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| 1879
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Born 131 years ago
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Died 52 years ago.
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7
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, aged 79
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| 1898
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Born 112 years ago
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Died 35 years ago.
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24
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11
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, aged 77
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Winner of the Italian drivers championship in 1927 and again in 1930 driving a Tipo 8C-2500, Ernesto was one of the founders of Maserati of Modena in 1914.
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| 1903
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Born 107 years ago
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Died 29 years ago.
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2
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3
/1981)
, aged 78
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Raced in the Indy 500 13 times between 1926 and 1939, his best finish was third in 1927.
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| 1904
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Born 106 years ago
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Died 19 years ago.
(
9
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3
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, aged 87
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Max Fourny raced cyclecars in the 20s and Bugattis in the 30s. After quitting racing, he became an art collector and an art publisher, specialized in naif painters. There is an art gallery bearing his name in Montmartre in Paris.
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| 1906
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Born 104 years ago
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Died 64 years ago.
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28
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7
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, aged 40
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| 1917
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A blue-water sailor, a fighter pilot, a test pilot, a professional racing driver, a team manager, race course director, prolific inventor, highway safety expert, automaker, entrepreneur and dreamer.
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| 1928
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Born 82 years ago
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Died 7 years ago.
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26
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2
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, aged 75
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Goethals raced a Porsche Spyder in minor Continental events from the mid-fifties. He raced an F2 Cooper in 1958 with little success.
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| 1936
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Born 74 years ago
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Died 11 years ago.
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29
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11
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, aged 63
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| 1971
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Gordon was NASCAR Rookie of the Year in 1993 and became the youngest winner of NASCAR's Winston Cup in 1995. He repeated his Winston Cup success in 1997, 1998, and 2001, and in 1998 also won 13 races, tying the record held by Richard Petty.
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| 1936 |
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Born
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8
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1914
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Died
74 years ago.
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4
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8
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1936)
, aged 22
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John Charles William Fitzroy, 9th Duke of Grafton was killed on his 22nd birthday, while competing at the 1936 Limerick Grand Prix.
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| 1947 |
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Born
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3
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1912
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Died
63 years ago.
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4
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8
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1947)
, aged 35
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The son of Lord Beaverbrook he was a Voiturette driver who raced with his own Maserati 6CM and later the Alfa Bimotore which he modified into the Alfa-Aitken. He died in a boating accident when he fell of a yacht.
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| 1967 |
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Born
8
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7
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1885
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Died
43 years ago.
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4
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8
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1967)
, aged 82
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Falchetto raced mainly in France between 1928 and 1935 driving a Tony Speciale, Bugatti, Amilcar and latterly a Maserati 8CM. It was in hîs Amilcar Grand Sport that Isadora Duncan met her end.
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| 2001 |
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Born
27
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5
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1957
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Died
9 years ago.
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4
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8
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2001)
, aged 44
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| 2008 |
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Born
4
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3
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1944
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Died
2 years ago.
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4
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8
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2008)
, aged 64
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Greg Weld was one of the top sprint car drivers of the 1960s. He drove in the 1970 Indianapolis 500 and won the 1967 USAC National Sprint Car title.
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