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Driver birthdays and races run on October 2nd

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Races run on October 2nd:
DateRace NameLocationSeriesWinner
10-02-1912 William K. Vanderbilt CupWauwatosa Road Race CourseAAA Champ Car SeriesRalph DePalma
10-02-1924 Fresno 150Fresno SpeedwayAAA Champ Car SeriesEarl Cooper
10-02-1949 1949-07Heidelberg RacewayNASCAR Strictly StockLee Petty
10-02-1954 1954-08Balboa StadiumPacific Coast Late Model DivisionRobert Caswell
10-02-1960 Wilkes 320North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNASCAR Grand NationalRex White
10-02-1966 United States Grand PrixWatkins Glen InternationalFormula OneJimmy Clark
10-02-1966 Wilkes 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNASCAR Grand NationalDick Hutcherson
10-02-1977 United States Grand Prix - EastWatkins Glen InternationalFormula OneJames Hunt
10-02-1977 Wilkes 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupDarrell Waltrip
10-02-1979 Vermont Milk BowlThunder Road International SpeedbowlNASCAR North TourStub Fadden
10-02-1983 Stroh's Foliage 100Thunder Road International SpeedbowlStroh's TourChuck Bown
10-02-1983 Holly Farms 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupDarrell Waltrip
10-02-1988 Tio Pepe Grand Prix of SpainCircuito Permanente de JerezFormula OneAlain Prost
10-02-1993 Polaroid 300Orange County SpeedwayNASCAR Busch Grand National SeriesHermie Sadler
10-02-1994 Tooheys 1000Mount Panorama CircuitExhibition / UnclassifiedJohn Bowe
Dick Johnson
10-02-1994 Tyson Holly Farms 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayNASCAR Winston CupGeoffrey Bodine
10-02-1994 Fall FinalStafford Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Featherlite Modified TourWayne Anderson
10-02-1994 Featherlite Trailers Winchester 400Winchester SpeedwaySlim Jim All-Pro SeriesMike Cope
10-02-1996 First Plus 200Lowe's Motor SpeedwayARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde SeriesTim Steele
10-02-1999 Greased Lightning 400Nashville SpeedwaySlim Jim All-Pro SeriesWayne Anderson
10-02-1999 NAPA 100 Presented by ProlongIrwindale SpeedwayNASCAR Featherlite Southwest TourKurt Busch
10-02-1999 North Carolina Sweet Potato 400Orange County SpeedwayASA National TourJimmie Johnson
10-02-1999 Goody's Body Pain 200Martinsville SpeedwayNASCAR Featherlite Modified TourReggie Ruggiero
10-02-2004 California 100California SpeedwayInfiniti / Indy Pro SeriesJames Chesson
10-02-2004 American Racing Wheels 200California SpeedwayNASCAR Craftsman Truck SeriesTodd Bodine
10-02-2004 Food World 300Talladega SuperspeedwayARCA Re/Max SeriesBlake Feese
10-02-2005 UAW-Ford 500Talladega SuperspeedwayNASCAR Nextel CupDale Jarrett
10-02-2005 Carquest Fall FinalStafford Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Whelen Modified TourTony Hirschman
10-02-2009 Lightning Fast 150Ace SpeedwayNASCAR Whelen Southern Modified TourGeorge Brunnhoelzl III
10-02-2010 Petit Le MansRoad AtlantaAmerican Le Mans SeriesPedro Lamy
Franck Montagny
Stephane Sarrazin
10-02-2010 Fuzzy's Ultra Premium Vodka 100Homestead-Miami SpeedwayFirestone Indy Lights SeriesBrandon Wagner
10-02-2010 Cafes do Brasil Indy 300Homestead-Miami SpeedwayIZOD IndyCar SeriesScott Dixon
10-02-2010 Kansas Lottery 300Kansas SpeedwayNASCAR Nationwide SeriesJoey Logano
10-02-2011 Goodyear 240Autodromo Miguel E. AbedCorona Mexico SeriesRogelio Lopez
10-02-2011 Kentucky 100Kentucky SpeedwayFirestone Indy Lights SeriesStefan Wilson
10-02-2011 Round 14Autodromo Nazionale di MonzaFIA Formula TwoMirko Bortolotti
10-02-2011 Carquest Fall FinalStafford Motor SpeedwayNASCAR Whelen Modified TourTed Christopher
10-02-2011 Kentucky Indy 300Kentucky SpeedwayIZOD IndyCar SeriesEd Carpenter
10-02-2011 AAA 400Dover International SpeedwayNASCAR Sprint CupKurt Busch
10-02-2016 Drive Sober 200Dover International SpeedwayNASCAR Xfinity SeriesDaniel Suarez
10-02-2016 All American 400Fairgrounds Speedway NashvilleExhibition / UnclassifiedBubba Pollard
10-02-2016 Citizen Soldier 400Dover International SpeedwayNASCAR Sprint CupMartin Truex Jr
10-02-2016 Petronas Malaysia Grand PrixSepang International CircuitFormula OneDaniel Ricciardo
10-02-2020 IndyCar Harvest Grand Prix Race 1Indianapolis Grand Prix CircuitNTT IndyCar SeriesJosef Newgarden
10-02-2020 Gran Premio QueretaroQUERETARONASCAR Peak Mexico SeriesSalvador de Alba, Jr.
10-02-2020 Gran Premio QueretaroQUERETARONASCAR FedEx ChallengeAlex de Alba
10-02-2021 VP Racing Fuels Grand Prix of Mid-Ohio (1)Mid-Ohio Sports Car CourseIndy Lights SeriesKyle Kirkwood
10-02-2021 Chevy Silverado 250Talladega SuperspeedwayCamping World Truck SeriesTate Fogleman
10-02-2021 Sparks 300Talladega SuperspeedwayNASCAR Xfinity SeriesBrandon Brown
10-02-2021 Aaron's 125Florence Motor SpeedwayCARS Late Model Stock TourKaden Honeycutt
10-02-2021 Sioux Chief PowerPEX 200Salem SpeedwayARCA Menards SeriesJesse Love
10-02-2022 YellaWood 500Talladega SuperspeedwayNASCAR Cup SeriesChase Elliott
10-02-2022 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand PrixMarina Bay Street CircuitFormula One
10-02-2022 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand PrixMarina Bay Street CircuitFormula One


