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This Week in Racing History (August 30-September 5)
This Week in Racing History August 30 - Race cars take to the streets of Los Angeles, California, USA, for the first time, in the VARA Ford Los Angeles Grand Prix for vintage racers (1997). September 1 - ...
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This Week in Racing History
August 30 - Race cars take to the streets of Los Angeles, California, USA, for the first time, in the VARA Ford Los Angeles Grand Prix for vintage racers (1997).
September 1 - Mario Andretti wins three midget feature races at two track in one day (1963).
- Franck Lagorce born (1968).
- Stefan Bellof dies in crash during Group C sportscar race at Spa, Belgium (1985).
- Dragracer Elmer Trent dies in crash during exhibition run at US Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana (1996).
September 2 - IRL driver Robbie Buhl born (1965).
September 3 - First race at Monza, Italy, a Voiturette Grand Prix won by Pietro Bordino in a Fiat 804-403 (1922).
- Malcolm Campbell sets One-Mile Land Speed Record of 301.13 mph in the Blubird Special (1933).
September 4 - Howard "Howdey" Wilcox, 1916 American GP and 1919 Indy 500 winner, dies in a crash on a board track in Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA (1923).
- Ludovico Scarfiatti wins Italian GP at Monza in a Ferrari. First F1 victory for Firestone tires (1966).
- Jan Opperman, sprintcar driver in the 1960s and 1970s, dies (1997).
September 5 - Top Fuel dragracer Jim Head born (1948).
- Jochen Rindt, who would become the only posthumous Formula One World Champion, dies in crash during practice for the Italian GP at Monza (1970).
Previous installments of This Week in Racing History can be found at the Motorsport News International website (http://www.motorsport.com/).
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