This Week in Racing History (July 12-18)
This Week in Racing History Michael Stucker www.vintageRPM.com July 12 Denny Hulme wins the Watkins Glen Can-Am race in a McLaren M8D. The Chaparral 2J "sucker car" debuts with Jackie Stewart at the wheel. The 2J retires after 22 laps with break ...
This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
July 12
Denny Hulme wins the Watkins Glen Can-Am race in a McLaren M8D. The
Chaparral 2J "sucker car" debuts with Jackie Stewart at the wheel. The
2J retires after 22 laps with break failure. It is also Dan Gurney's
last Can-Am race (1970).
July 13
Alex Zanardi drives a Reynard-Honda to victory in the CART Medic Drug
Grand Prix of Cleveland on the Burke Lake Front Airport in Cleveland,
Ohio, USA (1997).
July 14
Driving a Roy Winkelmann Brabham BT23C, Jochen Rindt wins both heats of
the F2 Flugplatzrennen at Tulln-Langenlebarn in Austria (1968).
July 15
Hans Stuck drives an Auto Union "P-Wagen" to victory in the German
Grand Prix on the Nurburgring. First Grand Prix win for a German
"national racing car" (1934).
July 16
Mario Andretti wins a pair of USAC Sprint Car races at Oswego, New
York, USA, in a Ford-powered car (1967).
July 17
Rudolph Caracciola drives an Alfa Romeo to victory in the German Grand
Prix on the Nurburgring (1932).
July 18
Dario Franchitti wins the CART Molson Indy race through the streets of
Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1999).
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