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16-year old Rea Lentz wins the first Pikes Peak Hill Climb driving a Romano Demon Special powered by a 125-hp Curtiss V8 aircraft engine (1916).
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1 James Hunt, driving a McLaren-Ford, wins the German Grand Prix on the Nürburgring. Niki Lauda suffers life-threatening burns when he crashes his Ferrari (1976).

2 Brian Redman wins the IMSA sports car race at Portland, Oregon, in a Lola T600 (1981).

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