1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio race in Italy (1907). 2 Belgian racer Willy Mairesse, no longer able to bear the physical and psychological damage suffered in a crash at Le Mans the previous year, commits suicide in his hotel room in Ostend, Belgium (1969). 3 Rolf Stommelen drives his Porsche 910 Bergspyder to victory in the hill climb at Gaisberg, Austria. His teammate Gerhard Mitter wins the European Hill Climb Championship (1967). 4…
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