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May in Racing History

Graham Hill drives Lotus 49 to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix (1969).
Graham Hill drives Lotus 49 to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix (1969).
A.J. Foyt
A.J. Foyt
Peter Gregg
Peter Gregg

4 Six-time IMSA Camel GT champion and two-time SCCA Trans-Am champion Peter Gregg is born in New York City (1940).

5 First La Carrera Panamerica road race begins. 132 cars enter the 5-day, 2,178-mile race running the length of Mexico from Jaurez, on the Texas border, to El Ocotal, on the border with Guatemala. Hershel McGriff will win in an Oldsmobile (1950).

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