Race - Notable Historical Events
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Race - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1540-02-09 |
The 1st recorded race meet in England (Roodee Fields, Chester) |
1661-09-01 |
1st Yacht race, England's King Charles vs his brother James |
1668-03-25 |
1st horse race in America takes place |
1715-08-01 |
First Doggett's Coat and Badge race (Waterman's race) held on Thames River (London Bridge to Chelsea) |
1780-05-04 |
The Derby horse race is held for the first time. |
1809-04-18 |
1st run of 2,000 guineas horse race at Newmarket England |
1815-07-15 |
1st flat horse race held at English race track Cheltenham on Nottingham Hill |
1827-08-10 |
Race riots in Cincinnati (1,000 blacks leave for Canada) |
1829-06-10 |
The first Oxford and Cambridge University Boat Race takes place. |
1838-01-01 |
1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide |
1851-08-12 |
1st America's Cup - US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora after race around the Isle of Wight |
1852-08-03 |
1st intercollegiate rowing race, Harvard beats Yale by 4 lengths |
1866-12-11 |
1st yacht race across Atlantic Ocean |
1868-05-31 |
Dr James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St Cloud, Paris |
1868-09-22 |
Race riots in New Orleans La |
1869-08-17 |
1st international boat race (River Thames, Oxford beats Harvard) |
1869-11-17 |
Englishman James Moore wins 1st bicycle race (13K Paris-Rouen) |
1870-03-30 |
15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race |
1870-10-25 |
Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore |
1873-11-12 |
Bay District Race Track opens |
1876-09-06 |
Race riot in Charleston SC |
1876-09-17 |
Race riots in SC |
1876-10-16 |
Race riot at Cainhoy SC (5 whites & 1 black killed) |
1877-03-24 |
University boat race between Oxford & Cambridge ends in a dead heat |
1878-01-14 |
US Supreme court rules race separation on trains unconstitutional |
1878-05-24 |
CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston |
1882-02-21 |
NYC's 24 hour race begins, winner with most mileage in 24 hours |
1882-02-22 |
With 120 miles James Saunders wins NYC's 24 hour race & $100 prize |
1883-11-03 |
Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed) |
1883-11-06 |
NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race |
1887-12-28 |
Sir John Layton Jarvis, 1st British race horse trainer knighted |
1891-10-18 |
1st international 6-day bicycle race in US (Madison Square Garden, NYC) begins |
1891-10-20 |
1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) begins |
1891-10-25 |
1st International 6 day bike race (NY Madison Square Garden) ends |
1893-07-01 |
SF Bay City Club opens 1st US bicycle race track, made of wood |
1895-03-30 |
British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford and Cambridge boat race |
1895-06-11 |
1st auto race |
1895-06-13 |
Emile Levassor wins 1st Paris-Bordeaux-Paris auto race (24 kph) |
1895-11-28 |
America's 1st auto race starts; 6 cars, 55 miles, winner avg 7 MPH |
1896-01-06 |
1st US women's 6-day bicycle race starts, Madison Square Garden |
1896-05-18 |
US Supreme court affirms race separation (Plessy v Ferguson) |
1896-05-26 |
1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY |
1896-05-27 |
Bay District Race Track closes |
1896-09-07 |
A H Whiting wins 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, RI |
1897-11-29 |
1st motorcycle race (Surrey, England) |
1898-11-10 |
Race riot in Wilmington NC (8 blacks killed) |
1899-02-12 |
1st 2-man team 6-day bicycle race in US begins, Madison Square Garden, NYC |
1899-07-29 |
1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY |
1900-04-15 |
An early 50 mile race is won by an electric car in over 2 hrs |
1900-06-09 |
In China, Boxers destroy the race course in Peking, a few miles from the legations and the center and symbol of diplomatic social life and Western privilege. |
1900-07-24 |
Race riot in New Orleans, 2 white policemen killed |
1901-03-15 |
Horse racing is banned in San Francisco, last race Mar 16th |
1901-11-16 |
3 autos race on Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, fastest speed achieved by Henry Fournier who drives a mile in 51 4/5 seconds |
1902-11-20 |
Geo Lefevre & Henri Desgrange create Tour de France bicycle race |
1903-01-19 |
New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced |
1903-04-27 |
Long Island's Jamaica Race Track opens |
1903-07-01 |
1st Tour de France bicycle race begins |
1903-09-11 |
The first race at The Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world. |
1904-10-08 |
1st Vanderbilt Cup auto race (Hicksville, Long Island, NY) |
1905-02-15 |
1st race meet at Oaklawn Park (Hot Springs, Ark) |
1905-09-22 |
Race riot in Atlanta Georgia (10 blacks & 2 whites killed) |
1906-09-22 |
Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21 |
1907-05-07 |
Charles Collier wins 1st Isle of Man TT Race: (38.22 mph) |
1907-06-15 |
The 2nd Hague Peace Conference meets in an attempt to stop the arms race; Germany resists, but conference does make important rules around the rights of neutral powers |
1908-02-12 |
NY to Paris auto race (via Alaska & Siberia) begins in NYC George Schuster wins after 88 days behind the wheel |
1908-07-30 |
Around the World Automobile Race ends in Paris |
1908-08-14 |
Race riot in Springfield Illinois |
1908-08-16 |
The Committee of Union and Progress, 'The Young Turks', announces a program for reforms and respect for the rights of all within the Ottoman Empire, regardless of race or religion |
1908-08-25 |
Allen Winter wins US 1st $50,000 trotting race |
1909-03-21 |
Moran & MacFarland (US) wins Europe's 1st 6 day bicycle race (Berlin) |
1909-04-24 |
Harry Hillman & Lawson Robertson run 100m 3-legged race in 11 seconds |
1909-08-19 |
Indianapolis 500 race track opens |
1909-08-29 |
World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins |
1910-03-23 |
1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway) |
1911-05-30 |
1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH) |
1911-10-20 |
Roald Amundsen sets out on race to South Pole |
1912-01-01 |
1st running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles/12.3 km) |
1914-07-04 |
1st US motorcycle race (300 miles, Dodge City Ks) |
1917-01-27 |
Coen de Koning wins 2nd official 11 cities race (9:53) (record) |
1917-05-27 |
Race riot in East St Louis Illinois, 1 black killed |
1917-07-01 |
Race riots in East St Louis Illinois (40 to 200 reported killed) |
1917-08-23 |
Race riot in Houston Texas (2 blacks & 11 whites killed) |
1918-07-25 |
Race riot in Chester Pennsylvania (3 blacks & 2 whites killed) |
1918-07-26 |
Race riot in Philadelphia (3 whites & 1 black killed) |
