October 11-20

October 11
October 11, 1886 George Hill born
October 11, 1923 Tom Brewer died
October 11, 1935 Cy Fairchild born
October 11, 1937 Jerry Weld born
October 11, 1972 Cornelius Van Ranst died
October 11, 1980 Roland Free died
October 11, 1987 Bobby Rahal won the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca
October 11, 1993 Joe Barzda died
October 11, 1997 Eliseo Salazar won the Las Vegas 500K at Las Vegas
October 11, 1998 Arie Luyendyk won the Las Vegas 500K at Las Vegas
October 12
October 12, 1888 Joe Parkin born
October 12, 1901 Bob Wallace born
October 12, 1906 Piero Taruffi born
October 12, 1908 John Crone born
October 12, 1915 Roy Prosser born
October 12, 1918 Frank Armi born
October 12, 1919 Joe Boyer won the Cincinnati Race at Cincinnati
October 12, 1925 Ed Kostenuk born
October 12, 1926 Bennett Hill won the Rockingham Race 3 at Rockingham
October 12, 1926 Leon Duray won the Rockingham Race 4 at Rockingham
October 12, 1926 Harry Hartz won the Rockingham Race 5 at Rockingham
October 12, 1927 Frank Lockhart won the Rockingham Race 2 at Rockingham
October 12, 1927 Frank Lockhart won the Rockingham Race 3 at Rockingham
October 12, 1928 Fred Comer died
October 12, 1928 Cliff Woodbury won the International Motor Classic at Rockingham
October 12, 1932 Nick Dioguardi born
October 12, 1933 Clyde Roads died
October 12, 1936 Tazio Nuvolari won the George Vanderbilt Cup at Westbury
October 12, 1941 Tony Willman died
October 12, 1943 Bertil Roos born
October 12, 1946 Bill Holland won the Charlotte Race 1 at Charlotte
October 12, 1946 Ted Horn won the Richmond Race 1 at Richmond
October 12, 1956 Mark Dismore born
October 12, 1968 H. Otis Lente died
October 12, 1981 Frank Verbeck died
October 12, 1986 Bobby Rahal won the Champion Spark Plug 300 at Laguna Seca
October 12, 2003 Paul Tracy won the Gran Premio Telmex/Gigante Presented by Banamex/Visa at Mexico City
October 12, 2003 Gil de Ferran won the Chevy 500 at Ft. Worth
October 13
October 13, 1917 Tom Alley won the Chicago Race 4 at Chicago
October 13, 1917 Ralph Mulford won the Chicago Race 5 at Chicago
October 13, 1917 Pete Henderson won the Chicago Race 6 at Chicago
October 13, 1923 Ray Brown born
October 13, 1935 Kelly Petillo won the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne
October 13, 1945 Ed Crombie born
October 13, 1946 Howard Wilcox died
October 13, 1946 Bill Holland won the Greensboro Race 3 at Greensboro
October 13, 1964 Bruce Keen died
October 13, 1968 Ronnie Bucknum won the Michigan Inaugural 250 at MIS
October 13, 1981 Phillippe Etancelin died
October 13, 1985 Duke Dinsmore died
October 13, 1985 Al Unser won the Dana 150 at Phoenix
October 13, 1989 Fred Agabashian died
October 13, 2003 Butch Brickell died
October 13, 2005 Wayne Weiler died
October 14
October 14, 1909 Bernd Rosemeyer born
October 14, 1910 William Sharp died
October 14, 1911 Harvey Herrick won the Dick Ferris Trophy Race at Santa Monica
October 14, 1911 Bruce Keene won the Jepsen Trophy Race at Santa Monica
October 14, 1911 Charles Merz won the Leon Shettler Cup Race at Santa Monica
October 14, 1911 Louis Nikrent won the Chanslor & Lyon Trophy Race at Santa Monica
October 14, 1916 Dario Resta won the Grand American Auto Race at Chicago
October 14, 1929 Dan Morgan born
October 14, 1962 Gus Monckmeier died
October 14, 1966 Ralph Snoddy died
October 14, 1974 Bob Sall died
October 14, 1978 Ronnie Bremer born
October 14, 1984 Bobby Rahal won the Stroh's Bobby Ball Memorial 150 at Phoenix
October 14, 1986 Joe Giba died
October 14, 1989 Al Unser, Jr. won the Marlboro Challenge at Laguna Seca
October 14, 2001 Max Papis won the Honda Grand Prix of Monterey Featuring the Shell 300 at Laguna Seca
October 14, 2002 Bob Gregg died
October 14, 2012 Eddie Russo died
