Dan Gurney drives Frank Arciero’s Ferrari 375 to victory in the last race ever run at Paramount Sportsman’s Ranch, near Agoura, California. Jim Firestone dies in an accident during the race (1956).
Photo: Allen Kuhn
1 Scuderia Ferrari is formed (1929).
3 Wendell Scott, the first African American NASCAR racer, dies of spinal cancer at age 69 (1990).
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