1 • Dan Gurney, driving a Climax-powered Lotus 18, wins the USAC Road Racing Championship Formula Libre event at Hilltop Raceway in Bossier City, Louisiana (1962). 4 • Greg Weld, sprint and Indy car racer and founder of Weld Wheel Industries, is born in Kansas City, Missouri (1944). 5 • Jim Hall, driving a Lister-Chevrolet, wins the sports car feature race at Hondo, Texas (1959). 6 • Pierre Noblet and Jean Guichet win the Dakar 6 Hours race in Senegal…

Pierre Noblet and Jean Guichet win the Dakar 6 Hours driving a Ferrari 250 GTO (1963).
Photo: Chuck Andersen