This Week in Racing History (April 2-8)
This Week in Racing History April 2 Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike "The Bike" Hailwood born (1940). April 3 Howden Ganley wins both heats of the opening round of the Interseries, held on the Nurburgring in Germany, driving a Chevrolet powered ...
This Week in Racing History
April 2
Motorcycle and F1 racer Mike "The
Bike" Hailwood born (1940).
April 3
Howden Ganley wins both heats of
the opening round of the Interseries,
held on the Nurburgring in Germany,
driving a Chevrolet powered BRM
(1972).
April 4
Tommy Milton sets a International
Class D speed record by driving a
Miller 183 to a speed of 151.26 mph
on the Muroc Dry Lake (1924).
F1 and CART driver Shinji Nakano
born (1971).
Porsche 936 debuts at Nurburgring
in Germany (1976).
April 5
NASCAR racer Mike Bliss born (1965).
April 6
Alan Mertens born (1950).
April 7
Jim Clark dies in crash during F2
race at Hockenheim, Germany (1968).
April 8
Wood Brothers team manager Eddie
Wood born (1952).
A.J. Foyt wins the USAC Champ Car
race at Trenton, New Jersey, USA
(1962).
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