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…
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