This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
www.vintageRPM.com
October 5
CART champion and IRL team owner Michael Andretti born (1962).
October 6
Race car driver Manfred Winklehock born in Waiblingen, West Germany (1951).
October 7
Scott Geoffrion sets an NHRA Pro Stock 1/4-mile elapse time record
of 6.809 seconds at Memphis, Tennessee, USA (2000).
October 8
NASCAR Winston Cup champion Bill Elliot born in Dawsonville,
Georgia, USA (1955).
October 9
Race car driver Julian Bailey born in Woolwich, London, England (1961).
October 10
Ronnie Peterson wins the European F2 championship race at
Vallelunga, Italy, in a March 712 (1971).
October 11
World class equestrian, bobsledder, swimmer, jai lai player, tennis
player, and auto racer Marquis Alfonso "Fon" de Portago is born in
London, England (1928).
