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1995 Louis Meyer, Indie 500 racer (3 wins), dies at 91
1994 Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 1992 Clifford Allison, U.S. stock-car racer, dies in an accident 1982 Anthony C B Chapman, England, formula 1 racer, dies at 54 1982 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer, dies in an accident 1982 Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash 1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies at 34 1967 Donald Campbell, boat racer, dies trying to break 300 mph on water 1962 Michael Andretti, Indy-car racer/Auto Hall of Fame, elected 1986 1962 Al Unser, Jr., Indy-car racer, over 10 wins 1960 Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer, 1988 champ 1959 Gerhard Berger, formula-1 racer, Italian Grand Prix-1988 1959 Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1958 Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Colombia, Indy racer, Rookie of Year 1984 1957 Raul Boesel, Brazil, Indy-car racer, CART 1957 Jonathan Palmer, formula-1 racer 1956 Michele Alboretto, formula-1 racer, Ferrari 1955 Bill Elliott, auto racer, Daytona-1978 1955 John Campbell, harness racer, 3-time winner of Hambletonian 1955 Teo Fabi, formula-1 Indy-car racer, rookie of year-1983 1954 Alan Kulwicki, Greenfield Wisconsin, NASCAR racer, Winston Cup 1954 Nigel Mansell, formula-1 racer, Portugal Grand Prix-1990 1953 Arie Luyendyk, born in Netherlands, Indy-car racer, 1990 Indianapolis 500 1953 Dale Earnhardt, auto racer, 6-time NASCAR national champion 1953 Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer, over 15 wins 1952 Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ, 1981, '83, '87 1951 Rick Mears, Indy-car racer, over 25 wins 1950 Danny Sullivan, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins 1950 Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian auto racer 1949 Nikki Lauda, Austria, formula 1 auto racer, world champ 1975, 77, 84 1948 Rene Arnoux, born in France, formula-1 racer, 6th place-1980 1948 Tom Sneva, U.S. auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1983 1948 Billy O'Donnell, harness racer driver of year, 1984 1946 Emerson Fittipaldi, Brazil, Indy-car racer, over 10 wins 1946 Alan Jones, Australia, auto racer, 1980 World Champion 1945 Alain Prost, formula-1 racer, 1985, 86 champ 1943 Chris Amon, Grand Prix racer 1943 Helmut Marko, auto racer, Le Mans Grand Prix 1940 Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, drag racer, 1st woman Top Fuel champ 1939 David Hobbs, born in Royal Leamington Spa, England, auto racer, commentator for Speed, raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans twenty times 1939 Al Unser, auto racer, Indianapolis 500-1970, 71 1939 Cale Yarborough, auto racer, Daytona 500-1968, 77, 83, 84 1939 Peter Revson, auto racer, 1971 Indianapolis pole winner 1938 Johnny Rutherford, auto racer, 26 championship races 1938 Johnny Rutherford, auto racer 1937 Bobby Allison, auto racer, 3 time winner of Daytona 500 1937 Mark Donohue, auto racer, 1972 Indianapolis 500 1936 Jim Clark, Formula 1 racer, 1963 champ 1934 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer 1934 Bobby Unser, auto racer, 1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500 1934 Jacques Anquetil, France, Tour de France bicycle racer, 5-time winner 1932 Ned Jarrett, auto racer/announcer, 50 Grand National victories 1931 Del Insko, harness racer, toothpick in mouth, 1969 money leader 1929 Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ 1928 Jim McElreath, auto racer, 1970 Ontario 500 1927 Stanley Dancer, harness racer, 4 Hambletonians, 3 Trot Triple Crown 1927 Bill Rexford, auto racer 1926 Hans Liebold, Germany, auto racer, Nardo, Italy 1926 Arthur Arfons, auto racer/designer, Green Monster 1964-536.71 MPH 1924 Olivier Gendebien, Belgian auto racer 1921 Donald Malcome Campbell, born in Surrey, England, boat racer, 1955 speed records 1921 Jean Behra, auto racer 1910 Daniel Kinet, auto racer/1st Belgian flyer, dies 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500 1904 Frank Ervin, harness racer, Hambletonian 1959, 66 1898 George van Derton, Belgian racer, won 500 race 1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min, 8 km/min 1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) |
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