Vintage
This Week in Racing History
This Week in Racing History October 1 Richard Petty wins his tenth straight NASCAR Grand National (now Winston Cup) stockcar race, at North Wilksborough, (1967). Leo Kinnunen wins the year's final round of the Interseries at Hockenheim, Germany, ...
Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
This Week in Racing History
October 1
Richard Petty wins his tenth straight NASCAR Grand National (now Winston Cup) stockcar race, at North Wilksborough, (1967).
Leo Kinnunen wins the year's final round of the Interseries at Hockenheim, Germany, in a Porsche 917-10 (1972).
October 2
Edwin "Banjo" Matthews dies of natural causes (1996).
October 3
Two-time CART Champ Car champion Allesandro "Alex" Zanardi born (1969).
October 4
IRNL driver Sarah Fisher born (1980).
Peter Brock, David Parsons, and Peter McLeod drive a Holden Comodore to victory in the James Hardie 1000 at Mount Panarama in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia (1987).
October 5
Formula One great Froilan Gonzalez born (1922).
Top Fuel drag racer Doug Herbert born (1967).
October 6
Butch Leitzinger and John Paul Jr. drive a Ford powered R&S MkII to victory in the final IMSA race of the year, at Daytona, Florida, USA. However, Wayne Taylor and Oldsmobile win the drivers and manufacturers championships (1996).
October 7
The Ford Mustang concept car is introduced to the press and public by having Dan Gurney turn laps in the car at Watkins Glen, New York, USA, during the USGP weekend (1962).
Copyright 2000 Michael J. Stucker
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article SBRS: Valiante gets win at Road Atlanta
Next article SES: Nashville race report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Jose Froilan Gonzalez
What F1 history tells us about three-way title deciders
Formula 1
Formula 1
Abu Dhabi GP
What F1 history tells us about three-way title deciders
Fangio's Mercedes is the most valuable race car ever sold in an auction
Formula 1
Formula 1
Fangio's Mercedes is the most valuable race car ever sold in an auction
Ferrari’s first Formula One winner Gonzalez dies at the age of 90
Formula 1
Formula 1
Ferrari’s first Formula One winner Gonzalez dies at the age of 90
Latest news
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
28 min
Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
50 min
Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 1 h
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
1 h
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe