This Week in Racing History
Michael Stucker
September 4
Bobby Allison drives a Junior Johnson prepared Chevy to victory in the
NASCAR Grand National Southern
500 stockcar race at Darlington, South Carolina, USA (1972).
September 5
Steve Baker, the first American to win a world motorcycle road racing
championship, the 1977 Formula 750 title, born (1952).
September 6
Max Welti, future Porsche Motorsport Director, Sauber team director and A1
Team Switzerland Team Principal, born (1952).
September 7
Engine builder Brian Hart born (1936).
September 8
Frank Elliott wins the 112.5 mile race at Unionville, Pennsylvania, USA,
in a Miller Delage (1917).
September 9
Emilio Materassi and 27 spectators die when his Talbot crashes during the
Italian Grand Prix at Monza (1928).
September 10
Danny Sullivan drives a Penske PC-18 to victory in the CART Texaco
Havoline 200 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, USA (1989).