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

Drivers born on October 2nd:
DriverBirthdate
  Lee Frayer10-02-1874
  Joe Rogers10-02-1901
  Smokey Purser10-02-1904
  Jan Flinterman10-02-1919
  Fran Jischke10-02-1920
  Mike Nazaruk10-02-1921
  Giorgio Scarlatti10-02-1921
  Jim Cook10-02-1921
  Richard Spittle10-02-1922
  Paul Goldsmith10-02-1925
  Jack Bowsher10-02-1930
  Glen Ward10-02-1946
  Michael Bleekemolen10-02-1949
  Bobby Fisher10-02-1950
  Carl Pasteryak10-02-1950
  Randy Becker10-02-1952
  Tony Hulin10-02-1952
  Lee Raymond10-02-1954
  Jim Waters10-02-1960
  John Goodacre10-02-1961
  Steven Knipe10-02-1962
  Joe Barnes10-02-1963
  Chuck Schartzer10-02-1965
  Bob Faieta10-02-1966
  Stacy Vicars10-02-1971
  Mark Porter10-02-1974
  Richard Gould10-02-1974
  Mike Abram10-02-1979
  Kyle Hadley10-02-1979
  Kristi Schmitt10-02-1980
  Jason Hogan10-02-1982
  Ashley Stremme10-02-1984
  Jake Keaton10-02-1985
  Ricky Stenhouse Jr10-02-1987
  Trevor Ward10-02-1990
  Connor Bloum10-02-1991
  Larry ten Voorde10-02-1996
  Larry Voorde10-02-1996
  Anderson Bowen10-02-1997