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That day in 1983, Rolf Stommelen, four times 24 Hours of Daytona champion and a Formula One driver, was killed at age 39 in an accident at Riverside International Raceway in California.
Stommelen was born July 11, 1943, in Germany in 1968, he won his first 24 Hours of Daytona now known as the Rolex 24 at Daytona, the race and the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 12 Hours of Sebring, is considered part of the Triple Crown of endurance racing, a sport that tests the endurance car driver and Le Mans, France, race was the first race in 1923, when the inaugural race held in Sebring 1952 Sebring International Raceway in Florida 24 hours of Daytona started in 1962 as a three-hour competition at Daytona International Speedway in Florida Four years later, the event has changed in the marathon 24-hour at Daytona, the drivers competing on March 1 56 mile course and win car usually runs about 4,000 kilometers or about 2,485 miles Because it would be too dangerous for one person to run for all 24 hours of teams of three drivers are required under current rules.
After his first victory, Stommelen went on to triumph in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1978, 1980 and 1982 American driver Hurley Haywood, who was born in 1948, won the event a record five times in 1973, 1975, 1977 1979 and 1991 with Stommelen three other riders have won the event four times Mexico's Pedro Rodriguez in 1963, 1964, 1970 and 1971; Bob Wollek France in 1983, 1985, 1989 and 1991 and Peter Gregg of America in 1973, 1975, 1976 and 1978.
In addition to the endurance race, Stommelen participated in Formula One in the 1970s, driving in 63 F1 Grand Prix races in 1975 at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, he was involved in a tragic accident after rear wing of his GH1 hill came out and hit the barriers on the course of the street, killing five spectators next crash Stommelen, the 6 Hours of Riverside events in April 1983 would claim his life after the rear wing of the Porsche 935L of Stommelen came out, his car hit a wall and spilled caught fire.
A single tornado traveled 150 miles across Louisiana and Mississippi, leaving 143 dead in its wake total of 311 people lost their lives during the deadly twisters month of April 1908 in the southeastern US A another 1600 were seriously injured two of the most affected areas by the.
President John Adams approved legislation to appropriate 5000 to buy such books as may be necessary to use the Congress, establishing the Library of Congress The first books, ordered from London, arrived in 1801 and were stored in the Capitol, first home of the library the first library.
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, the British leader who guided Britain and the Allies in the World War II crisis, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Blenheim Palace in 1874, Churchill joined the fourth British Hussars death his father in 1895. During the next five years, he has.
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Enjoying a beautiful voice and an engaging stage presence, Patti LaBelle won countless blows on the RB charts as a solo artist, and a pair of crossover pop success in 1 On My Own 1986 sang with Michael McDonald and timeless lady marmalade 1975 with.
Willa Cather, the author of many famous novels examining the lives of western pioneers, died in New York Born in Virginia in 1873, Cather moved with his family to Red Cloud, Nebraska, when she was 10. Although she n has not attended regular school until high school, she was.
President Harry Truman learns all the details of the Manhattan Project, where scientists are trying to create the first atomic bomb, on this day in 1945. The surge of information on a decision Truman capital or not to use the first weapon of the world American mass destruction of secret development.
That day in 1996, the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in 139 minutes and 15 seconds of total game play, making it the fifth longest game in the history of the National League hockey a regulation hockey game lasts 60 minutes Under the rules of the NHL's playoff games aren t allowed.
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