1950: Dick Linder wins the last of two Cup races at Hamburg (N.Y.) Speedway, taking the checkered flag 20 yards ahead of Fireball Roberts. Curtis Turner is third, one lap back on the half-mile dirt track.
Today in History: August 27
August 27, 2011, Sporting News Wire Service, NASCAR.com
1950: Dick Linder wins the last of two Cup races at Hamburg (N.Y.) Speedway, taking the checkered flag 20 yards ahead of Fireball Roberts. Curtis Turner is third, one lap back on the half-mile dirt track.