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This Week in Racing History (July 25-31)
This Week in Racing History July 25 - Sportscar and vintage racer Robert Hoe Fergus born (1924). - Roger Ward defeats the creme of US sportscar racers when he wins the Formula Libra race at Lime Rock in an ...
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This Week in Racing History
July 25 - Sportscar and vintage racer Robert Hoe Fergus born (1924).
- Roger Ward defeats the creme of US sportscar racers when he wins the Formula Libra race at Lime Rock in an Offenhauser powered Kurtis midget (1959).
July 26 - Jimmy Murphy wins the ACF Grand Prix at Le Mans in a Dusenberg. First win for an American driver and an American car in a European GP (1921).
July 27 - Jim Hall announces his retirement as a CART team owner (1996).
July 28 - Sportscar racer Yannick Dalmas born (1961).
July 29 - Roger Williamson dies in crash during the Dutch Grand Prix (1973).
July 31 - NASCAR stars Richard Petty, Curtis Turner, Wendell Scott, and David Pearson participate in an SCCA Trans-Am road race (1966).
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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