2014 Event The Chip Ganassi racing team wins the 12 Hours of Sebring, with individual victories for Marino Franchitti, Memo Rojas and Scott Pruett 2014 Event Celebrity and pop singer Justin Bieber makes headlines when he is arrested for drunk driving, street racing and resisting arrest 2013 Event The German racing horse, Novellist, wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes 2013 Event In racing, Danica Patrick becomes the first woman at the Daytona 500 and the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series to win pole position 2011 Event With an unbeaten run of 14 wins, Australian mare Black Caviar ties the horse racing record for consecutive victories set by Phar Lap 2011 Event At the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Danedream wins with a record racing speed of 2:24.49, the second German horse to win since 1975 1997 Death Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist, dies at 72 1997 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Countess Diana, Elmhurst, Ajina, Spinning World, Favorite Trick, Chief Bearhart, Skip Away 1996 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Lit de Justice, Storm Song, Jewel Princess, Da Hass, Boston Harbor, Pilsudski, Alphabet Soup at Woodbine 1996 Death Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver, dies at 37 1995 Event "Racing Demon" closes at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City after 48 performances 1995 Death Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist, dies at 60 1995 Event "Racing Demon" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 48 performances 1995 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cigar, Desert Stormer, Inside Information, My Flag, Northern Spur, Ridgewood Pearl, Unbridled's Song 1995 Death Keith Odor, racing Driver, dies at 33 1995 Death Juan Manuel Fangio, racing Driver, dies at 84 1995 Death Richard Baerlein, racing writer, dies at 84 1994 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Barathea, Cherokee Run, Concern, Flanders, One Dreamer, Tikkanen, Timber Country 1994 Death Kay Petre, early racing driver, dies at 91 1994 Death Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994 1993 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter at Belmont 1993 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arcangues, Brocco, Cardmania, Hollywood Wildcat, Kotashaan, Lure, Phone Chatter 1992 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: A P Indy, Fraise, Gilded Time, Liza, Lure, Paseana, Thirty Slews at Gulfstream Park 1991 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1991 Event Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal and Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in New York thoroughbred racing history 1990 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Fly So Free, In The Wings, Meadow Star, Royal Academy, Safely Kept, Unbridled 1990 Event David Hares "Racing Demon," premieres in London 1989 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Bayakoa, Dancing Spree, Go for Wand, Prized, Rhythm, Steinlen, Sunday Silence 1989 Death Bert Oosterbosch, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer, dies at age 32, of acute cardiac arrest 1989 Event Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York 1989 Event Mike Tyson gets a speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany, New York 1988 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Alysheba, Gt Communicator, Gulch, Is It True, Miesque, Open Mind, Personal Ensign at Churchill Downs 1988 Event Simply Majestic sets horse racing's 1-1/8 mile record at 1:45 1987 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Epitome, Ferdinand, Miesque, Sacahuista, Success Express, Theatrica, Very Subtle at Hollywood 1987 Event "Mack Lobell" set harness racing's trotting mil (1:52) 1986 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Brave Raj, Capote, Lady's Secret, Last Tycoon, Manila, Skywalker, Smile at Santa Anita 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge at Aqueduct 1985 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Cozzene, Life's Magic, Pebbles, Precisionist, Proud Truth, Tasso, Twilight Ridge 1984 Event Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Chief's Crown, Eillo, Lashkari, Outstandingly, Princess Rooney, Royal Heroine, Wild Again at Hollywood 1984 Event Niki Lauda becomes 3rd time motor racing world champ 1984 Event Largest harness racing purse ($2,161,000-Nihilator wins $1,080,500) 1974 Event Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly and dies 14 months later 1968 Birthday Mika Hakkinen, born in Vantaa, Finland, racing driver, Formula One World Champion, seven times world champion 1964 Birthday Richard Dunwoody, born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, British jockey in National Hunt Racing, won King George VI Chase four times on the famous grey Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 1964 Birthday Nicolas Cage, actor, Moonstruck, Racing with the Moon 1963 Birthday John Andretti, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, race car driver, winner, CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters NASCAR stock racing and endurance racing 1960 Birthday Chad McQueen, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, film producer, played role of Dutch in The Karate Kid movie, race car driver, started McQueen Racing LLC in 2010 1960 Birthday Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1959 Birthday Stephen Roche, born in Dundrum, Ireland, racing cyclist, second ever to win Triple Crown victories, 58 professional career wins 1959 Birthday Scott Evans Brayton, racing car driver 1958 Birthday Johnny "Earl of" Dumfries, racing driver 1957 Birthday Bert Oosterbosch, born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, racing cyclist, won World amateur team time trial championship, won World Professional individual pursuit title, successful track and road racer 1955 Event Automobile Association of America ends support of auto racing 1955 Event Mercedes racing car kills 77 at Le Mans, France 1955 Birthday Mike Smith, born in Britain, British DJ, radio presenter, racing car driver, pilot, businessman, Breakfast Show Presenter of BBC Radio One 1986 - 1988, used on-air nickname 'Smithy' 1951 Event Largest purse to date in horse racing, $144,323, won by Great Circle 1944 Birthday Joe Amato, NHRA top fuel drag racing champion 1991 1942 Event Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago 1940 Birthday Braulio Baeza, jockey, National Horse Racing Hall of Famer 1937 Birthday Roger Penske, born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, owner, Penske Racing, auto racing team, the Penske Corporation, corporate director, General Electric 1934 Birthday Giancarlo Baghetti, racing driver/journalist 1932 Event Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race 1929 Birthday Graham Hill, London, auto racer, 1962, 68 international racing champ 1926 Event International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida) 1925 Birthday Keith Bentley, international racing cyclist 1918 Birthday Peter O'Sullevan, born in Ireland, horse racing commentator 1916 Birthday Eddie Arcaro, jockey, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame, 2 triple crowns 1911 Birthday Juan Manuel Fangio, racing driver 1910 Birthday Richard Baerlein, racing writer 1907 Birthday Johnny Longden, jockey/trainer, 1958 Racing Hall of Fame 1903 Birthday Kay Petre, early racing driver 1901 Event Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th 1898 Birthday Enzo Ferrari, racing car manufacturer, Modena 1894 Event Daily Racing Form founded 1894 Event J L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate 1831 Event "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
