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Indy Top 5 Finishing Order + Pole, 1999

1999 SeasonNo.EventWinner2nd3rd4th5thPole1Indy 200 at WDWE. CheeverS. GoodyearJ. WardS. SharpR. BoeselS. Sharp2WorldCom 200S. GoodyearJ. WardR. BuhlB. BoatS. HarringtonG. Ray3Indianapolis…

NASCAR Top 5 Finishing Order + Pole, 2001

2001 SEASONNo.EventWinner2nd3rd4th5thPole1Daytona 500M. Waltrip D. Earnhardt Jr.R. WallaceR. RuddB. ElliottB. Elliott2Dura Lube 400S. ParkB. LabonteJ. GordonT. StewartR. CravenJ. Gordon3UAW-…

Washington, Martha

(Encyclopedia) Washington, Martha, 1731–1802, wife of George Washington, b. New Kent co., Va. The daughter of John Dandridge and Frances Jones Dandridge, she first married (1749) Daniel Parke Custis…

Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl of

(Encyclopedia) Derby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl ofDerby, Thomas Stanley, 1st earl ofdärˈbē [key], 1435?–1504, English nobleman. During the Wars of the Roses, Stanley was ostensibly a supporter of the…

Saintonge

(Encyclopedia) SaintongeSaintongesăNtôNzhˈ [key], region of W France, on the Bay of Biscay. It is now part of the Charente-Maritime dept. Cattle and sheep raising, dairying, and the manufacture of…

Coppola, Sophia Carmina

(Encyclopedia) Coppola, Sophia Carmina, , 1971- , American director, screenwriter, and actress, b. New York City. The youngest child of director…

Hyde Park, town, United States

(Encyclopedia) Hyde Park, town (2020 pop. 21,021), Dutchess co., SE N.Y., on the Hudson River; settled c.1740. It is famous as the site of the…

Anderson, Marian

(Encyclopedia) Anderson, Marian, 1897–1993, American contralto, b. Philadelphia. She was the first African American to be named a permanent member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, as well as the…