This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
August 30
Gil Anderson drives a Stutz to victory in the Elgin Trophy Race in
Elgin, Illinois, USA (1913).
August 31
Tommy Kendall wins the Mosport Park 500 Trans-Am race at Bowmanville,
Ontario, Canada, for his record 11th straight Trans-Am win (1997).
September 1
The non-championship Austrian Grand Prix at Zeltweg is won by Jack
Brabham (1963).
September 2
Racer Michel Jourdain Jr. born in Mexico City, Mexico (1976).
September 3
The Mazda-powered Kudzu DG-1 Camel Lites racer debuts in the IMSA GT
race in San Antonio, Texas, USA. Jim Downing and David Loring finish
third in class (1989).
September 4
Jules Goux, driving a Ballot, wins the first Italian Grand Prix at
Montichiari, near Brescia (1921).
September 5
Jochen Rindt, at the wheel of a Roy Winkelmann Racing Brabham BT23,
wins the F2 race on the Ahvenisto race circuit in Hameenlinna, Finland
(1967).