1919-05-10 |
Race riot in Charleston SC, 2 blacks killed |
1919-07-13 |
Race riots in Longview & Gregg counties Texas |
1919-07-24 |
Race Riot in Washington DC (6 killed, 100 wounded) |
1919-07-27 |
Chicago race riot (15 whites & 23 blacks killed, 500 injured) |
1919-09-30 |
Race riot at Elaine Arkansas |
1919-10-11 |
First transcontinental air race ends |
1919-10-15 |
14 horses begin 300-mile race from Vt to Mass for $1000 prize money |
1920-02-22 |
1st artificial rabbit used at a dog race track (Emeryville California) |
1920-10-12 |
Man O'War's last race & win |
1921-06-01 |
Race riot in Tulsa Oklahoma (21 whites & 60 blacks killed) |
1922-01-21 |
1st slalom ski race run, Murren, Switzerland |
1928-03-04 |
"Bunion Run" race from LA to NYC begins; It is won by Andy Payne |
1928-10-07 |
Race Tafari Makonnen crowned king of Abyssinia |
1929-05-01 |
Brooklyn's Johnny Finn sets 100 yard sack race in 14.4 seconds |
1929-07-24 |
NY to SF foot race ends (2½ months) winner is 60 year old Monteverde |
1931-07-21 |
Reno race track, becomes 1st in US to use daily double wagering |
1931-09-27 |
Closest NL batting race ends Chick Hafey (.3488) beats Bill Terry's |
1932-01-14 |
Horse racing legend Eddie Arcaro won his 1st race |
1932-02-06 |
1st Olympic dog sled race, Lake Placid, NY (demonstration sport) |
1934-11-21 |
"Uiver" returns from Schiphol in London-Melbourne air race |
1936-01-16 |
1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla |
1936-03-08 |
The first stock car race is held in Daytona Beach, Florida. |
1936-10-19 |
HR Ekins of "NY World-Telegram" beats 2 other reporters in a race around the world on commercial flights, by 18½ days |
1938-11-01 |
Seabiscuit beats War Admiral in a match race at Pimlico |
1940-01-30 |
Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race |
1940-11-05 |
Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Wash Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R) |
1941-02-06 |
Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) |
1942-02-28 |
Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit |
1942-07-18 |
1st legal New Jersey horse race in 50 years; Garden State Park track opens |
1942-08-01 |
Race riots in Harlem, New York |
1942-10-20 |
"Durham Manifesto" calls for fundamental changes in race relations |
1943-06-04 |
Race riots in LA |
1943-06-16 |
Race riot in Beaumont Texas (2 die) |
1943-06-19 |
Race riot in Beaumont Texas |
1943-06-20 |
Detroit race riot kills 35 |
1943-08-01 |
Race riot in Harlem NYC |
1944-02-12 |
Wendell Wilkie (R) enters presidential race |
1944-08-10 |
Race riots in Athens Alabama |
1945-02-05 |
Big Racket becomes fastest race horse at 69t.6 kph (440 yd/20.8 s) |
1945-03-12 |
NY is 1st to prohibit discrimination by race & creed in employment |
1946-02-26 |
2 killed & 10 wounded in race riot in Columbia Tenn |
1947-02-08 |
Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) |
1948-04-04 |
84-year-old Connie Mack challenges 78-year-old Clark Griffith to a race from home to 1st base; it ends in a tie |
1949-01-14 |
Black/Indian race rebellion in Durban, South Africa; 142 die |
1949-02-20 |
1st International Pancake Race held (Liberal Ks) |
1949-04-20 |
Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 1st race, in Albany, California |
1949-07-08 |
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, Act No 55 prohibiting marriage or a sexual relationship between White people and people of other race groups is passed in South Africa |
1950-04-26 |
Last horse race at Havre de Grace Track in Md, is run |
1950-05-31 |
Indianapolis 500: Due to rain, race shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins |
1950-09-04 |
Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race. |
1951-07-14 |
1st color telecast of a sporting event (CBS-horse race) |
1954-02-03 |
Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) |
1954-04-19 |
7-time winner of Boston Marathon, 65-year-old Clarence Demar, runs his last race at Boston finishing 78th |
1955-01-25 |
Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race |
1955-06-11 |
Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators (race continues) |
1955-11-25 |
Race segregation forbidden on trains & buses between US states |
1956-11-13 |
US Supreme court rules race separation on buses in Alabama unconstitutional |
1956-12-20 |
Montgomery, Ala, removed race-based seat assignments on its buses |
1957-05-22 |
South Africa government approves race separation in universities |
1958-06-23 |
US Federal judge rules race separation must end in 2½ years in Little Rock, Arkansas |
1958-09-09 |
Race riots in Notting Hill Gate, London |
1959-02-22 |
1st Daytona 500 auto race-Lee Petty wins (135.521 MPH) |
1959-10-17 |
Queen Elizabeth is fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse |
1960-08-09 |
Race riot in Jacksonville, Florida |
1962-02-26 |
US Supreme court disallows race separation on public transportation |
1962-03-27 |
Archbishop Rummel ends race segregation in New Orlean Catholic school |
1962-09-15 |
Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins) |
1963-01-18 |
Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59) |
1963-05-12 |
Race riot in Birmingham, Alabama |
1964-03-30 |
Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race |
1964-07-18 |
Race riot in Harlem (NYC); riots spread to Bedford-Stuyvesant (Bkln) |
1964-07-24 |
-27) race riot in Rochester, New York, 4 killed |
1964-07-25 |
Race riot in Rochester NY |
1964-08-02 |
Race riot in Jersey City NJ |
1964-08-11 |
Race riot in Paterson NJ |
1964-08-12 |
Race riot in Elizabeth, NJ |
1964-08-15 |
Race riot in Dixmoor (Chicago suburb) Ill |
1964-08-28 |
Race riot in Philadelphia |
1965-08-12 |
Race riot in West Side of Chicago |
1966-07-03 |
Race riots in Omaha Nebraska |
1966-07-12 |
Race riot in Chicago |
1966-07-19 |
Gov James Rhodes declares state of emergency in Cleveland (race riot) |
1966-08-07 |
Race riot in Lansing Michigan |
1966-08-27 |
Race riot in Waukegan, Illinois |
1966-09-06 |
Race riot in Atlanta, Georgia |
1967-06-02 |
Race riots in Roxbury section of Boston |
1967-06-11 |
Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes |
1967-06-12 |
Race riot in Cincinnati Ohio (300 arrested) |
1967-06-27 |
Race riot in Buffalo NY (200 arrested) |
1967-07-12 |
23 die in Newark race riot |
1967-07-13 |
Race riots break out in Newark, 27 die |
1967-07-17 |
Race riots in Cairo Illinois |
1967-07-19 |
Race riots in Durham NC |
1967-07-20 |
Race riots in Memphis Tenn |
1967-07-23 |
-27] 43 die in race riot in Detroit (2,000 injured, 442 fires) |
1967-07-24 |
Race riots in Cambridge, Maryland |
1967-07-24 |
Race riots in Detroit force postponement of Tigers-Orioles game |
1967-07-30 |
