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August in Racing History

Last race event held at Brooklands, England (1939).
Last race event held at Brooklands, England (1939).
Mark Donohue
Mark Donohue
Bruce McLaren
Bruce McLaren

1 “Big Daddy” Don Garlits becomes the first dragracer to run the 1/4 mile at more than 200 mph. He drives his Swamprat dragster to 201.34 mph at Island Dragway in New Jersey, USA (1964).

1 Gerhard Mitter dies in a testing crash at the Nürburgring in Germany (1969).

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