October 15
October 15, 1899 Frank Conley born
October 15, 1911 Tom Cherry born
October 15, 1911 Buddy Rusch born
October 15, 1918 Johnny Aitken died
October 15, 1919 Chuck Stevenson born
October 15, 1937 Jorge Cupeiro born
October 15, 1939 Emil Andres won the Race of Champions at Springfield
October 15, 1950 Duke Dinsmore won the Golden State 100 at Sacramento
October 15, 1989 Rick Mears won the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca
October 15, 2000 Adrián Fernández won the Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise
October 15, 2000 Scott Goodyear won the Excite 500 at Ft. Worth
October 16
October 16, 1882 Rudolph Wehr born
October 16, 1914 Joel Thorne born
October 16, 1920 Ak Miller born
October 16, 1924 Ernie Ansterburg died
October 16, 1924 Budd Olsen born
October 16, 1927 A. Dan Cain died
October 16, 1949 Johnnie Parsons won the Langhorne 100 at Langhorne
October 16, 1955 Jimmy Bryan won the Golden State 100 at Sacramento
October 16, 1977 James McElreath died
October 16, 1988 Danny Sullivan won the Champion Spark Plug 300K at Laguna Seca
October 16, 2005 Dario Franchitti won the Toyota Indy 400 at Fontana
October 16, 2011 Dan Wheldon died
October 17
October 17, 1880 Ralph Hamlin born
October 17, 1887 Charles Cox born
October 17, 1889 William Carlson born
October 17, 1890 P. G. Thebaud born
October 17, 1906 Jack Ensley born
October 17, 1914 Bud Bardowski born
October 17, 1919 James Curley born
October 17, 1930 George Morris born
October 17, 1935 Carlos Pairetti born
October 17, 1954 Jimmy Bryan won the Golden State 100 at Sacramento
October 17, 1955 Joel Thorne died
October 17, 1999 Dario Franchitti won the Honda Indy 300 at Surfers Paradise
October 17, 1999 Mark Dismore won the Mall.com 500 at Ft. Worth
October 17, 2001 Jack Smith died
October 17, 2004 Helio Castroneves won the Chevy 500 at Ft. Worth
October 18
October 18, 1890 Grant Donaldson born
October 18, 1893 Grover Bergdoll born
October 18, 1894 Johnnie Krieger born
October 18, 1897 Dutch Baumann born
October 18, 1907 Gene Trinque born
October 18, 1942 Scott Brazier born
October 18, 1954 Rupert Jeffkins died
October 18, 1959 Tony Bettenhausen won the Bobby Ball Memorial at Phoenix
October 18, 1973 Alex Tagliani born
October 18, 1979 Louis Unser died
October 18, 1981 Rick Mears won the Copa México 150 at Mexico City
October 18, 1992 Michael Andretti won the Toyota Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca
October 18, 1998 Alex Zanardi won the Honda Indy Carnival Australia at Surfers Paradise
October 18, 1999 John Cannon died
October 19
October 19, 1864 Jap Clemens born
October 19, 1905 Roy Lake born
October 19, 1911 Billy Pearce died
October 19, 1924 Louis Zborowski died
October 19, 1946 Walt Ader won the Raleigh Race at Raleigh
October 19, 1956 Didier Theys born
October 19, 1957 W. H. Frey died
October 19, 1965 John Jones born
October 19, 1969 Mario Andretti won the Dan Gurney 200 Heat 1 at Seattle
October 19, 1969 Al Unser won the Dan Gurney 200 Heat 2 at Seattle
October 19, 1978 Enrique Bernoldi born
October 19, 1986 Michael Andretti won the Circle K/Fiesta Bowl 200 at Phoenix
October 19, 1991 Michael Andretti won the Marlboro Challenge at Laguna Seca
October 19, 1998 Kyle Kirkwood born
October 19, 2013 Will Power won the MAVTV 500 at Fontana
October 20
October 20, 1881 Rupert Jeffkins born
October 20, 1921 Manny Ayulo born
October 20, 1938 George Draper died
October 20, 1949 Eddie Haddad died
October 20, 1957 Rodger Ward won the Golden State 100 at Sacramento
October 20, 1960 Johnny Rae died
October 20, 1968 Roy Sherman died
October 20, 1970 Floyd O'Neal died
October 20, 1979 Al Unser won the Miller High Life 150 at Phoenix
October 20, 1991 Michael Andretti won the Toyota Monterey Grand Prix at Laguna Seca