Race riot in Milwaukee (4 killed) |
1968-07-23 |
Race riot in Cleveland, 11 including 3 police officers killed |
1968-07-27 |
Race Riot in Gary Indiana |
1968-08-08 |
Race riot in Miami, Florida |
1968-08-10 |
Race riot in Miami, Chicago & Little Rock |
1969-05-13 |
Race riots, later known as the May 13 Incident, take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
1969-06-05 |
Race riot in Hartford, Connecticut |
1969-06-20 |
White Rhodesia agrees to race separation |
1969-08-23 |
France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) |
1969-10-14 |
Race riots in Springfield Mass |
1969-10-31 |
Race riot in Jacksonville Florida |
1970-05-12 |
Race riots in Augusta Georgia; 6 blacks killed (5 by cops) |
1970-06-16 |
Race riots in Miami Florida |
1970-07-04 |
100 injured in race rioting in Asbury Park NJ |
1970-07-29 |
6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct |
1970-11-07 |
Race riots in Daytona Beach Florida |
1971-05-05 |
Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC) |
1971-10-02 |
Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race |
1972-04-28 |
Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race |
1972-09-10 |
Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship |
1972-10-12 |
46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk |
1973-03-01 |
Robyn Smith becomes 1st female jockey to win a major race |
1973-03-24 |
Harley Race beats Dory Funk Jr in Kansas City, to become NWA champ |
1973-07-20 |
Jack Brisco beats Harley Race in Houston, to become NWA champ |
1973-08-26 |
10-year-old Mary Boitano is 1st woman to win 6.8-mile Dipsea Race in Marin County, CA, beating a field of 1,500 runners |
1974-10-09 |
Race riot in Boston due to "bussing" |
1976-03-14 |
Jockey Bill Shoemaker wins his 7,000th race |
1976-08-11 |
Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die |
1977-02-06 |
Harley Race beats Terry Funk in Toronto, to become NWA wrestling champ |
1978-05-28 |
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser became 5th to win the race 3 times |
1980-05-17 |
Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured |
1981-04-03 |
Race riots in London's Brixton area |
1981-04-11 |
Race riot in London area of Brixton |
1981-04-24 |
Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th race, 2000 more than any other jockey |
1982-04-19 |
Rosie Ruiz, marathon race cheater, arrested for forgery |
1982-10-03 |
Record 11,763 start a 186 mile cross-country race near Stockholm |
1983-04-10 |
Hennie Kuiper (Neth) wins Paris-Roubaix cycle race |
1983-08-02 |
US District Court begins trying Yonkers accused of race discrimination |
1983-09-26 |
Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner) |
1984-06-16 |
Edwin Moses wins his 100th consecutive 400-meter hurdles race |
1985-02-21 |
Evert van Benthem wins 13th Friese 11 city skateing race |
1985-03-20 |
Libby Riddles is 1st woman to win Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race |
1985-09-09 |
Race riot in Birmingham, England |
1985-09-28 |
Race riot in London area of Brixton |
1986-01-21 |
100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38°F (3°C), Indiana |
1986-02-26 |
Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16) |
1986-03-02 |
1st million-dollar purse for a handicap race won at Santa Anita |
1986-03-12 |
Susan Butcher wins 1,158 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race |
1986-12-15 |
150 killed during race riot in Karachi |
1987-04-18 |
Bob Land wins his 6th straight Kenduskeag Stream Canoe Race |
1987-05-08 |
Gary Hart quits US democratic presidential race (Donna Rice affair) |
1987-05-20 |
Wrestler Jerry Lawler sues WWF & Harley Race for trademark name "king" |
1987-08-02 |
Michael Andretti runs fastest Indy car race in history (171.49 MPH) |
1987-09-20 |
Alain Prost wins record 28th Formula one auto race |
1988-04-22 |
Women are allowed to compete in Little 500 bicycle race (Indiana) |
1988-10-29 |
Jim Elliott (US) begins 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi |
1988-10-30 |
Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi |
1989-05-14 |
1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta) |
1990-02-03 |
Jockey Billy Shoemaker (58), retires after 40,350 horse race |
1991-01-11 |
Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd |
1991-04-01 |
US Supreme Court rules jurors cannot be barred from serving due to race |
1991-06-23 |
Mazda becomes 1st Japanese car to capture Le Mans 24 hour race |
1991-07-28 |
Miguel Indurain of Spain wins Tour de France bicycle race |
1991-10-07 |
Scorecard Harry, Space Appeal & Cafe Lex in 9th race at Belmont, creating 2nd triple dead heat in NY thoroughbred racing history |
1991-11-03 |
Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps) |
1992-07-20 |
Round World Air Race begins in Paris |
1992-08-01 |
USA/USSR Around World Air Race begins at Santa Monica |
1992-10-01 |
Ross Perot re-enters US presidental race |
1994-08-04 |
Howard Stern drops out of NY gubernatorial race |
1995-01-13 |
America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race |
1996-02-18 |
Daytona 500 race |
1996-09-29 |
SD Padres sweep LA Dodgers in race for NL West title |
1997-05-31 |
Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
1997-06-01 |
Donovan Bailey beats Michael Johnson in 150m race |
1998-02-15 |
Daytona 500 race |
1998-05-13 |
Race riots break out in Jakarta, Indonesia, where shops owned by Indonesian of Chinese descendants are looted and women raped. |
1999-02-04 |
Unarmed West African immigrant Amadou Diallo is shot dead by four plainclothes New York City police officers on an unrelated stake-out, inflaming race-relations in the city. |
1999-08-09 |
Charles Kennedy wins the race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as the leader of the Liberal Democrats, UK |
2001-02-18 |
Crash during Daytona 500 race on last lap claims life of Dale Earnhardt |
2003-02-16 |
Michael Waltrip wins motor racing's Daytona 500 after rain stops the race for a second time at lap 109 |
2005-06-19 |
Michael Schumacher wins controversial Formula 1 United States Grand Prix where only 6 of 20 cars complete the race amongst ridicule |
2008-04-20 |
Danica Patrick wins the Indy Japan 300 becoming the first female driver in history to win an Indy car race. |
2012-11-06 |
Green Moon wins the Melbourne Cup race at Flemington |
2013-11-17 |
Sebastian Vettel wins a record breaking eighth consecutive Formula One race in the 2013 United States Grand Prix |
2014-11-04 |
Americans vote in mid-term elections which decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate and pave the way for the 2016 White House race |
2016-01-03 |
Four spectators at Dakar Rally injured by race car |
2016-01-19 |
