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Buddy Lazier Born In Vail, Colorado - October 31, 1967
October 31, 1967Buddy Lazier(photo credit: cmakin via photopin cc)Born in Vail, Colorado, USA.Lazier won the 1988 American Indycar Series championship, collecting five wins out of six races. Lazier won...
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Greg Moore Dies In Violent Crash At Fontana - October 31, 1999
April 22, 1975 - October 31, 1999Greg Moore(Photo; gregmoore.com)Home: Maple Ridge, BC, Canada.Greg Moore, the 1995 Indy Lights Champion, had his promising career and his life come to an abrupt end...
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"5-Times Le Mans 24 Hours Winner" Derek Bell Born - October 31, 1941
October 31, 1941Derek Bell(photo credit: Toni P1 via photopin cc)Born in Pinner, Middlesex, England.Derek was extremely successful in sportscar racing, best known for winning the Le Mans 24 hours five...
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"Family Patriarch/Veteran Racer" Jim Sauter Passes Away - October 31, 2014
June 1, 1943 - October 31, 2014Jim Sauter(Photo;nascar.com) Born in Necedah, Wisconsin, USA.He formerly raced in all three of NASCAR's national series, and is best known for having been a test driver...
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NASCAR Legend Stick Elliott Dies At Age 46 - November 1, 1980
July 27, 1934 - November 1, 1980Stick Elliott(Photo; thirdturn.wikia.com)Home; Shelby, North Carolina, USA.Named Gene Daves, aka Stick Elliott after his Grandfather whom was a railroad security officer...
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Former NASCAR Driver Clyde Lynn Dies - November 1, 1996
March 3, 1936 - November 1, 1996Clyde Lynn(Photo; randyayersmodeling.com)Born in Christiansburg, Virginia, USA.Lynn was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Christiansburg, Virginia and a runner-up for the...
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"Racing Family Patriarch" Joseph Lapcevich Born - November 1, 1944
November 1, 1944 - April 3, 2013Joseph "Joe" Lapcevich(Photo; obits.dignitymemorial.com)Home: Stoney Creek, Ontario, Canada.The Lapcevich family has been a part of the Canadian motorsports’ scene for...
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"CMHF Member" Craig Hill Passes Away At Age 78 - November 1, 2012
anuary 9, 1934 - November 1, 2012Craig Hill (Photo credit; cmhf.ca )Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.In a driving career that spanned almost 40 years, Hill raced and won in almost every type of racing...
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Don Freeland Dies In San Diego, California - November 2, 2007
March 25, 1925 - November 2, 2007Don Freeland(Photo; statsf1.com)Born in Los Angeles, California, USA.Freeland served in the Navy as a mechanic during World War II. After the war, he began racing. He...
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Larry Pearson Born In Spartanburg, South Carolina - November 2, 1953
November 2, 1953Larry Pearson(Photo; darlingtonraceway.com)Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA.Larry is a former NASCAR driver and the son of three-time Winston Cup champion David Pearson. He won...
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Alan Jones Born In Melbourne, Australia - November 2, 1946
November 2, 1946Alan Jones(Photo: commons.wikimedia.org)Born in Melbourne, Australia.He was the first driver to win a Formula One World Championship with the Williams team, becoming the 1980 World...
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Kroll's Record Breaking Streak Ends In St. Petersburg - November 3, 1985
November 3, 1985A broken rocker caused Horst Kroll of Toronto to settle for an 11th place finish at the SCCA Can-Am in St Petersburg, Florida, ending his streak of top 10 finishes at a Can-Am series...
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"Remembering" John Lingenfelter
October 6, 1945 - December 25, 2003John Earl Lingenfelter(Photo;dragstripdeaths.webs.com)Born in East Freedom, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an NHRA driver, engineer and tuner. Over his career,...
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Rex Mays Dies In Del Mar Fairgrounds Crash - November 6, 1949
March 10, 1913 - November 6, 1949Rex Houston Mays, Jr.(Photo;uniquecarsandparts.com)Born in Riverside, California, USA.He made his Indianapolis 500 debut in 1934 and won the pole in 1935, 1936, and...
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Al Unser Jr Wins CART "Nissan Indy Challenge" At Miami - November 6, 1988
November 6, 1988(Photo: jimculp@live.com / ProRallyPix via photopin cc) Al Unser Jr finished 53.046 seconds ahead of Rick Mears, to win the CART "Nissan Indy Challenge"at Tamiami Park, Miami, Florida,...
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Canadian Auto Racing Legend Wallie Branston Dies - November 7, 2013
October 11, 1923 - November 7, 2013Wallie Branston(Photo; legacy.com)Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Branston had many achievements including being a founding member of the Toronto Stock Car Racing...
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"Actor & Race Car Driver" Steve McQueen Dies - November 7, 1980
March 24, 1930 - November 7, 1980Terence Steven "Steve" McQueen(Photo;timefortruth.co.uk)Born in Beech Grove, Indiana, USA.He was an American actor and race car driver. Called "The King of Cool", his...
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Ayrton Senna Wins His Last Grand Prix - November 7, 1993
November 7, 1993Ayrton Senna (Photo: Instituto Ayrton Senna via photopin cc)Ayrton Senna finished his six-year spell with McLaren by taking his only pole position of the season and his fifth victory...
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Jonathan Palmer Born In London, England - November 7, 1956
November 7, 1956Jonathan Palmer(Photo; Wikipedia)Born in London, England.Former Formula One racing driver, medical doctor, and now the majority shareholder and chief executive of MotorSport Vision,...
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Art Arfons Sets New Land-Speed Record - November 7, 1965
November 7, 1965Art Arfons, a drag racer from Ohio, USA, sets the land-speed record, of 576.553 miles per hour at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, driving a jet-powered machine, known as the Green...
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