This Week in Racing History (July 10-16)
This Week in Racing History Michael Stucker July 10 Jim Connor, driving a Maserati Tipo 60, wins the sports car race at Vaca Valley, California, USA (1960). July 11 Joest Porsche 962s finish 1-2 (John Winter and Manuel Reuter leading John Paul ...
This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
July 10
Jim Connor, driving a Maserati Tipo 60, wins the sports car race at Vaca
Valley, California, USA (1960).
July 11
Joest Porsche 962s finish 1-2 (John Winter and Manuel Reuter leading John
Paul Jr.) in the Piggly Wiggly Grand Prix of Road America at Elkhart Lake,
Wisconsin, USA. Final GTP win for Porsche in IMSA Camel GT competition (1993).
July 12
Eddie Lawson, at one time down by one minute, battles back on a drying
track to win the Hungarian Grand Prix for 500cc motorcycles on the
Hungaroring. First Grand Prix win for Cagiva (1992).
July 13
Champ Car racer and 1999 Indy Lights Champion Oriol Servia born (1974).
July 14
Ferrari and Froilan Gonzalez score their first F1 wins in the British GP
at Silverstone (1951).
July 15
Carl Fisher, the driving force behind the creation of the Indianapolis
Motor Speedway, dies in Miami, Florida, USA, from sclerosis of the liver
(1939).
July 16
Bobby Rahal drives a Lola T8900 to victory in the CART Marlboro Grand Prix
at the Meadowlands in New Jersey, USA (1989).
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