1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed as the Alfa Romeo factory racing team (1929). 2 Peter Gethin drives a Chevron B26 to victory in the sports car race at Welkom, South Africa (1972). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). 7 Chuck Daigh takes over Lance Reventlow’s Scarab MkII and goes on to win the Nassau Trophy race in the Bahamas (1958). 8 Grand Prix racing great Hans-Joachim Stuck is born (1900)….
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