Mark Donohue drives an AMC Javelin to victory in the SCCA Trans-Am race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (1971).
2 Camille Jenatzy, driving a Mercedes 60 HP, wins the Gordon Bennett race. He covers the 327.5 miles of the Athy circuit in Ireland at an average speed of 49.2 mph (1903).
2 Twenty-two-year-old Peter Ryan dies from injuries suffered the day before in a crash during the Formula Junior race at Reims, France (1962).
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