graham Hill, a two time Formula One World Champion and the only driver to win the Triple Crown of Motorsport (24 Hours...
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Tony Brise Dies In Plane Crash - November 29, 1975
March 28, 1952 - November 29, 1975Tony Brise(Photo; f1.wikia.com)Born in Erith, Kent, EnglandHe won two of the three British Formula Three Championships in 1973, sharing one, the Lombard North Central...
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Mika Salo Born In Helsinki, Finland - November 30, 1966
November 30, 1966Mika Salo(Photo: entzi81 via photopin cc)Born in Helsinki, Finland.Salo is a former Formula One, CART and sports-car racer. In 1989-90, Salo competed in the British Formula Three...
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