Driver birthdays and races run on October 1st

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Date	Race Name	Location	Series	Winner
Races run on October 1st:
10-01-1910	Wheatley Hills Sweepstakes	Long Island Motor Parkway	AAA Champ Car Series	Frank Gelnaw
10-01-1910	William K. Vanderbilt Cup	Long Island Motor Parkway	AAA Champ Car Series	Harry Grant
10-01-1910	Massepequa Sweepstakes	Long Island Motor Parkway	AAA Champ Car Series	Bill Endicott
10-01-1921	Fresno Race 2	Fresno Speedway	AAA Champ Car Series	Earl Cooper
10-01-1950	Springfield 100	Illinois State Fairgrounds	AAA Champ Car Series	Tony Bettenhausen
10-01-1950	1950-16	Vernon Fairgrounds	NASCAR Grand National	Dick Linder
10-01-1961	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway	NASCAR Grand National	Rex White
10-01-1966	1966-14	San Gabriel Valley Speedway	Pacific Coast Late Model Division	Johnny Steele
10-01-1967	United States Grand Prix	Watkins Glen International	Formula One	Jimmy Clark
10-01-1967	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	USAC Champ Car Series	A.J. Foyt
10-01-1967	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	NASCAR Grand National	Richard Petty
10-01-1972	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Richard Petty
10-01-1972	Sacramento 100	West Capitol Raceway	NASCAR Winston West Series	Ray Elder
10-01-1978	Toyota Grand Prix of the United States	Watkins Glen International	Formula One	Carlos Reutemann
10-01-1978	Daily Express Indy Silverstone	Silverstone Circuit	USAC Champ Car Series	A.J. Foyt
10-01-1978	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Cale Yarborough
10-01-1983	Solomon Enterprises 200	Orange County Speedway	NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series	Sam Ard
10-01-1988	7-Up 100	Cajon Speedway	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour	Troy Beebe
10-01-1988	Rowe Ford 100	Oxford Plains Speedway	NASCAR Busch North Series	Mike Rowe
10-01-1989	Winston 200	Sears Point International Raceway	NASCAR Winston West Series	Bill Schmitt
10-01-1989	Tio Pepe Grand Prix of Spain	Circuito Permanente de Jerez	Formula One	Ayrton Senna
10-01-1989	Coca-Cola Fall Final	Stafford Motor Speedway	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour	Reggie Ruggiero
10-01-1994	Coors 100	Orange Show Speedway	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour	Doug McCoun
10-01-1994	Winchester ARCA 150	Winchester Speedway	ARCA Hooters SuperCar Series	Gary Bradberry
10-01-1995	Tooheys 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	Exhibition / Unclassified	Russell Ingall Larry Perkins
10-01-1995	Grand Prix of Europe	Nurburgring	Formula One	Michael Schumacher
10-01-1995	Featherlite Trailers Winchester 400	Winchester Speedway	Slim Jim All-Pro Series	Mike Cope
10-01-1995	Carquest Fall Final	Stafford Motor Speedway	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour	Mike Stefanik
10-01-1995	Tyson Holly Farms 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Mark Martin
10-01-1997	EasyCare Certified 200	Lowe's Motor Speedway	ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series	Tim Steele
10-01-1999	Oktoberfest 200	La Crosse Fairgrounds Speedway	RE/MAX Challenge Series	Eddie Hoffman
10-01-2000	2000-11	Streets of Houston	Firestone / Dayton Indy Lights	Casey Mears
10-01-2000	NAPA Autocare 500	Martinsville Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Tony Stewart
10-01-2000	Texaco Grand Prix of Houston	Streets of Houston	CART	Jimmy Vasser
10-01-2000	Winchester 400	Winchester Speedway	ASA National Tour	Gary St. Amant
10-01-2005	Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	American Le Mans Series	Frank Biela Emanuele Pirro
10-01-2005	Adams Construction / Star Country 150	Motor Mile Speedway	NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour	Brian Loftin
10-01-2005	Allstate Texas Thunder 200	Thunder Hill Raceway	NASCAR West Series	Steve Portenga
10-01-2005	Burnham Hydronics 200 Pres. by Mohegan Sun	Lime Rock Park	NASCAR Busch North Series	Matt Kobyluck
10-01-2005	Food World 300	Talladega Superspeedway	ARCA Re/Max Series	Kraig Kinser
10-01-2006	Netherlands Sprint	Circuit Park Zandvoort	A1 Grand Prix	Adrian Zaugg
10-01-2006	Netherlands Feature	Circuit Park Zandvoort	A1 Grand Prix	Nico Hulkenberg
10-01-2006	Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit	Formula One	Michael Schumacher
10-01-2006	Banquet 400 Presented by ConAgra Foods	Kansas Speedway	NASCAR Nextel Cup	Tony Stewart
10-01-2009	Kansas Lottery 150	Kansas Speedway	ARCA Re/Max Series	Parker Kligerman
10-01-2011	Kentucky 225	Kentucky Speedway	Camping World Truck Series	Ron Hornaday, Jr.
10-01-2011	OneMain Financial 200	Dover International Speedway	NASCAR Nationwide Series	Carl Edwards
10-01-2011	Round 13	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	FIA Formula Two	Mihai Marinescu
10-01-2011	Caraway 150	Caraway Speedway	NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour	Andy Seuss
10-01-2011	Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	American Le Mans Series	Pedro Lamy Franck Montagny Stephane Sarrazin
10-01-2016	Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	Weathertech SportsCar Championship	Oswaldo Negri, Jr. John Pew Olivier Pla
10-01-2016	DC Solar 350	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Camping World Truck Series	Tyler Reddick
10-01-2016	West Coast Sportsman 75	Madera Speedway	Exhibition / Unclassified	Derek Copeland
10-01-2017	NASCAR corre por Chiapas	Autodromo de Chiapas	NASCAR Peak Mexico Series	Abraham Calderon
10-01-2017	Petronas Malaysia Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	Formula One	Max Verstappen
10-01-2017	NAPA Fall Final 150	Stafford Motor Speedway	NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour	Eric Goodale
10-01-2017	All American 400	Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville	Exhibition / Unclassified	Donnie Wilson
10-01-2017	Apache Warrior 400	Dover International Speedway	Monster Energy NASCAR Cup	Kyle Busch
10-01-2022	Chevy Silverado 250	Talladega Superspeedway	Camping World Truck Series	Matt DiBenedetto
10-01-2022	Sparks 300	Talladega Superspeedway	NASCAR Xfinity Series	A.J. Allmendinger
10-01-2022	Herr's Snacks 200	Salem Speedway	ARCA Menards Series	Sammy Smith
10-01-2022	NAPA AutoCare 150	All American Speedway	ARCA Menards Series West	Cole Moore
10-01-2023	YellaWood 500	Talladega Superspeedway	NASCAR Cup Series	Ryan Blaney

