1 American Motors Corporation hires Craig Breedlove to set long distance high-speed records with an AMX (1967). 3 Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990). 4 The Gazetto dello Sport announces the first Mille Miglia road race (1926). 6 F1 champion and DTM team owner Keke Rosberg is born (1948). 10 Racer Jurgen Barth is born (1947). 11 Ferdinand Alexander “Butzi” Porsche, designer of the Porsche 904 and 911, is born (1935)….
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