October 17

October 17 is the 290th (291st in leap years) day of the modern Gregorian calendar.
==Births==
* 1906: Jack Ensley (d. 1972)
* 1907: François Landon (d. 1997)
* 1926: Roberto Lippi (d. 2011)
* 1979: Kimi Räikkönen
==Deaths==
* 1955: Joel Thorne, private plane crash (b. 1914)
* 2002: Bob Gregg (b. 1920)
==Events==
(Italics indicates a non-championship race)
* 1953: 
* 1981: 
* 1999: 
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