Ingrams family indicated monday morning that the former driver, a multipletime champion in. He retired from racing in 1963, but kept close contacts with the sport. A list of car numbers and the most memorable driver to occupy a car with that number. Who better to restore the cars than the mechanics who kept them racing. Racing people we have lost since the end of the 2016 season nothing fancy here. Mcmurray, rudd, and curtis turner are the closest to junior with two wins. Virginias past and present is paved with racing daily. It opens with footage of the spectacular flip of jacks car the previous year on the. Chuck rodee fatal accident at indy 500 may 14, 1966 video.
Branson was a truck driver initially, who after world war 2, started racing in midgets. Fortunately, ruth was more than happy to tell the tale of the little car that could. Jack hawksworth joins joe gibbs racing for midohio. A native of seattle, turner began racing in the northwest in 1938. He continued to work as a dentist during his racing career and was often referred to. Rare sports films vintage baseball video sports auto. Napa auto parts super dirt week driver announcements. Drag racing in memoriam drag racing, drag racing photos. Big bill france, the founder of nascar, said in 1972 that curtis turner was the greatest race car driver i have ever seen. Track officials look on helplessly as the car burns with the driver pinned underneath. He finished in 32nd in 1962 after crashing to avoid jack turner, and 28th in. He moved to the midlands and soon after the war had premises at seisdon near wolverhampton. Insane car collision compilation of 2019 horrible driving fails part 22. Black jack boggs randy boggs don bohlander crip bolan steve boley denny bonebrake ray bontrager.
From the late 1940s, jack turner built a series of oneoff specials, and prepared racing cars, including building his own engines. Jack turner racing driver jump to navigation jump to search. Formula one statistical overview edit formula one career edit. Harry turner history posted in vintage midget racing.
Apart from the shorter wheelbase, the chassis followed the general layout of the turner sports cars but it is the eventual engine which is interesting. One crash saw him unscathed, but the other two caused broken pelvis, crushed vertebrae and burns. Individualism and social consciousness in america university of chicago press, 2012. Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series gander outdoors truck series arca menards west series arca menards east series arca menards series pintys series whelen modified tour weekly racing series peak mexico series whelen euro series ntt indycar series indy lights series formula one series weathertech sportscar champ. Turner motorsport future race car driver childs tshirt every kid dreams of being a be race car driver. The 1949 nascar strictly stock season was the inaugural season of professional stock car racing in the united states.
Jack turner is associate professor of political science at the university of washington. Up to the 2017 season, ken squier would address the crowd at thunder road at the first race and inform them of any racing figures we had lost since the preceding season. Turner, full name john ellsworth turner, but often known simply as cactus jack, was lucky to survive not one, but three crashes at the indianapolis motor speedway in the 1960s. Curtis turner april 12, 1924 october 4, 1970 was an early nascar driver. Alexander engineering, a tuning firm and turner dealer, built a oneoff turner gt in 1961. In postwar britain, there was plenty of demand for just such cars. Specialists of bmw brake parts, bmw suspension upgrades.
He won his first race in a sprinter at 16 and now he seems to be able to win just about everywhere he goes. During that period our family owned both the new speedway park in stoney creek, and also merrittville speedway in thorold. Vintage baseball video sports auto racing events rare sports films. Bobby turner jack tyne gary ulrick harry underwood bernie ungar bill van allen alan vaughn dennis vernon. American race car driver known for racing in the indianapolis 500 in the late 1990s. Apr 28, 20 1961 indy 500, the car in the air is jack turner.
One of smiths more memorable races was a loss when his car tumbled over the wall at the darlington raceway in 1954, as he tried to chase down race leader fireball roberts. Curtis turner poses with the car he drove to a secondplace finish in the nascar modifiedsportsman race on the daytona beachroad course. Explore jack turner racing driver profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of jack turner. Hall of famer jack ingram seriously hurt in car accident. Latest and breaking news on jack turner racing driver. Marquez extends lead with 50th career race win at czech motogp hondas marc marquez claimed his 50th career race win with victory at the czech motogp on sunday after the race had originally been delayed by 45 minutes due to rain. The season concluded with the wilkes 200 at north wilkesboro speedway on october 16. Throughout his life, he developed a reputation for drinking and partying. Imp sponsored by guy automobiles thruxton april 1971 john turners guys automobile engineers rapid hillman imp ready to go home after a busy day at the office see the tyre marks on the side panel.
