Driver birthdays and races run on October 17th

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Date	Race Name	Location	Series	Winner
Races run on October 17th:
10-17-1954	1954-36	Martinsville Speedway	NASCAR Grand National	Lee Petty
10-17-1954	Golden State 100	California State Fairgrounds	AAA Champ Car Series	Jimmy Bryan
10-17-1964	Ascot Park 200	Ascot Park	Pacific Coast Late Model Division	Dick Bown
10-17-1965	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway	NASCAR Grand National	Fred Lorenzen
10-17-1969	1969-49	Savannah Speedway	NASCAR Grand National	Bobby Isaac
10-17-1970	1970_18	Ascot Park	NASCAR Grand National West	Jack McCoy
10-17-1971	Delaware 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Richard Petty
10-17-1976	Race 3	Riverside International Raceway	IROC	Cale Yarborough
10-17-1981	Caesars Palace Grand Prix	Caesars Palace	Formula One	Alan Jones
10-17-1982	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Darrell Waltrip
10-17-1982	Southern Auto Racing News 200	Hickory Speedway	NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series	Jack Ingram
10-17-1992	October Classic 200	Mesa Marin Raceway	NASCAR Featherlite Southwest Tour	Rick Carelli
10-17-1993	Meineke Discount Mufflers 300	Mesa Marin Raceway	NASCAR Winston West Series	Bill Sedgwick
10-17-1993	Snap-On Tools World Series	Thompson Speedway	NASCAR Winston Modified Tour	Jeff Fuller
10-17-1993	All American 400	Nashville Speedway	NASCAR Winston All Pro Series	Mike Garvey
10-17-1993	Advance Auto Parts 500	Martinsville Speedway	NASCAR Busch Grand National Series	Chuck Bown
10-17-1998	Pepsi 400	Daytona International Speedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Jeff Gordon
10-17-1998	Carquest Auto Parts 250	Gateway International Raceway	NASCAR Busch Grand National Series	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
10-17-1998	Spears Manufacturing 250	Mesa Marin Raceway	NASCAR Winston West Series	Sean Woodside
10-17-1998	Dodge Dealers 200K	Lime Rock Park	NASCAR Busch North Series	Mike Stefanik
10-17-1999	Mall.com 500	Texas Motor Speedway	Pep Boys Indy Racing League	Mark Dismore
10-17-1999	Re-Refined Oil 250	Mesa Marin Raceway	NASCAR Winston West Series	Sean Woodside
10-17-1999	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit	Formula One	Eddie Irvine
10-17-1999	Honda Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	CART	Dario Franchitti
10-17-1999	Sunoco World Series	Thompson Speedway	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour	Rick Fuller
10-17-1999	Winston 500	Talladega Superspeedway	NASCAR Winston Cup	Dale Earnhardt
10-17-2004	Xtra Mart World Series of Auto Racing	Thompson Speedway	NASCAR Featherlite Modified Tour	Mike Stefanik
10-17-2004	Chevy 500	Texas Motor Speedway	IndyCar Series	Helio Castroneves
10-17-2004	StarNursery.com 150	Mesa Marin Raceway	NASCAR West Series	Brett Thompson
10-17-2009	NASCAR Banking 500 Only From Bank of America	Lowe's Motor Speedway	NASCAR Sprint Cup	Jimmie Johnson
10-17-2010	Puebla 240 presentado por Pennzoil	Autodromo Miguel E. Abed	Corona Mexico Series	German Quiroga
10-17-2010	Sunoco World Series of Speedway Racing	Thompson Speedway	NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour	Ted Christopher
10-17-2015	Toyota / NAPA Auto Parts 150	All American Speedway	NASCAR K&N Pro Series West	Gracin Raz
10-17-2015	World Series 100	Thompson Speedway	ACT Late Model Tour	Brian Hoar
10-17-2015	Kansas Lottery 300	Kansas Speedway	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Kyle Busch
10-17-2020	Clean Harbors 200	Kansas Speedway	NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series	Brett Moffitt
10-17-2020	Kansas Lottery 300	Kansas Speedway	NASCAR Xfinity Series	Chase Briscoe
10-17-2020	Motul Petit Le Mans	Road Atlanta	Weathertech SportsCar Championship	Ryan Briscoe Scott Dixon Renger van der Zande
10-17-2021	Autotrader Echo Park Automotive 500	Texas Motor Speedway	NASCAR Cup Series	Kyle Larson

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

Driver	Birthdate
Drivers born on October 17th:
Ralph Hamlin	10-17-1880
Charles Cox	10-17-1887
Jack Ensley	10-17-1906
Bud Bardowski	10-17-1914
Roberto Lippi	10-17-1926
Joe Harrison	10-17-1928
Jack Zink	10-17-1928
John Dalton	10-17-1930
John Ziemba	10-17-1934
Carlos Pairetti	10-17-1935
Ed Livingston	10-17-1935
Gene Hobby	10-17-1937
Dale Williams	10-17-1938
Yvon DuHamel	10-17-1939
Olindo Iacobelli	10-17-1945
Peter Owen	10-17-1946
Denny Wilson	10-17-1946
Mark Beard	10-17-1948
Pat Jones	10-17-1952
Rich Thiel	10-17-1956
Steve Paquette	10-17-1957
Tony Taranto	10-17-1959
Daryl Lacks	10-17-1960
Gary Hawes	10-17-1961
Peter Gazzard	10-17-1961
Con Nicolopoulos	10-17-1961
Blair Smith	10-17-1964
Mike Snow	10-17-1965
Tommy Kendall	10-17-1966
Yannick Mallegol	10-17-1968
Doug Vander	10-17-1970
Shane Sawyer	10-17-1971
Tim Boulton	10-17-1972
Chad Mullis	10-17-1976
Gaetano Ardagna	10-17-1977
Brian Eckliff	10-17-1978
Kimi Raikkonen	10-17-1979
Milo Valverde	10-17-1980
Alessandro Balzan	10-17-1980
Simon Dion-Viens	10-17-1982
Scott Saunders	10-17-1988
Corey Lewis	10-17-1991
Mikael Grenier	10-17-1992
Mandy Chick	10-17-2001
Jake Sheridan	10-17-2002