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

Driver	Birthdate
Drivers born on October 1st:
Ernie Ansterburg	10-01-1891
Clarence DeZalia	10-01-1919
Willy Mairesse	10-01-1928
Mel Larson	10-01-1929
Frank Gardner	10-01-1931
Neil Castles	10-01-1934
Leo Cella	10-01-1938
Steve O'Rourke	10-01-1940
Gene Riniker	10-01-1941
Jean-Pierre Jabouille	10-01-1942
Bob Kelly	10-01-1944
John Krebs	10-01-1950
Carroll Adamy	10-01-1950
Robbin Slaughter	10-01-1953
Hal Prewitt	10-01-1954
Jim Stringer	10-01-1955
Tony Longhurst	10-01-1957
Brian Simo	10-01-1959
Mark Simo	10-01-1959
Mike Hoke	10-01-1960
Steve Nowakowski	10-01-1962
Jean-Denis Deletraz	10-01-1963
Edouard Chaufour	10-01-1963
Bruce Driver	10-01-1964
Jerome Policand	10-01-1964
Christopher Titus	10-01-1964
Glenn Moon	10-01-1965
Tim Strojny	10-01-1966
Tracy Goodson	10-01-1968
Aaron Call	10-01-1968
Chris Schmelzle	10-01-1974
Hiroshi Hamaguachi	10-01-1976
Jeffrey van Hooydonk	10-01-1977
Burt Frisselle	10-01-1981
Matt Griffin	10-01-1982
Travis Stearns	10-01-1984
Scott Mansell	10-01-1985
Wolfgang Reip	10-01-1987
Scott Bishop	10-01-1991
Jehan Daruvala	10-01-1998
Ryan Repko	10-01-1999
Michael Killen	10-01-2006