Sarah Palin Jumps Into 2016 Race, Endorses Donald Trump |
2016-03-12 |
Snowmobile 'driven into dog-sleds' in Alaska Iditarod race |
2016-04-05 |
Donald Trump urges John Kasich to quit White House race |
2016-04-19 |
Two Boston Marathon amputee survivors run 2016 race |
2016-05-30 |
Indianapolis 500: Alexander Rossi wins 100th staging of famous oval race |
2016-07-25 |
Tour de France 2016: Chris Froome completes third race victory |
2016-07-26 |
Michael Jordan speaks out on US race violence, pledging $2m |
2016-09-24 |
Long a rival, Ted Cruz endorses Trump in US presidential race |
2016-10-31 |
Car strikes 22 pedestrians in parking lot after NASCAR race at Martinsville |
2016-11-09 |
Marco Rubio Wins Re-election in Florida Senate Race |
2016-11-09 |
Tammy Duckworth Unseats Mark Kirk in Illinois Senate Race |
2016-11-11 |
Alibaba Singles' Day sales race past $5 billion in first hour |
2017-03-26 |
Dubai World Cup: Arrogate wins $10m race |
2017-04-18 |
First woman to officially run Boston Marathon finishes race again at 70 |
2017-08-06 |
Usain Bolt finishes third to Americans Justin Gatlin, Christian Coleman in final 100 meters race |
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Race - Notable Birthdays
Race - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1831-02-12 |
John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track |
1855-09-09 |
Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist |
1865-06-03 |
King George V, Cambridgeshire Race Meet |
1867-05-26 |
Queen Mary, Cambridgeshire Race Meet |
1872-11-27 |
Walter Cameron, The Varsity Race |
1873-02-13 |
Emmett J. Scott, The Birth of a Race |
1873-09-20 |
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian race car driver (d. 1944) |
1874-03-17 |
Kincsem, horse that never lost a race |
1874-05-03 |
Louis Dean, The Birth of a Race |
1876-09-06 |
Willem A Bonger, Dutch sociologist/criminologist (Race & Crime) |
1877-12-18 |
Lee Bartholomew, Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life |
1878-12-25 |
Louis Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver (d. 1941) |
1879-01-12 |
Ray Harroun, American race car driver (d. 1968) |
1880-06-24 |
John W. Noble, The Birth of a Race |
1880-08-30 |
Elizabeth Williams, The Burden of Race |
1881-09-15 |
Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder (Amaz Bugattis) |
1882-01-24 |
Doris Doscher, The Birth of a Race |
1883-07-07 |
Keith Armour, Atta Boy's Last Race |
1884-01-23 |
Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (d. 1956) |
1889-02-21 |
Ormi Hawley, Race Suicide |
1890-11-16 |
W. Bruce Bradley, The Birth of a Race |
1898-01-01 |
George van Derton, Belgian racer (won 500 race) |
1898-06-09 |
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (d. 1952) |
1899-03-25 |
Jacques Audiberti, French poet (Race of Men) |
1899-08-03 |
Louis Chiron, Monegasque race car driver (d. 1979) |
1900-12-27 |
Hans Stuck, German race car driver (d. 1978) |
1902-10-31 |
Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40) |
1904-08-08 |
Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (d. 1948) |
1904-9-21 |
Alexander Key, Race to Witch Mountain |
1906-10-30 |
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. 1966) |
1908-02-26 |
Jean-Pierre Wimille, French race car driver (d. 1949) |
1909-04-06 |
Hermann Lang, German race car driver (d. 1987) |
1909-07-26 |
Vivian Vance, The Great Race |
1910-02-27 |
Ted Horn, American race car driver (d. 1948) |
1910-03-15 |
An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer (Skating Race) |
1910-09-16 |
Karl Kling, German race car driver (d. 2003) |
1911-07-02 |
Reg Parnell, Race for Life |
1913-01-23 |
Wally Parks, Race Cars |
1913-03-21 |
George Abecassis, English race car driver (d. 1991) |
1913-05-26 |
Pierre Daninos, The French, They Are a Funny Race |
1914-03-14 |
Lee Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000) |
1914-10-31 |
John Hugenholtz, Dutch race track designer (d. 1995) |
1915-05-12 |
Reg Turnill, British Space Race |
1916-08-16 |
Iggy Katona, American race car driver (d. 2003) |
1916-09-12 |
Tony Bettenhausen, American race car driver (d. 1961) |
1917-02-12 |
Dennis Eadie, 90th Boat Race |
1917-06-04 |
Helen Wood, Charlie Chan at the Race Track |
1917-9-17 |
Ib Melchior, Death Race |
1918-03-12 |
James Bracken, race horse trainer |
1918-06-08 |
Aulis Hämäläinen, The Job Race |
1918-07-04 |
Johnnie Parsons, American race car driver (d. 1984) |
1919-9-13 |
Richard Landry, The Great Race |
1920-02-04 |
Arthur A. Ross, The Great Race |
1920-03-22 |
Ross Martin, The Great Race |
1921-01-10 |
Rodger Ward, American race car driver (d. 2004) |
1921-04-01 |
Steve Race, Episode #7.13 |
1921-06-16 |
Sheila McGibbon, The Last of a Dyin' Race |
1922-02-17 |
Marshall Teague, American race car driver (d. 1959) |
1922-05-12 |
Roy Salvadori, Race of Giants |
1922-10-05 |
José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver, (d. 2013) |
1923-01-08 |
Larry Storch, The Great Race |
1923-01-11 |
Carroll Shelby, American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman, (d. 2012) |
1923-01-25 |
Carlo del Monte, Rat Race |
1923-01-27 |
Therese Denny, A Changing Race |
1923-03-15 |
George Vogel, race horse trainer |
1923-07-17 |
John Cooper, English race car designer (d. 2000) |
1924-11-02 |
John Edward Weems, Peary's Race for the North Pole |
1924-12-19 |
Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (d. 1994) |
1924-9-17 |
Peter Glaze, A Race Against Death |
1925-03-05 |
John Rex, Race and the Inner City |
1926-03-31 |
Rocco Petrone, Race to the Moon: The Tragedy of Apollo One |
1926-04-05 |
Roger Corman, Death Race |
1926-05-20 |
Bob Sweikert, American race car driver (d. 1956) |
1926-08-21 |
Bernard Drew, The French, They Are a Funny Race |
1926-10-01 |
Ben Wicks, The Circus/Chance and the Bird Bath/The Bathtub Race |
1927-05-13 |
Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (d. 1958) |
1928-02-19 |
Laurence Heath, Race to Death |
1928-03-20 |
Christopher Benstead, race horse trainer |
1929-03-13 |
Walter Medio, race horse trainer |
1929-03-14 |
Thomas Bell Jr, race horse trainer |
1929-03-14 |
Frank D. Strong, The Great Race |
1929-07-02 |
Robert Thom, Death Race |
1929-07-06 |
Patricia Hutchence, Death Race 2000 |
1929-09-17 |
Stirling Moss, London England, race car driver |
1930-9-23 |
Charles B. Griffith, Death Race |
1931-11-06 |
Peter Collins, English race car driver (d. 1958) |
1932-01-03 |
Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (d. 2005) |
1932-01-14 |
Don Garlits, American race car driver |
1932-02-03 |
Stuart Hall, Race, the Floating Signifier |
1932-02-25 |
Tony Brooks, English race car driver |
1932-02-28 |
Brian Moore, The Race for the Championship |
1932-04-27 |
