May 13th in Racing History

2006 Greg Biffle held off a determined Jeff Gordon in the 2006 Dodge Charger 500.

2003 Steve Kinser, Joey Saldana and Greg Hodnett started first through third and finished in those same positions in a World of Outlaws Sprint car series race at Delaware International Speedway. They wouldn't return there until 2009.

1995 The bar was still pretty low, but Ron Hornaday Jr. won his third - and at that point it was the most in the series - win at Evergreen Speedway in the Craftsman Truck Series.

1984 Local hot shoes Alan Kulwicki and Dick Trickle finished second and third, but Sam Ard carried the day in the Red Carpet 200 at the Milwaukee Mile.

1979 Lee James won two World of Outlaws Sprint car races in 1979 and one of these came at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN.

1962 May 13th was a great day for Iggy Katona. He won back-to-back MARC (now ARCA) races. His 1961 victory came at Cloverleaf Speedway and 1962 was taken at Heidelburg Raceway.

1950 Nino Farina did not make very many Formula 1 starts - two to be exact - but he won his first attempt in the 1950 Grand Prix d'Europe