This Week in Racing History (May 7-13)
This Week in Racing History Michael Stucker May 7 The Bob Banning Dodge wins the Funny Car feature at Frank Maratta's Connecticut Dragway in Connecticut, USA (1972). May 8 Willy Mairesse and Herbert Muller drive the Filipenetti Porsche 906 ...
This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
May 7
The Bob Banning Dodge wins the Funny Car feature at Frank Maratta's
Connecticut Dragway in Connecticut, USA (1972).
May 8
Willy Mairesse and Herbert Muller drive the Filipenetti Porsche 906 to
victory in the Targa Florio road race on the Italian island of Sicily (1966).
May 9
Nino Vaccarella and Lorenzo Bandini win the Targa Florio in a Ferrari
275P2 (1965).
May 10
Drag racer Butch Leal born (1944).
May 11
The first Ferrari automobile, 125 Sport chassis 01C, races for the first
time. Franco Cortese DNFs at Piancenza, Italy, when the fuel system gives
out (1947).
May 12
Mike Parkes wins the International Trophy Race at Silverstone, England, in
a Ferrari 250 GTO (1962).
May 13
Sterling Moss drives a Maserati 250F to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix
in Monte Carlo (1956).
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