ON THIS DAY IN MOTORSPORT - AUGUST 25 (with thanks to racing-reference.info for F1, CART and NASCAR results) BIRTHS:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Sara W. Christian (August 25, 1918 – March 7, 1980) - the first woman driver in NASCAR history. DEATHS:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Bill Nilsson (17 December 1932 – 25 August 2013) - won the first ever F.I.M. 500cc Motocross World Championship in 1957 riding an AJS motorcycle. In 1955, 1958 and 1961, he was a member of the Swedish teams that won the Motocross des Nations. He repeated as world champion in 1960 riding a Husqvarna. Robert Kenneth Ken Tyrrell (3 May 1924 – 25 August 2001) - Formula Two racing driver and the founder of the Tyrrell Formula One constructor. ———— RACE WINS: ———— V8 SUPERCARS/AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP * Craig Lowndes wins the 2012 V8SC round 18 at Sydney Motorsport Park in the #888 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VE Commodore Mark Winterbottom wins the 2013 V8SC round 26 at Winton Motor Raceway in the #5 Ford Performance Racing Ford FG Falcon James Courtney wins the 2013 V8SC round 27 at Winton Motor Raceway in the #22 Holden Racing Team Holden VF Commodore FORMULA 1:|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Niki Lauda wins the 1985 Grand Prix of the Netherlands in the #1 Marlboro McLaren Ayrton Senna wins the 1991 Grand Prix of Belgium in the #1 Honda Marlboro McLaren Michael Schumacher wins the 1996 Grand Prix of Belgium in the #1 Scuderia Ferrari SpA Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Shell Belgian Grand Prix in the #1 Infiniti Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB9 USAC/CART/IRL/INDYCAR:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Jim Rathmann wins the 1957 Milwaukee 200 in the #26 Chiropractic (Lindsey Hopkins) Epperly / Offy Al Unser, Jr. wins the 1991 Texaco/Havoline Grand Prix of Denver in the #1 Valvoline (Galles Kraco Racing) Lola / Chevrolet Dario Franchitti wins the 2002 Molson Indy Montreal in the #27 Kool (Team Green)Lola / Honda Will Power Verizon wins the 2013 GoPro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma in the #12 (Roger Penske) D/C/F NASCAR:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Bob Flock wins the NASCAR Grand National race 23 of 1951 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC in the #7 Gray Ghost (Ted Chester) 51 Oldsmobile Fireball Roberts wins the NASCAR Grand National race 42 of 1956 at Coastal Speedway, Myrtle Beach, SC in the #22 DePaolo Engineering (Pete DePaolo) 56 Ford Ned Jarrett wins the NASCAR Grand National race 44 of 1962 at Valdosta Speedway, Valdosta, GA B.G. Holloway 62 Chevrolet Ned Jarrett wins the NASCAR Grand National race number 43 of 55 Wednesday, August 25, 1965 at Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville, MD in the #11 Bondy Long 65 Ford Richard Petty wins the NASCAR Grand National race number 39 of 1967 at Savannah Speedway, Savannah, GA in the #43 Petty Enterprises 67 Plymouth Buddy Baker wins the 1973 Nashville 420 in the #71 K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 73 Dodge David Pearson wins the 1974 Yankee 400 at Michigan in the #21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 73 Mercury Darrell Waltrip wins the 1979 Volunteer 500 at Bristol in the #88 Gatorade (DiGard) Chevrolet Terry Labonte wins the 1984 Busch 500 at Bristol in the #44 Piedmont Airlines (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet Ernie Irvan wins the 1990 Busch 500 at Bristol in the #4 Kodak Film (Larry McClure) Chevrolet Tony Stewart wins the 2001 Sharpie 500 at Bristol in the #20 Home Depot / Apex (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac Carl Edwards wins the 2007 Sharpie 500 at Bristol in the #99 Office Depot (Jack Roush) Ford Denny Hamlin wins the 2012 Irwin Tools Night Race at Bristol in the #11 FedEx Ground (Joe Gibbs) Toyota
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +0000
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