24 hours of Le Mans: won by the team of Olivier GendebienOlivier Gendebien born January 12, 1924 in Brussels, Belgium and died on October 2, 1998 in Les Baux de Provence, in the Bouches-du-Rhone departement of France, was a war hero and race car driver. Born into a wealthy family, an heir to the industrial hold / Phil HillPhilip Toll Hill Jr. born April 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida, is the only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship. Raised in Santa Monica, California, where he still lives, Phil Hill began racing cars at an early age, going to Engla driving a Ferrari 330LMFerrari is an Italian manufacturer of racing cars and high-performance sports cars formed by Enzo Ferrari in 1929. At first, Scuderia Ferrari sponsored drivers and manufactured racecars; the company went into independent car production in 1946, eventually
Rally racingRallying (International) or Rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. There are several categories of rally cars. In the FIA World Rally Championship, the cars - the team of Erik CarlssonErik Carlsson aka Mr Saab, born 1929, Swedish rally driver for Saab automobile: 1957 1st in the Finland Rally in a Saab 93 1959 1st in the Swedish Rally in a Saab 93 1960, 1961, 1962 1st in the RAC Rally in a Saab 96 1961 4th in the Monte Carlo Rally in a / Gunnar Haggbom won the Monte Carlo RallyThe Monte Carlo Rally is an automobile racing event organized each year by the Automobile Club de Monaco who also organize the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco and the Monaco Kart Cup. The race takes place along the French Riviera in the Principality of Monaco and driving a Saab 96The Saab 96 is an automobile made by Saab. It was introduced in 1960 and it was produced until January 1980. First it had a 841 cc, 38 hp (28 kW) three cylinder two-stroke engine. The front was taken from the Saab 93, but the rear was new and gave the 96
Drag racingDrag racing is a form of auto racing in which cars attempt to complete a fairly short, straight and level course in the shortest amount of time. Drag racing originated in the United States and is still most popular there. The most common distance is one q - Jack Chrisman won Top Eliminator at the NHRA Nationals
October: National League pennant playoff: After finishing tied for the league lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played-off for the title. The Giants won the series 2 games to 1, thereby winning the National League championship.