ON THIS DAY IN MOTORSPORT - MAY 14 BIRTHS:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Sabine Schmitz (Sabine Reck while married; born 14 May 1969) - professional motor racing driver for BMW and Porsche, also known for driving the BMW Ring taxi around the Nürburgring race track as well as being a television personality. According to her own estimates, Schmitz has gone around the track more than 30,000 times, increasing by approximately 1200 per year. Her familiarity with the circuit earned her the nicknames Queen of the Nürburgring and the fastest taxi driver in the world. ————— RACE WINS: ————— V8 SUPERCARS/AUSTRALIAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP * Allan Moffat WINS THE 1971 ATCC round 4 at Surfers Paradise Racewayin the Team Coca-Cola AMR Ford Boss 302 Mustang Steven Richards wins the 2006 V8SC round 3 at Barbagallo Raceway in the Jack Daniels Racing Holden VZ Commodore FORMULA 1:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Stirling Moss wins the 1961 Grand Prix of Monaco in the #20 Rob Walker Racing Team Lotus Mk18 / Climax 1.5 L4 Jean-Pierre Beltoise wins the 1972 Grand Prix of Monaco in the #17 Marlboro-BRM BRM P160B / BRM P142 Michael Schumacher wins the 1995 Marlboro Grand Prix of Spain in the #1 Mild Seven Benetton RenaultBenetton B195 / Renault RS7 Fernando Alonso wins the 2006 Grand Prix of Spain in the #1 Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R26/Renault RS26 USAC/CART/IRL/INDYCAR:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| * Michael Andretti wins the 2000 Firestone Firehawk 500K at Twin Ring Motegi in the #6 Big Kmart / Texaco-Havoline (Newman Haas Racing)Lola / Ford NASCAR:||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Joe Weatherly wins the 1960 Rebel 300 at Darlington in the #12 Holman-Moody 60 Ford Ned Jarrett wins the 1965 Tidewater 250 at Hampton VA in the #11 Bondy Long 65 Ford Cale Yarborough wins the 1978 Winston 500 at Talladega in the #11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)Oldsmobile Kasey Kahne wins the 2005 Chevy American Revolution 400 at Richmond in the #9 Dodge Dealers/UAW (Ray Evernham) Dodge https://youtube/watch?v=cRu_8cxvbVA
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