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| 1925
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Born 85 years ago
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Died 56 years ago.
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27
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2
/1954)
, aged 29
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The 1950 AMODC Midget Championship, Bobby Ball drove in the Indy 500 twice, finishing 5th in 1951. He sustained serious head injuries in a race in January 1952 and passed away 14 months later without regaining consciousness.
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| 1931
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Born 79 years ago
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Died 6 years ago.
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1
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11
/2004)
, aged 73
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Former United States Auto Club (USAC) stock car competitor.
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| 1946
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Born 64 years ago
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Died 14 years ago.
(
29
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9
/1996)
, aged 50
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'Ivan the Terrible' or 'Ivan the Great', Baldwin grew up on the short tracks of Southern California but he is renowned thoughout the stock car racing world as one of the best chassis men of all time.
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| 1946
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Born 64 years ago
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Died 37 years ago.
(
2
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7
/1973)
, aged 27
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Savage started racing 1/4 midgets then motorcycles and karts. He then graduated to NASCAR, Can-Am, Trans-A and finally into Indy cars where he tragically lost his life as a result of injuries sustained in the Indy 500 in 1973.
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| 1954
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Tracy Krohn an entrepreneur and recent addition to the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans, is a driver and team owner competing in the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series.
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| 1963
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He is a NASCAR and sports car driver often brought in to race on the NASCAR road courses, however he has made other starts in the NEXTEL Cup on oval tracks and has single seater experience.
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| 1934 |
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Born
18
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7
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1905
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Died
76 years ago.
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26
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8
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1934)
, aged 29
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Irish racing driver who led Nuvolari for much of the 1993 Ards TT until delayed by a pit stop. Fought back only to miss out on the win by 20 seconds after another stop for fuel. Died at the Berne GP when he suffered a heart attack on the last lap and crashed into a tree.
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| 1984 |
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Born
25
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11
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1908
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Died
26 years ago.
(
26
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8
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1984)
, aged 76
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Born
14
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7
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1926
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Died
26 years ago.
(
26
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8
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1984)
, aged 58
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Brazilian racing driver who specialised in the Mecânica Nacional series.
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| 2005 |
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Born
15
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4
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1933
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Died
5 years ago.
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26
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8
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2005)
, aged 72
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Michele Dubosc was the first ever professional time keeper in Grand Prix Racing. In the days before computers the art of timing in Formula 1 was a much more complicated business than it is today.
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