This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
August 19
Brian Redman wins the SCCA L&M F5000 feature race at Road
Atlanta in Brazelton, Georgia, USA (1973).
August 20
Stirling Moss, driving a Ferrari 250GT SWB, wins the 3-hour
Tourist Trophy race at Goodwood, England (1960).
August 21
Donnie Allison finishes 35th in his final NASCAR stockcar
race (1988).
August 22
J.J. Lehto and Marco Werner drive an Audi R8 to victory in
the ALMS race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA (2004).
August 23
Alberto Ascari wins the Swiss Grand Prix at Bremgarten
driving a Ferrari 500 (1953).
August 24
Alex Zanardi drives a BMW to victory in a round of the World
Touring Car Championship four years after losing both of his legs in a
racing accident (2005).
August 25
Dennis Firestone wins the first of two Formula Super Vee
races held at the St. Paul Fairgrounds in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, driving
a March 79V (1979).
