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Joe Amato & Blaine Johnson Make NHRA History At Topeka - July 5, 1996
July 5, 1996Joe Amato(Photo: mshf.com)Top Fuel star Joe Amato became the first racer in NHRA history to break the 4.6-second barrier with a run of 4.595 seconds at Topeka, Kansas, USA. Moments after...
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"2-Time Indy 500 Winner" Rodger Ward Dies - July 5, 2004
January 10, 1921 - July 5, 2004Rodger Ward(Photo; motorsportshalloffame.com)Born in Beloit, Kansas, USA.Ward won the 1959 and 1962 Indianapolis 500. He also was the 1959 and 1962 USAC Championship Car...
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Juan Manuel Fangio Competes In Final Grand Prix - July 6, 1958
July 6, 1958(Photo; en.wikipedia.org)The great Argentine race car driver Juan Manuel Fangio, winner of five Formula One driver's world championships, competes in his last Grand Prix race, the French...
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Montoya Clocks "Fastest 500 In Motorsports History" - July 6, 2014
July 6, 2014(Photo;readingeagle.com)Juan Pablo Montoya’s victory at the "Pocono IndyCar 500" clocked in at an average speed of 202.402 miles per hour, went into the record books as the "Fastest 500...
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Luigi Musso Fatally Injured At Reims, France - July 6, 1958
July 28, 1924 - July 6, 1958Luigi Musso(Photo; laberezina.com)Born in Rome, Italy.Musso began his racing career driving sports cars before making his début on the Formula One circuit on January 17,...
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Kenny Irwin Jr Dies In Crash At New Hampshire - July 7, 2000
August 5, 1969 - July 7, 2000Kenny Irwin Jr(Photo; "Kenny Irwin Jr" by Darryl Moran) Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.Irwin began racing quarter-midgets before he was in the second grade. He...
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Jo Siffert Born In Fribourg, Switzerland - July 7, 1936
July 7, 1936 - October 24, 1971Jo Siffert(Photo; "Siffert, Joseph 1968".)Born in Fribourg, Switzerland.Affectionately known as "Seppi" to his family and close friends. Siffert initially made his name...
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"Former Can Am & IMSA Driver" John Gunn Dies - July 7, 2010
July 25, 1939 - July 7, 2010Johnnie Oliver Gunn, Jr(Photo; myf5000.com)Born in Yanceyville, North Carolina, USA.John graduated from Bartlett Yancey High School and was interested in motor sports from...
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"NHRA Top Fuel Drag Racer" Brittany Force Born - July 8, 1986
July 8, 1986Brittany Force (Photo;motorsportsnewswire.com)Born in Yorba Linda, California, USA.Brittany is an NHRA drag racer and 2017 NHRA Drag Racing Series Top Fuel dragster champion. She is the...
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"Sprint Car Hall of Famer" Jack Hewitt Born - July 8, 1951
July 8, 1951Jack Hewitt(Photo;motorsport.com)Born in Troy, Ohio, USA.He is a former driver who was prolific in various open wheel and sprint car series. He was a two-time champion in the USAC Silver...
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Dale Coyne Born In Minooka, Illinois - July 8,1954
July 8,1954Dale Coyne(Photo; dalecoyneracing.com)Born in Minooka, Illinois, USA.Coyne is a former CART series driver/team owner and current an IndyCar Series team owner.Starting in 1984 as a driver and...
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"Oldest Pole-sitter In Daytona History" Mark Thompson Born - July 9, 1951
July 9, 1951 Mark Thompson(Photo; nascartalk.nbcsports.com)Born in Cartersville, Georgia, USA.Mark is an American stock car racing driver, pilot, and businessman. He currently competes part-time in the...
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"NASCAR Pioneer" G.C. Spencer Born - July 9, 1925
July 9, 1925 - September 20, 2007Grover Clifton Spencer(Photo;randyayersmodeling.com)Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA.G. C. Spencer was a dominant short-track racer in the 1940s and 1950s. He competed...
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"1975 Winston Cup Rookie of the Year" Bruce Hill Born - July 9, 1949
July 9, 1949 - May 14, 2017Bruce Hill(Photo;randyayersmodeling.com)Born on in Topeka, Kansas, USA.Hill competed in the Winston Cup Series, ARCA, and in the NASCAR West Series. He also competed in late...
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"First Two-Time Indy 500 Winner" Tommy Milton Dies - July 10, 1962
November 14, 1893 - July 10, 1962Thomas "Tommy" Milton(Photo; uniquecarsandparts.com.au)Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. Tommy was best known as the first two-time winner of the Indianapolis 500. He...
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The Flock Family Make NASCAR History - July 10, 1949
July 10, 1949(Photo; encyclopediaofalabama.org)At the "Strictly Stock" race at the Daytona Beach and Road Course, the second female of NASCAR, Ethel Flock Mobley, joined her racing brothers, Fonty,...
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Adam Petty Born In Trenton, New Jersey - July 10, 1980
July 10, 1980 – May 12, 2000Adam PettyBorn in Trenton, New Jersey, USA.Petty was raised in High Point, North Carolina into stock car racing "royalty". The son of Kyle Petty, he was widely expected to...
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"4-Time Daytona 24 Hour Winner" Rolf Stommelen Born - July 11, 1943
July 11, 1943 - April 24, 1983Rolf Stommelen(Photo; en.wikipedia.org)Born in Siegen, Germany.Stommelen participated in 63 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, achieving one podium, and scored a...
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"Remembering" Davey Allison
February 25, 1961 – July 13, 1993Davey Allison(Photo; joebuckalew.com)Born In Hollywood, Florida, USA.He was best known for driving the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing. He was the...
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"Two-time NHRA Champion" Larry Kopp Passes Away - July 12, 2004
July 12, 2004Larry Kopp(Photo; dragraceresults.com)Baltimore, Maryland, USA.Larry won the NHRA Modified Eliminator Championship in 1976 and became the first Pro Stock Truck champion in 1998. Kopp had...
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