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This Week in Racing History (March 15-21)
This Week in Racing History March 16 - Phil Hill makes the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, which rates him "Sportscar Driver of the Year" (1959). - Franck Freon born (1962). March 18 - Volker Weidler born (1950). ...
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This Week in Racing History
March 16 - Phil Hill makes the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine, which rates him "Sportscar Driver of the Year" (1959).
- Franck Freon born (1962).
March 18 - Volker Weidler born (1950).
- F1 racer Carlos Pace dies in a light plane crash in Brazil (1977).
March 19 - Jim Clark, driving a Lotus-Ford, wins a Formula Jr. race at Goodwood, England. John Surtees, in Ken Tyrrell's Cooper-BMC, is second. This is the first auto race that Surtees has ever seen (1960).
- F1 racer Nicola Larini born (1964).
March 20 - Gianpiero Moretti, sportscar racer and owner of Momo Corse, born (1940).
March 21 - Porsche 935 makes its race debut at Mugello, Italy (1976).
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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