This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
August 31
Bruce McLaren and Denny Hulme finish 1-2 in their Team McLaren
M8B-Chevrolets in the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA, Can-Am race (1969).
September 1
Bill Krause drives a Maserati Tipo 61 "Birdcage" to victory in a
sports car race in Santa Barbara, California, USA (1962).
September 2
Belgian Formula One and sports car racer Willy Mairesse commits
suicide (1969).
September 3
Mark C. Smith wins the Formula Super Vee race on the Mid-Ohio Sports
Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, USA (1989).
September 4
Arturo Merzario drives an Alfa Romeo T33/SC/12 to victory in the
World Sports Car Championship race at Imola, Italy (1977).
September 5
George Follmer drives a Porsche 934 to victory in the SCCA Trans-Am
race at Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada (1976).
September 6
Dario Franchitti wins the CART race through the streets of
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1998).
