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Driver birthdays and races run on March 5th

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Races run on March 5th:
DateRace NameLocationSeriesWinner
03-05-1922 Beverly Hills Race 1Los Angeles Motor SpeedwayAAA Champ Car SeriesTommy Milton
03-05-1961 1961-07Asheville-Weaverville SpeedwayNASCAR Grand NationalRex White
03-05-1967 Fireball 300Asheville-Weaverville SpeedwayNASCAR Grand NationalRichard Petty
03-05-1972 Miller High Life 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston West SeriesA.J. Foyt
03-05-1972 Miller High Life 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupA.J. Foyt
03-05-1973 Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewayAustralian Touring Car ChampionshipAllan Moffat
03-05-1977 South African Grand PrixKyalami CircuitFormula OneNiki Lauda
03-05-1978 Symmons PlainsSymmons Plains RacewayAustralian Touring Car ChampionshipPeter Brock
03-05-1978 Carolina 500North Carolina Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupDavid Pearson
03-05-1983 Coca-Cola 200North Carolina Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman SeriesDale Earnhardt
03-05-1988 Goodwrench 200North Carolina Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Busch North SeriesMark Martin
03-05-1988 Goodwrench 200North Carolina Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Busch Grand National SeriesMark Martin
03-05-1989 Amaroo ParkAmaroo Park RacewayAustralian Touring Car ChampionshipJohn Bowe
03-05-1989 Goodwrench 500North Carolina Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupRusty Wallace
03-05-1994 Hardee's Frisco 250Richmond International RacewayNASCAR Busch Grand National SeriesJoe Nemechek
03-05-1995 1995-01Bicentennial ParkFirestone / Dayton Indy LightsGreg Moore
03-05-1995 Marlboro Grand Prix of Miami Pres. by ToyotaBicentennial ParkCARTJacques Villeneuve
03-05-1995 Pontiac Excitement 400Richmond International RacewayNASCAR Winston CupTerry Labonte
03-05-1999 The Orleans 150Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston West SeriesJerry Nadeau
03-05-2000 CarsDirect.com 400Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupJeff Burton
03-05-2005 Grand Prix of MiamiHomestead-Miami SpeedwayGrand-Am Rolex Sports Car SeriesMax Angelelli
Wayne Taylor
03-05-2006 Telcel-Motorola 200 Presented by BanamexAutodromo Hermanos RodriguezNASCAR Busch SeriesDenny Hamlin
03-05-2010 Atlanta 150Atlanta Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Whelen Southern Modified TourCorey LaJoie
03-05-2011 Grand Prix of MiamiHomestead-Miami SpeedwayNASCAR Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car SeriesScott Pruett
Memo Rojas
03-05-2011 Sam's Town 300Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Nationwide SeriesMark Martin
03-05-2016 Clipsal 500 #1Adelaide Grand Prix CircuitVirgin Australia SupercarsJamie Whincup
03-05-2016 Clipsal 500 #2Adelaide Grand Prix CircuitVirgin Australia SupercarsJames Courtney
03-05-2016 Boyd Gaming 300Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Xfinity SeriesKyle Busch
03-05-2017 Clipsal 500 #2Adelaide Grand Prix CircuitVirgin Australia SupercarsShane Van Gisbergen
03-05-2017 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500Atlanta Motor SpeedwayMonster Energy NASCAR CupBrad Keselowski
03-05-2021 Bucked Up 200Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayCamping World Truck SeriesJohn H. Nemechek
03-05-2022 Beaurepaires Sydney SuperNight #1Sydney Motorsport ParkRepco Supercars ChampionshipShane Van Gisbergen
03-05-2022 Alsco Uniforms 300Las Vegas Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Xfinity SeriesTy Gibbs
03-05-2023 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand PrixBahrain International CircuitFormula OneMax Verstappen
03-05-2023 Firestone Grand Prix of St. PetersburgStreets of St. PetersburgNTT IndyCar SeriesMarcus Ericsson
03-05-2026 General Tire 150Phoenix RacewayARCA Menards Series WestCarson Brown
03-05-2026 General Tire 150Phoenix RacewayARCA Menards SeriesCarson Brown


Races shown are ones from any of the series tracked by racing-reference.info.

Drivers born on March 5th:
DriverBirthdate
  Bill Sockwell03-05-1913
  Jim Mayes03-05-1920
  Dick Klank03-05-1922
  Armand Boller03-05-1924
  Jimmy Roland03-05-1926
  Dick Dixon03-05-1929
  Graham McRae03-05-1940
  Graeme Ibbotson03-05-1943
  Daryl Habich03-05-1944
  Rick Scarf03-05-1945
  Gilles Lussier03-05-1945
  Michel Gabriel03-05-1952
  Tracy Potter03-05-1954
  Brad Holman03-05-1955
  Paul Drayson03-05-1960
  Len Krautheim III03-05-1964
  David Moyer03-05-1964
  David Cottrill03-05-1966
  Derrick Tiemersma03-05-1967
  Jeff Taylor03-05-1967
  Dany Gagnon03-05-1968
  Eric Corbett03-05-1971
  Arianna Casoli03-05-1974
  Katsumi Yamamoto03-05-1975
  Luciano Burti03-05-1975
  Phil Giebler03-05-1979
  Jason Young03-05-1983
  Chris Johnson03-05-1983
  Cale Gale03-05-1985
  Sage Karam03-05-1995
  Austin Wayne Self03-05-1996
  Kyle Kaiser03-05-1996
  Robert Megennis03-05-2000