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This Week in Racing History (October 4-11)
This Week in Racing History October 4 - First shakedown of prototype Bugatti 251 Grand Prix racer (1955). October 5 - Barney Oldfield makes his road racing debut in the US Grand Prize race in Milwaukee driving ...
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This Week in Racing History
October 4 - First shakedown of prototype Bugatti 251 Grand Prix racer (1955).
October 5 - Barney Oldfield makes his road racing debut in the US Grand Prize race in Milwaukee driving the repaired Fiat that David Bruce- Brown died in four days earlier (1912).
- Jochen Rindt wins his first Grand Prix, the USGP at Watkins Glen, New York (1969).
October 6 - Bema Eli "Barney" Oldfield dies in Beverly Hills, California, USA, at age 69 (1946).
- Jackie Stewart wins the USGP at Watkins Glen, New York, in a Matra-Ford. Mario Andretti, in his first F1 race, had put his Lotus-Ford on pole. Also Bobby Unser's first GP, in a BRM (1968).
October 7 - Ronnie Peterson, driving a JPS Lotus-Ford, beats James Hunt, in a Hesketh March-Ford, by .6 seconds to win the USGP at Watkins Glen, New York. Lotus clinches World Constructors Championship (1973).
October 8 - Innes Ireland drives a Lotus-Climax to victory in the USGP. First USGP held at Watkins Glen, New York. First Team Lotus win in a championship qualifying Grand Prix. Tony Brooks finishes third in his last GP (1961).
- 1995 NHRA Junior Dragster of the Year Erica Enders born (1983).
Previous installments of This Week in Racing History can be found at the Motorsport News International website (http://www.motorsport.com/).
Copyright Michael J. Stucker 1998
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