Walter hassan, the coventry climax development engineer and jack turner were friends. Nascar hall of famer jack ingram was seriously injured in a car accident in his hometown on dec. Don turner decided to try his hand at stock car racing, when speedway park opened its doors in the spring of 1962. In his time, he was about as good as any of them that come along. Car owners pappy and bob allen jim anderson sonny aurther smiley burnett. Restoring vintage indy 500 cars is a labor of love for these former race mechanics. Tim flock, a two time grand national champion, echoed france when he said in 1997 that curtis was the greatest driver who ever ran in nascar.
Beginning at charlotte speedway on june 19, 1949, the season included eight races and two exhibition races. Indianapolis, indiana, united states of america usa. John turner, skoda driver tentenths motorsport forum. Jack clarke born 1 march 1988 in effingham, surrey is a professional race car driver. One of the sprint car greats, killed in a sprint car crash. Jack hawksworth, a former indycar driver and current imsa racer, will make his xfinity series debut this weekend in the joe gibbs racing no. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. The illini racing series is pleased to be competing in the harry turner classic at wilmot on saturday 814. In 1955 the company began to produce the first production sports car, the turner a30 from their premises at 32 merridale street, wolverhampton. All of these halfhour films are entirely different, even as they each show the events recorded during the month of may, 1962 at the speedway and the 500mile race itself. Wing commander and established turner race car driver ken mackenzie designed the gt body for it with help from tim fry and mike parkes. Federal prosecutors charged racecar driver scott tucker and his attorney wednesday with running a fraudulent payday lending operation that allegedly overcharged customers hundred of. Turner motorsport future race car driver childs tshirt. He specializes in american political thought, critical race theory, democratic theory, and liberalism and its critics.
These bright yellow childrens tshirts show off yourtheir enthusiasm for racing and support for the turner motorsport grandam and rolex teams. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Each of those and the many others weve lost made a unique and worthy contribution to all that is drag racing today. Welsh engineer and motor racing enthusiast jack henry turner was born in abergavenny on the 1 st april 1916. A bad crash causes problems at the indy 500 motor race. For some of the youngsters who dont recognize the name, harrys long time assistant gregg kishline prepared the following. Jack turner february 12, 1920 seattle, washington september 12, 2004 renton, washington was an american racecar driver. In addition to his success in racing, he made a fortune, lost it, and remade it buying and selling timberlands. Jack turner nationality american born february 12, 1920 hometown seattle, washington died september 12, 2004 place of death renton, washington racing career summary. The first cars for sale were based on one of the specials, and consisted of chassis, independent suspension units using transverse leaf springs, and turner s own alloy wheels. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Jack decided to manufacture his own sports cars and founded turner sports cars wolverhampton limited, with john webb as a fellow director.
Indy 500 results year car start qual rank finish laps led retired 1956 54 24 142. Unlike today, when a driver wishing to go racing on a budget joins the queue at a production racing car manufacturer, it was then cheaper for webb to commission a completely new car. Jack turnergp f1cactus jackcar racerindy carscar and driverroad racingnascarrace cars. Profile for racing driver jack turner from united states. He began his racing career in 1946 when he finished 18th in a field of 18 contestants in a race at mt. Clarke is the stepson of exformula one and british touring car championship driver julian bailey. Days of thunder 1990 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The car was created by jack turner, a welshman who cut his engineering teeth prepping race cars for competition. This list is the most simple, yet eloquent example of why i felt a drag racing archive was so necessary. This unsung british sports car was a tiny terror on the. John webb driving a 2 litre, formula 2 turner car at prescott in 1955. Jack turner, and existed to produce affordable lightweight sports cars for use on the street and on the race track. Initially it was quite tough for don, with a young family to support, so he also worked in a petrol station.
A fourtime formula one drivers champion, only michael schumacher seventime championship has equalled or surpassed his number of titles. Jack turner racing driver interesting stories about. Don turner the blue streak 41 years of devotion and 1980 modified champion. Harry turner harry turners racing career lasted 50 years.