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This Week in Racing History October 24 - Nino Farina gives ferrari their first F1 victory when he wins a minor event at Lake Garda in a Type 125 (1948). October 25 - John Surtees wins the Formula 1 Grand Prix ...
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This Week in Racing History
October 24 - Nino Farina gives ferrari their first F1 victory when he wins a minor event at Lake Garda in a Type 125 (1948).
October 25 - John Surtees wins the Formula 1 Grand Prix championship (1964).
October 26 - World of Outlaw racer Sammy Swindell born (1955).
October 27 - Ayrton Senna wins the British F3 race at Thruxton (1983).
October 30 - Wilbur Shaw dies in small plane crash at 4:09 PM, just outside of Decatur, Indiana, because the plane's wings had iced over. The pilot and another passenger also died (1954).
- Ayrton Senna drives a McLaren-Honda to victory in the Japanese GP at Suzuka (1988).
Previous installments of This Week in Racing History can be found at motorsport.com.
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