Gian Carlo Rota, Race for the Superbomb |
1932-10-12 |
Ned Jarrett, Conover, North Carolina, American race car driver and announcer (50 Grand National victories) |
1933-07-01 |
Peter Walwyn, British race horse trainer |
1934-02-11 |
John Surtees, British race car driver |
1934-02-23 |
Race Gentry, Men in War |
1934-05-30 |
Alexei Leonov, Race to the Moon |
1935-01-16 |
A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77) |
1935-08-23 |
Judith Barrows, The Loser's Race |
1936-03-04 |
Jim Clark, race car driver (Indianapolis 500) |
1936-04-02 |
Jack Brabham, Australian race car driver (world champ 1966) |
1936-10-06 |
Glenn Hild, race horse trainer |
1937-03-18 |
Robin Wright, race horse trainer |
1937-05-12 |
Uncle George, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1937-07-02 |
Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81) |
1937-08-30 |
Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer and founder of eponymous race team (d. 1970) |
1938-03-07 |
Janet Guthrie, race car driver (1st woman to race in Indie 500) |
1938-07-09 |
Paul Chihara, Death Race 2000 |
1938-10-01 |
J Bert Sonnier, race horse trainer |
1940-02-28 |
Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion) |
1940-03-18 |
Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer |
1941-01-12 |
Margaretta Groark, The Race Begins |
1941-01-25 |
Elzie "Buddy" Baker, race-car driver |
1941-03-30 |
Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964) |
1941-07-03 |
Gloria Allred, Rat Race |
1942-04-18 |
Jochen Rindt, German race car driver |
1942-06-16 |
Giacomo Agostini, Lovere, Italy, world motorcycle race champion |
1942-07-31 |
Väinö Vainio, The Job Race |
1943-04-11 |
Harley Race, Starrcade |
1943-05-09 |
Colin Pillinger, British Space Race |
1943-06-17 |
Burt Rutan, The Next Space Race/Crusade Against Credit |
1943-11-01 |
Martti Palo, The Job Race |
1944-04-22 |
Steve Fossett, The Great Balloon Race |
1944-05-26 |
Sam Posey, American race car driver, TV commentator and author |
1944-11-05 |
Harold Krents, To Race the Wind |
1944-11-17 |
Roberta Collins, Death Race 2000 |
1945-01-01 |
Jacques Ickx, Belgium, Le Mans auto race (6-time winner) |
1945-03-17 |
Paco Gonzalez, race horse trainer |
1945-10-04 |
Richard Bickell, race horse trainer |
1945-12-15 |
John Favorite, Death Race 2000 |
1946-07-30 |
Neil Bonnett, American race car driver (d. 1994) |
1947-02-05 |
Darrell Waltrip, American race car driver |
1947-03-07 |
Walter Röhrl, German race and rally car driver |
1947-08-29 |
James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993) |
1948-05-04 |
Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans |
1948-05-24 |
Bernard Safarik, Dog-Race |
1948-06-29 |
Fred Grandy, Death Race 2000 |
1948-08-07 |
Willem Paul Edelman, Race tegen de klok |
1949-04-18 |
Geoff Bodine, American race car driver |
1949-05-04 |
John Force, American race car driver |
1949-09-11 |
Bill Whittington, race car driver |
1950-04-04 |
Simone Griffeth, Death Race 2000 |
1950-07-26 |
Rich Vogler, American race car driver (d. 1990) |
1950-09-14 |
Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver |
1950-11-17 |
Tom Walkinshaw, Scottish race car driver and race team owner |
1951-01-01 |
Hans-Joachim Stuck, German race car driver |
1951-03-19 |
Louis Race, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom |
1951-04-29 |
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001) |
1951-06-23 |
Michèle Mouton, French race car driver |
1952-10-02 |
Steve Penrod, race horse trainer |
1953-12-19 |
Lisa Drake, The Rat Race |
1953-12-31 |
Trevor Phillips, Things We Won't Say About Race That Are True |
1954-03-14 |
David La Croix, race horse trainer |
1954-04-03 |
Tim Ewing, The Rat Race |
1954-07-24 |
Philippe Alliot, race driver (grand prix) |
1954-08-27 |
Derek Warwick, race car driver |
1955-04-14 |
Simone Griffeth, Savannah Georgia, actress (Death Race 2000, Amanda's) |
1955-10-04 |
Joe Orseno, race horse trainer |
1955-10-30 |
Jeremy Black, Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the German Dams |
1955-11-15 |
Maciej Reszczynski, The Big Race |
1955-9-03 |
Nancy Hoyt, The Race Begins |
1956-01-03 |
Willy T. Ribbs, American race car driver |
1956-02-04 |
Marc Moritz, Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace |
1956-02-19 |
David Low, Race to the Moon |
1956-08-04 |
Lumumba Carson, Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama |
1956-08-14 |
Rusty Wallace, American race car driver |
1956-09-12 |
Ricky Rudd, American race car driver |
1956-11-26 |
Dale Jarrett, American race car driver |
1957-02-15 |
Jimmy Spencer, American race car driver |
1957-03-22 |
Max Pross, The Race |
1957-05-19 |
Tom Gammill, The Race |
1957-06-30 |
Sterling Marlin, American race car driver (NASCAR) |
1957-10-01 |
Brad MacDonald, race horse trainer |
1957-10-06 |
Dom Galluscio, race horse trainer |
1958-08-19 |
Tadeusz Chudecki, The Big Race |
1958-11-21 |
Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater (11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86) |
1959-01-09 |
Mark Martin, American race car driver |
1959-04-02 |
Juha Kankkunen, Finnish race car driver |
1959-05-14 |
Xavier Barquet, Bikini Beach Race |
1959-06-01 |
Martin Brundle, British race car driver and F1 television commentator |
1959-09-28 |
Ron Fellows, Canadian race car driver |
1960-01-05 |
Steve Jones, British aviator (Red Bull Air Race World Series) |
1960-03-21 |
Mizuki Otsuka, Bomberman Fantasy Race |
1960-10-24 |
Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver |
1961-02-19 |
Andy Wallace, English race car driver |
1961-02-25 |
Davey Allison, American race car driver (d. 1993) |
1962-08-10 |
Race Davies, Heavenly Sword |
1962-11-18 |
Christopher Peterson, Rat Race |
1962-12-23 |
Steve Matchett, Born to Race |
1963-03-12 |
John Andretti, race car driver |
1963-04-20 |
Aubrey de Grey, The New Space Race/Fighting AIDS/Immortality |
1963-06-06 |
Stacye P. Branche, Rat Race |
1963-10-01 |
Mark McGwire, Race for the Record |
1964-08-24 |
Marinho Nobre, The Human Race |
1964-10-21 |
Jon Carin, Rat Race |
1964-12-30 |
Sandra Woodring, Rat Race |
1965-03-04 |
Paul W.S. Anderson, Death Race |
1965-05-26 |
Jacqueline Mary Nelson, Upper Hutt NZ, points race cyclist (Oly-96) |
1965-06-15 |
Carrie Mitchum, James Dean: Race with Destiny |
1965-11-10 |
Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish race car driver |
1965-12-18 |
Brian Walton, Ottawa Ontario, points race cyclist (Olympics-silver-96) |
1966-02-27 |
Stuart Brotman, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown |
1966-08-19 |
Lee Ann Womack, Race to the Red Carpet: 2006 Country Music Awards |
1966-09-02 |
Olivier Panis, French race car driver |
1966-10-17 |
