This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
November 30
Pat Patrick is elected as the first president of CART (1978).
December 1
Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929).
December 2
Tom "The Mongoose" McEwen defeats Don "The Snake" Prudhomme in the
Funny Car finals of "The Last Drag Race" at Lions Drag Strip in Long
Beach, California, USA (1972).
December 3
Wendell Scott, the first African-American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal
cancer at age 69 (1990).
December 4
Stirling Moss, driving an Aston Martin DBR2, wins the Governor's Trophy
race at Nassau in the Bahammas (1959).
December 5
The paved track at Marouba, New South Wales, Australia, opens (1925).
December 6
Formula One champion and DTM team owner Keijo Eric "Keke" Rosberg born
in Stockholm, Sweden (1948).
