This Week in Racing History (July 13-19)
This Week in Racing History Michael Stucker www.vintageRPM.com July 13 Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo drive an Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 to victory in the 6-hour World Championship of Makes race at Watkins Glen, New York, USA (1975). July 14 Adrian ...
This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
July 13
Derek Bell and Henri Pescarolo drive an Alfa Romeo T33/TT/12 to
victory in the 6-hour World Championship of Makes race at Watkins
Glen, New York, USA (1975).
July 14
Adrian Fernandez wins his first CART race, at Toronto,
Canada. Fellow driver Jeff Krosnoff and corner marshall Gary Avrin
are killed in an accident late in the race (1996).
July 15
Freddie Spencer wins the Superbike and 250 Grand Prix motorcycle
races at Sears Point, California, USA (1979).
July 16
Driving a Ray Winkelman Brabham BT23, Jochen Rindt wins the F2 race
on the Flugplatzrennen in Zeltweg, Austria (1967).
July 17
Mark Donohue drives an AMC Javelin to victory in the SCCA Trans-Am
race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA (1971).
July 18
Alberto Ascari drives a Ferrari 500 to victory in the British Grand
Prix at Silverstone (1953).
July 19
Alex Zanardi drives a Reynard-Honda to victory in the CART race
through the streets of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1998).
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