May 1-10

May 1
May 1, 1884 Earl Howe born
May 1, 1890 Albert Romine born
May 1, 1900 Ray Keech born
May 1, 1926 Harry Hartz won the Atlantic City Race 1 at Atlantic City
May 1, 1955 Mike Nazaruk died
May 1, 1964 Kevin Whitesides born
May 1, 1971 Lloyd Axel died
May 1, 1980 Jan Heylen born
May 1, 1982 Rick Mears won the Stroh's 200 at Atlanta
May 1, 1984 Juan Cáceres born
May 1, 1999 **Race Cancelled** won the VisionAire 500K at Charlotte
May 1, 2010 Scott Dixon won the Road Runner Turbo Indy 300 at Kansas
May 1, 2011 Will Power won the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 Presented by Nestlé at Sao Paulo
May 1, 2013 Harry Syer died
May 1, 2021 Scott Dixon won the Genesys 300 at Ft. Worth
May 1, 2022 Lee Brayton died
May 1, 2022 Patricio O'Ward won the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama at Barber
May 2
May 2, 1883 Alessandro Cagno born
May 2, 1888 Ben Lawwell born
May 2, 1888 Ernest Longchamps born
May 2, 1889 Earl Jackson born
May 2, 1893 Count de Marguenat born
May 2, 1941 Tony Adamowicz born
May 2, 1971 Buzz Calkins born
May 2, 1976 Johnny Rutherford won the Trenton 200 at Trenton
May 2, 1999 Juan Montoya won the Bosch Spark Plug Grand Prix Presented by Toyota at Nazareth
May 2, 2021 Bobby Unser died
May 2, 2021 Patricio O'Ward won the XPEL 375 at Ft. Worth
May 3
May 3, 1890 Claude Newhouse born
May 3, 1930 Bill Cummings won the Langhorne Race at Langhorne
May 3, 1956 Ed Pimm born
May 3, 1957 E. Linn Mathewson born
May 4
May 4, 1895 Harry Falt born
May 4, 1900 Floyd O'Neal born
May 4, 1912 George Joerimann won the Chanslor & Lyon Trophy Race at Santa Monica
May 4, 1912 Ralph DePalma won the Jepsen Trophy Race at Santa Monica
May 4, 1912 Teddy Tetzlaff won the Dick Ferris Trophy Race at Santa Monica
May 4, 1914 Bumpy Bumpus born
May 4, 1925 Dickie Reese born
May 4, 1926 Wes Vandervoort born
May 4, 1948 Hurley Haywood born
May 4, 1966 Randy Tolsma born
May 4, 1971 Luiz Garcia, Jr. born
May 4, 1974 Marvin Pifer died
May 4, 1975 Charles Kirkpatrick died
May 4, 2019 Roger West died
May 5
May 5, 1880 Joseph Edwards born
May 5, 1890 George Mason born
May 5, 1891 Glover Ruckstell born
May 5, 1900 Bob McDonogh born
May 5, 1910 Ray Harroun won the Atlanta Speedway Trophy Race at Atlanta
May 5, 1913 Duane Carter born
May 5, 1927 Art Pollard born
May 5, 1932 Bob Said born
May 5, 1940 Noel Van Raalte died
May 5, 1946 Joie Chitwood won the Eastern Inaugural Trophy Sweepstakes at Trenton
May 5, 1947 Jim Hillyer born
May 5, 1956 Rip Williams born
May 5, 2001 Bill Homeier died
May 5, 2003 Sébastien Bourdais won the London Champ Car Trophy at Brands Hatch
May 5, 2013 James Hinchcliffe won the Itaipava São Paulo Indy 300 Presented by Nestlé at Sao Paulo
May 6
May 6, 1865 Walter Christie born
May 6, 1896 Buddy Marr born
May 6, 1905 René Dreyfus born
May 6, 1910 William Endicott won the Atlanta Race 2 at Atlanta
May 6, 1910 Herbert Lytle won the Atlanta Race 3 at Atlanta
May 6, 1944 Harold Brinker died
May 6, 1951 Cyrus Patschke died
May 6, 1964 Andrea Chiesa born
May 6, 1967 Danny Day died
May 6, 1975 Mike Borkowski born
May 6, 1983 Dana Carter died
May 6, 1997 George Lynch died
May 6, 1999 Patricio O'Ward born
May 6, 2001 Scott Dixon won the Lehigh Valley Grand Prix at Nazareth
May 7
May 7, 1910 Tom Kincaid/Johnny Aitken won the Atlanta Race 4 at Atlanta
May 7, 1914 Bud Rose born
May 7, 1922 Jimmy Murphy won the Cotati Race 1 at Cotati
May 7, 1922 Pietro Bordino won the Cotati Race 2 at Cotati
May 7, 1927 Dave Lewis won the Atlantic City Race at Atlantic City
May 7, 1940 George Bailey died
May 7, 1951 George Fuller died
May 7, 1957 Billy Roe born
May 7, 1968 Mike Spence died
May 7, 1974 David Steele born
May 7, 2005 Vince Conze died
May 7, 2006 Leroy Neumayer died
May 8
May 8, 1880 Dick Clarke born
May 8, 1931 John Hollansworth born
May 8, 1932 Gene Bergin born
May 8, 1975 Gastón Mazzacane born
May 8, 2005 A. J. Shepherd died
May 8, 2007 Frank Beardsley died
May 8, 2020 Lonnie Caruthers died
May 9
May 9, 1890 Homer Ormsby born
May 9, 1908 Ronney Householder born
May 9, 1943 Jim Hickman born
May 9, 1949 Carlo Felice Trossi died
May 9, 1967 Louis Schwitzer died
May 9, 1984 Bob Harnar died
May 9, 2003 Don Carlson died
May 9, 2015 Will Power won the Angie's List Grand Prix of Indianapolis at Indianapolis
May 10
May 10, 1906 George Barringer born
May 10, 1917 William Taylor won the Universal Trophy Race at Uniontown
May 10, 1926 Earl DeVore won the Charlotte Race 1 at Charlotte
May 10, 1927 Sonny Helms born
May 10, 1929 Frank Secrist born
May 10, 1942 Woody Woodford died
May 10, 1952 Buck Baker won the Darlington 200 at Darlington
May 10, 1962 Carl Reeves died
May 10, 1963 Gianfranco Comotti died
May 10, 1967 Lorenzo Bandini died
May 10, 1970 Art Hartsfeld died
May 10, 1970 Jim Mayes died
May 10, 1974 Fred Merzney died
May 10, 1975 Helio Castroneves born
May 10, 1998 Greg Moore won the Rio 400K at Rio de Janeiro
May 10, 1999 Bob Finney died
May 10, 2012 Carroll Shelby died
May 10, 2014 Simon Pagenaud won the Grand Prix of Indianapolis at Indianapolis
May 10, 2017 Jack Conely died