Tommy Kendall, American race car driver and television personality |
1966-10-23 |
Alex Zanardi, Italian race car driver |
1966-12-20 |
Matt Neal, British Race Driver |
1967-01-08 |
Eric Scott Woods, The Chronicles of Hollow Earth: The Next Race |
1967-01-24 |
Craig Asher Sanborn, D-Day, the Race to the Rhine |
1967-05-23 |
Taz, Race |
1967-07-07 |
Tom Kristensen, Danish race car driver |
1967-08-12 |
Andrey Plotnikov, Russian race walker |
1967-10-11 |
David Starr, American race car driver |
1967-11-11 |
Gil de Ferran, Brazilian race car driver |
1967-12-16 |
Trevor Seitz, Rat Race |
1967-12-24 |
Mikhail Shchennikov, Russian race walker |
1968-03-08 |
Michael Bartels, German race car driver |
1968-03-14 |
Jan Sosniok, African Race - Die verrückte Jagd nach dem Marakunda |
1968-06-10 |
Domiziano Arcangeli, The Human Race |
1968-06-27 |
Julia Tortolani, Rat Race |
1968-08-14 |
Glenn Leroy McLeay, Invercargill NZ, points race cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1968-10-12 |
Bill Auberlen, American race car driver |
1968-11-19 |
Gord Fraser, Ottawa Ontario, road race cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1969-02-28 |
Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver |
1969-06-03 |
Elizabeth Ann Koshak, The Human Race |
1969-06-25 |
Alina Ivanova, Ukraine, race walker (indoor 3K world record) |
1969-11-20 |
Richard Dickson Reid, NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1969-12-27 |
Jean-Christophe Boullion, French race car driver |
1969-12-29 |
Allan McNish, Scottish race car driver |
1970-04-24 |
Chris Dechert, Race to Space |
1970-04-28 |
Notla Yogy Doow, The Race |
1970-05-23 |
Bryan Herta, American race car driver |
1970-06-10 |
Tracey Adlai, The Human Race |
1970-10-20 |
Maurizio Casula, The Race |
1970-11-10 |
Vince Vieluf, Rat Race |
1971-01-18 |
Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver |
1971-01-25 |
Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver |
1971-02-25 |
Christien Anholt, Ben 10: Race Against Time |
1971-02-26 |
Warren Cronin, Rat Race |
1971-04-01 |
Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver |
1971-04-09 |
Jacques Villeneuve, French-Canadian race car driver |
1971-05-20 |
Tony Stewart, American race car driver |
1971-07-19 |
Andrew Kavovit, Rat Race |
1971-08-01 |
Brennan Swain, The Race Begins |
1971-08-04 |
Jeff Gordon, American race car driver |
1971-08-13 |
Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver |
1971-11-03 |
Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver |
1972-01-01 |
Sara Ballingall, The Great Race |
1972-01-02 |
Scott Kevan, Death Race |
1972-02-07 |
Alex Bassi, American race car driver |
1972-02-20 |
Corinna Harney, Rat Race |
1972-03-10 |
Matt Kenseth, American race car driver |
1972-06-22 |
Benz Antoine, Death Race |
1972-07-13 |
Trip Hope, The Human Race |
1972-08-06 |
Isabelle Proulx, Death Race |
1972-10-19 |
Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1972-11-08 |
Anaya Farrell, Rat Race |
1973-01-14 |
Giancarlo Fisichella, Italian race car driver |
1973-01-23 |
Lanei Chapman, Rat Race |
1973-02-11 |
Anna Mountford, ToCA Race Driver 2 |
1973-02-28 |
Rob Frisbee, The Race Begins |
1973-05-18 |
Christian Paul, Death Race |
1973-05-26 |
Steve Race, I'm in Love with a Church Girl |
1973-10-13 |
Peter Dumbreck, Scottish race car driver |
1973-10-15 |
Susannah Kate Pryde, Auckland NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96) |
1973-10-25 |
André F. Nebe, The Race |
1973-11-09 |
Ezra Franklyn, Death Race |
1973-9-09 |
Troy Rudolph, Rat Race |
1973-9-16 |
Desi Relaford, Race for the Record |
1974-02-12 |
Toranosuke Takagi, Japanese race car driver |
1974-02-15 |
Alexander Wurz, Austrian race car driver |
1974-02-24 |
Mark Andrew Stanfield, Race |
1974-03-17 |
Janaya Stephens, Death Race |
1974-04-13 |
Darren Turner, British Race Driver |
1974-07-04 |
Jenica Bergere, Rat Race |
1974-07-13 |
Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver |
1974-08-04 |
Paul Hough, The Human Race |
1974-08-08 |
Andy Priaulx, British race car driver |
1975-02-11 |
Andy Lally, American race car driver |
1975-02-28 |
Risa Hayamizu, Wave Race: Blue Storm |
1975-04-15 |
Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006) |
1975-04-22 |
Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999) |
1975-04-30 |
Elliott Sadler, American race car driver |
1975-05-10 |
Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver |
1975-06-16 |
Fred Koehler, Death Race |
1975-06-30 |
Ralf Schumacher, German race car driver (F1) |
1975-07-12 |
Race Owen, The Disciple |
1975-09-17 |
Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver |
1975-09-20 |
Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian race car driver |
1975-11-18 |
Emily Koonse, Race to Witch Mountain |
1975-9-21 |
Doug Davis, It's a Rat Race |
1976-01-31 |
Buddy Rice, American race car driver |
1976-02-18 |
Leilani Munter, American race car driver |
1976-05-11 |
Michael Catucci, Race to the Top Commencement Challenge Special |
1976-08-02 |
Bannister Bergen, Rat Race |
1976-08-08 |
Jeff Simmons, American race car driver |
1976-10-05 |
J. J. Yeley, American race car driver |
1976-10-18 |
Ruben Dario, Race You to the Bottom |
1976-11-25 |
Kate Jones, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1977-01-27 |
Kingsley Uwode, The Amazing Race Submission Video |
1977-03-27 |
Vitor Meira, Nascar Race |
1977-06-27 |
Laterrian Wallace, Extreme Challenge: Race to the Finish |
1977-08-17 |
Nathan Deakes, Australian race walker |
1977-10-01 |
Jeffrey van Hooydonk, Belgian race car driver |
1977-10-15 |
Erin McKeown, Race You to the Bottom |
1977-10-22 |
Stephen Sullivan, The Last Race |
1977-10-27 |
Jamie Murray, Extreme Challenge: Race to the Finish |
1978-04-22 |
Esteban Tuero, Argentinian race car driver |
1978-06-22 |
Dan Wheldon, British race car driver |
1978-07-09 |
Michael Kruk, Rat Race |
1978-07-31 |
Justin Wilson, English race car driver |
1978-08-04 |
Kurt Busch, American race car driver |
1978-10-19 |
Enrique Bernoldi, Brazilian race car driver |
1979-02-15 |
Gordon Shedden, Scottish Race Car Driver |
1979-02-22 |
Tatiana Milovani, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1979-02-24 |
Eddie McGee, The Human Race |
1979-03-03 |
Andrew Triggs Hodge, 160th Boat Race |
1979-04-14 |
Brianne Wells, Death Race |
1979-07-02 |
Sam Hornish, Jr., American race car driver |
1979-07-11 |
Julie Stoffer, Extreme Challenge: Race to the Finish |
1979-10-17 |
Kimi Räikkönen, Finnish race car driver |
1979-9-15 |
Evelyne Foxy, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1980-01-25 |
Amber Jenkins, The Human Race |
1980-04-04 |
Björn Wirdheim, Swedish race car driver |
1980-04-10 |
Kasey Kahne, American race-car driver |
1980-06-29 |
Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver |
1980-07-10 |
Adam Petty, American race car driver (d. 2000) |
1980-08-18 |
Athina Papayianni, Greek race walker |
1980-08-21 |
Burney Lamar, American race car driver |
1980-09-11 |
Antônio Pizzonia, Brazilian race car driver |
1980-09-26 |
Patrick Friesacher, Austrian race car driver |
1980-10-04 |
Sarah Fisher, American race car driver |
1980-10-16 |
Ozan Ünal, Raven the Little Rascal - The Big Race |
1980-12-17 |
Ryan Hunter-Reay, American race car driver |
1980-9-08 |
Slim Thug, Death Race |
1981-01-01 |
Zsolt Baumgartner, Hungarian race car driver |
1981-01-29 |
Chris Newlin, Death Race |
1981-02-01 |
Sean Hampton, Race War |
1981-06-20 |
Chad Luckhoff, The Race-ist |
1981-07-27 |
Peter Reed, 159th Boat Race |
1981-08-13 |
C.C. Swiney, Great American Race Test |
1981-09-23 |
Robert Doornbos, Dutch race car driver |
1981-10-19 |
Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish race car driver |
1981-12-06 |
Tomina Steel, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1982-01-02 |
Athanasia Tsoumeleka, Greek race walker |
1982-01-07 |
Lauren Cohan, Death Race 2 |
1982-02-03 |
Pam Nelson, Race to Witch Mountain |
1982-03-08 |
Nicolas Armindo, race car driver |
1982-03-25 |
Danica Patrick, American race car driver |
1982-07-09 |
Sakon Yamamoto, Japanese race-car driver |
1982-07-20 |
Victoria Blonde, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1982-10-15 |
Jay Catelli, Race |
1982-11-29 |
Ashley Force, American race car driver |
1982-9-07 |
Race Wong, Ab-normal Beauty |
1983-01-24 |
Scott Speed, American race car driver |
1983-03-12 |
Atif Aslam, Race |
1983-04-16 |
Caroline De Jaie, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1983-04-30 |
Adam Farnsworth, Race to Witch Mountain |
1983-10-24 |
Brian Vickers, American race car driver |
1983-12-20 |
D.K. Johnston, Patrick Race |
1984-01-15 |
Sarah James, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1984-03-11 |
Tom James, 159th Boat Race |
1984-04-17 |
Renato Novakovic, The Human Race |
1984-08-27 |
Evan Tahler, The Great Robot Race |
1984-12-26 |
Alex Schwazer, Italian race walker |
1985-01-04 |
Fernando Rees, Brazilian race car driver |
1985-04-02 |
Tom Martino, Race War: The Remake |
1985-05-02 |
Kyle Busch, American race car driver |
1985-06-27 |
Nico Rosberg, German race car driver |
1985-07-25 |
Nelson Piquet Jr., Brazilian race car driver |
1985-12-24 |
David Ragan, American race car driver |
1985-9-28 |
Laura Dittmann, Death Race |
1986-01-07 |
Elizabeth Witchalls, The Great Race |
1986-02-21 |
Nikoletta Devis, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1986-03-04 |
Rae Foster, Race To Space |
1986-03-24 |
Vanessa Bliss, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1986-04-04 |
Kelly Czarnecki, They Don't Call It the Amazing Race for Nothin'! |
1986-08-08 |
Hannah Hunter, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1986-08-14 |
Andrew Desnoyers, Race |
1987-01-29 |
Spencer Clark, American race car driver (d. 2006) |
1987-11-29 |
Lauryn May, Furious Fuckers: Final Race |
1988-03-10 |
Kate Zucker, Rat Race |
1988-05-09 |
John Ryan Fitzpatrick, Canadian race truck driver |
1988-08-18 |
Daniel Garrett, The Last Race |
1989-01-04 |
Graham Rahal, American race car driver |
1989-02-07 |
Joffrey Verbruggen, The Boat Race |
1989-08-18 |
Brody Smith, Rat Race |
1991-05-07 |
Roxane Hayward, Death Race: Inferno |
1991-05-31 |
Jillian Marie, Rat Race |
1992-02-08 |
Bob Zucker, Rat Race |
1992-05-11 |
Nicole Badaan, Born to Race |
1992-06-15 |
Sachin Patil, Race 2 |
1993-04-10 |
Michael Kontaxis, Arms Race |
2000-01-08 |
Landon Brooks, The Asphalt Race |
2003-01-21 |
Avery Clynes, The Asphalt Race |
2003-01-21 |
Mackenzie Clynes, The Asphalt Race |
Race - Notable Weddings
Race - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1982-03-19 |
Race car driver Al Unser Jr (19) weds Shelley Unser |
2001-12-12 |
Actress Ashley Judd (33) weds race car driver Dario Franchetti (28) at Skibo Castle in Scotland |
2004-09-22 |
Race car driver Al Unser Jr (42) weds Gina Soto |
2005-04-16 |
"Survivor: All-Stars" winner Amber Mariano (26) weds The Amazing Race star Rob Mariano (29) at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas |
2005-05-27 |
"Amazing Race 6" winner Kendra Bentley (25) weds Freddy Holliday (34) in Bal Harbour, Florida |
2005-06-01 |
"The Amazing Race 7" executive assistant Alex Ali and Lynn Warren in Ottawa, Canada |
2005-12-17 |
Race car driver Gary Paffett (24) weds his lady love Lisa in England |
2006-05-06 |
Race car driver "Champ Car World Series" two time winner Sebastien Bourdais (27) weds Claire Bagot at Cathedral Saint-Julien in Le Mans, France |
2006-05-20 |
Race car driver Jacques Villeneuve (35) weds Johanna Martinez at a civil ceremony in Switzerland |
2011-05-07 |
"The Amazing Race" winners Meghan Rickey and Cheyne Whitney marry at the Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego |
Race - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1848-05-18 |
William A Leidesdorf, mixed-race early Californian, dies at 38 in SF |
1920-11-25 |
Gaston Chevrolet, French-born American race car driver and automobile pioneer (b. 1892) |
1927-01-09 |
Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 |
1933-04-08 |
Louis Dean, The Birth of a Race |
1936-01-20 |
King George V, Cambridgeshire Race Meet |
1938-01-28 |
Bernd Rosemeyer, German race car driver, dies at 28 |
1940-05-15 |
Willem A Bonger, Dutch criminologist (Race & Crime), suicide at 63 |
1941-05-21 |
Keith Armour, Atta Boy's Last Race |
1942-04-26 |
Walter Cameron, The Varsity Race |
1942-06-03 |
Ormi Hawley, Race Suicide |
1944-02-21 |
Ferenc Szisz, Hungarian-born race car driver (b. 1873) |
1946-04-16 |
Arthur Chevrolet, Swiss-born race car driver and automobile designer (b. 1884) |
1947-05-18 |
Elizabeth Williams, The Burden of Race |
1948-12-31 |
Malcolm Campbell, English race driver, dies at 63 |
1950-10-02 |
Lee Bartholomew, Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life |
1952-06-20 |
Luigi Fagioli, Italian race car driver (b. 1898) |
1953-03-24 |
Queen Mary, Cambridgeshire Race Meet |
1954-10-20 |
Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51 |
1956-03-31 |
Ralph DePalma, Italian-American race car driver (b. 1884) |
1957-05-12 |
Alfonso de Portago, Spanish bobsledder and race car driver (b. 1928) |
1957-12-11 |
Emmett J. Scott, The Birth of a Race |
1958-05-19 |
Archie Scott-Brown, English race car driver (b. 1927) |
1958-08-03 |
Peter Collins, English race car driver (b. 1931) |
1959-01-22 |
Mike Hawthorn, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1929) |
1959-02-11 |
Marshall Teague, American race car driver (b. 1922) |
1959-09-28 |
