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1999 Greg Moore, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series, fatally injured in violent car crash on the 10th lap of the CART season finale
1992 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park 1992 124th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard AP Indy wins in 2:26 1992 Al Unser, Jr. wins Indy 500 1987 Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) 1987 Al Unser, Sr., 47, wins his 4th Indy 500 1987 Mario Andretti sets one-lap speed record at Indy at 218.204 MPH 1985 Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin 1982 Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 1975 Greg Moore, born in New Westminster, British Columbia, promising Canadian racecar driver, competed in Indy Lights, CART World Series 1965 Jim Clark becomes 1st foreigner in 49 years to win Indy 1958 Roberto Guerrero, Medelin Colombia, Indy racer, Rookie of Year 1984 1955 "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500 1954 Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51 1950 Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins 1935 A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver, Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77 1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy, French count/composer, dies at 80 1925 Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer, Indy 500 1904 Vincent d'Indy's 2nd Symphony in B, premieres 1903 Vincent d'Indy's opera "L'etranger," premieres in Brussel 1902 Willie Shaw, race car driver, Indy 500-1937, 39, 40 1897 Vincent d'Indy's opera "Fervaal," premieres in Brussel 1897 Vincent d'Indy's "Istar" premieres in Amsterdam and Brussels 1888 Vincent d'Indy's Wallenstein-trilogy, premieres 1885 Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie," premieres 1851 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent d'Indy, born in Paris, comp, Symphonie Cevenole |
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