American race car driver (died 2003)

Tony Renna

Anthony James Renna was an American racing driver who competed in Indy Lights and the Indy Racing League (IRL) from 1998 to 2003. Renna began competitive racing at the age of six, winning 252 races and two national quarter-midget championships before the age of fifteen. Renna progressed to car racing at sixteen, competing for three years in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and partnering with stock car driver Jerry Nadeau to finish second for the United States team at the 1996 EFDA Nations Cup. He progressed to Championship Auto Racing Teams' developmental series Indy Lights, winning one race during his three seasons in the championship from 1998 to 2000.

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1976

November 23

Died

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The world in 1976

When Tony arrived

april 1 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak found Apple Computer, Inc.
april 11 The Apple I is created.
april 13 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
april 13 Forty workers die in the Lapua Cartridge Factory explosion, the deadliest industrial accident in modern Finnish history.

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Alan Carr 1976– English comedian, actor, and screenwriter Alan Faneca 1976– American football player Anna Friel 1976– English actress Antoine Walker 1976– American basketball player Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira 1976– Brazilian mixed martial artist and boxer Brett Kimmorley 1976– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Chauncey Billups 1976– American basketball player Dan Cloutier 1976– Canadian ice hockey player and coach Daniel Whiston 1976– English figure skater

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