Rudolf Caracciola, German race car driver (b. 1901) |
1961-11-26 |
Styles Bridges, The Missile Race |
1964-01-07 |
Reg Parnell, Race for Life |
1965-04-10 |
Lloyd Casner, American race car driver and owner (b. 1928) |
1966-12-31 |
Pieter C A Geyl, historian (History of Dutch Race), dies |
1968-01-19 |
Ray Harroun, American race car driver (b. 1879) |
1968-04-07 |
Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany at 32 |
1970-06-02 |
Bruce McLaren, New Zealand car racer, designer, and founder of eponymous race team (b. 1937) |
1970-09-03 |
Jochen Rindt, German race car driver, dies at 28 |
1974-03-22 |
Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 |
1978-09-10 |
Ronnie Peterson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1944) |
1979-06-22 |
Louis Chiron, Monaco race car driver (b. 1899) |
1979-07-25 |
Alexander Key, Race to Witch Mountain |
1979-08-17 |
Vivian Vance, The Great Race |
1981-07-03 |
Ross Martin, The Great Race |
1982-01-07 |
Bert Oosterhuis, Dutch motor racer (Paris-Dakar), dies in race crash |
1982-05-15 |
Gordon Smiley, American race car driver (b. 1946) |
1983-02-20 |
Peter Glaze, A Race Against Death |
1983-04-24 |
Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (b. 1943) |
1983-06-27 |
Don Ida, balloonists, dies during a race |
1983-06-27 |
Maxie Anderson, balloonists, dies during a race |
1984-01-24 |
Bernard Drew, The French, They Are a Funny Race |
1984-12-07 |
Lee Roy Yarbrough, American race car (Nascar) driver (b. 1938) |
1985-08-12 |
Manfred Winkelhock, German race car driver (b. 1951) |
1985-09-01 |
Stefan Bellof, German race car driver (b. 1957) |
1986-05-15 |
Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (b. 1958) |
1987-01-12 |
Harold Krents, To Race the Wind |
1987-10-19 |
Hermann Lang, German race car driver (b. 1909) |
1988-02-08 |
Helen Wood, Charlie Chan at the Race Track |
1988-10-13 |
Mike Venezia, jockey, dies in 5th-race fall at Belmont Race Track, NY |
1989-08-13 |
Tim Richmond, race car driver (won 13 NASCAR races), dies of AIDS |
1989-10-04 |
Secretariat, American race horse (b. 1970) |
1990-01-25 |
Pearl Binder, Chi Ming: Chi Ming and That Dragon Boat Race |
1992-05-15 |
Jovy Marcelo, Filipino race car driver (b. 1965) |
1993-07-13 |
Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 |
1994-04-30 |
Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver, dies in crash at 31 |
1994-07-07 |
Carlo Chiti, Italian race car engineer (b. 1924) |
1994-09-29 |
Don Watson, race car driver, dies in an accident at 46 |
1994-10-15 |
Hannes Wustinger, Austrian race car driver, dies at 29 |
1995-05-30 |
Lofty England, English automotive engineer and race team manager (b.1911) |
1995-10-10 |
John Rodolph, wheelchair-race world record holder, hit by truck at 31 |
1997-10-04 |
Sheila McGibbon, The Last of a Dyin' Race |
1998-03-31 |
Tim Flock, American race car driver (b. 1924) |
1999-04-18 |
Gian Carlo Rota, Race for the Superbomb |
1999-09-22 |
John Edward Weems, Peary's Race for the North Pole |
1999-10-31 |
Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (b. 1975) |
2000-04-05 |
Lee Petty, American race car driver (b. 1914) |
2000-05-12 |
Adam Petty, American race car driver (b. 1980) |
2000-07-07 |
Kenny Irwin, Jr., American race car driver (b. 1969) |
2000-09-10 |
Ben Wicks, The Circus/Chance and the Bird Bath/The Bathtub Race |
2000-09-15 |
Carlo del Monte, Rat Race |
2000-12-18 |
Stan Fox, American race car driver (b. 1952) |
2000-12-24 |
John Cooper, English race car designer (b. 1923) |
2001-02-18 |
Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver dies in car crash at Daytona 500 race (b. 1951) |
2001-03-16 |
Bob Wollek, French race car driver (b. 1943) |
2001-04-25 |
Michele Alboreto, Italian race car driver (b. 1956) |
2001-08-25 |
Ken Tyrrell, former race driver and founder of Tyrrell Racing (b. 1924) |
2001-09-01 |
Brian Moore, The Race for the Championship |
2001-10-04 |
Blaise Alexander, American race car driver (b. 1976) |
2002-04-29 |
Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936) |
2003-03-18 |
Karl Kling, German race car driver (b. 1910) |
2003-04-30 |
Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956) |
2003-12-04 |
Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916) |
2004-06-27 |
Darrell Russell, American race car driver (b. 1968) |
2004-07-05 |
Rodger Ward, American race car driver (b. 1921) |
2004-10-24 |
Randy Dorton, American race car crew member (b. 1954) |
2004-10-24 |
Ricky Hendrick, American race car team owner (b. 1980) |
2005-01-07 |
Pierre Daninos, The French, They Are a Funny Race |
2005-02-13 |
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b. 1917) |
2005-04-14 |
Aulis Hämäläinen, The Job Race |
2005-08-14 |
Coo Coo Marlin, American race car driver (b. 1932) |
2006-02-15 |
Xavier Barquet, Bikini Beach Race |
2006-03-17 |
Lumumba Carson, Ego Trip's Race-O-Rama |
2006-03-26 |
Paul Dana, American race car driver (b. 1975) |
2006-08-24 |
Rocco Petrone, Race to the Moon: The Tragedy of Apollo One |
2007-01-02 |
Dan Shaver, NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. 1950) |
2007-01-09 |
Laurence Heath, Race to Death |
2007-04-25 |
Frank D. Strong, The Great Race |
2007-09-03 |
Steve Fossett, The Great Balloon Race |
2007-09-27 |
Wally Parks, Race Cars |
2007-09-28 |
Charles B. Griffith, Death Race |
2008-02-23 |
Paul Frère, Belgian race car driver and motorsport journalist (b. 1917) |
2008-02-25 |
Ashley Cooper, Australian race car driver (b. 1980) |
2008-03-15 |
David Low, Race to the Moon |
2008-08-16 |
Roberta Collins, Death Race 2000 |
2008-08-28 |
Phil Hill, American race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (b. 1927) |
2008-10-26 |
Margaretta Groark, The Race Begins |
2008-11-11 |
Arthur A. Ross, The Great Race |
2009-06-22 |
Steve Race, Episode #7.13 |
2009-10-25 |
Martti Palo, The Job Race |
2010-09-22 |
Patricia Hutchence, Death Race 2000 |
2011-01-29 |
Stuart Brotman, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown |
2011-12-08 |
Nancy Hoyt, The Race Begins |
2011-12-18 |
John Rex, Race and the Inner City |
2012-06-03 |
Roy Salvadori, Race of Giants |
2013-02-12 |
Reg Turnill, British Space Race |
2013-05-16 |
Dick Trickle, American race car driver, commits suicide by gunshot at 71 |
2013-06-15 |
José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver, dies from respiratory failure at 90 |
2014-02-10 |
Stuart Hall, Race, the Floating Signifier |
2014-05-07 |
Colin Pillinger, British Space Race |
2015-03-14 |
Ib Melchior, Death Race |
2015-03-28 |
Dennis Eadie, 90th Boat Race |
2015-05-14 |
John Favorite, Death Race 2000 |
2018-03-27 |
Dick Wilmarth, first winner of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, dies at 75 |
