Jack Ensley
James Robert "Jack" Ensley (born October 17, 1910 , † January 13, 1972 ) was an American entrepreneur and racing driver .
Career
Jack Ensley was a professional entrepreneur. In the US state of Arizona he owned other golf courses , restaurants, and arcades . He also sold exclusive sports cars . In his youth he worked as a professional dancer and was for some time the dance partner of actress Joan Crawford .
In the 1950s and 1960s he was active as a men's driver in motorsport. He mainly drove sports car races and tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 mile race in 1958 at the age of 48 . The second qualification attempt in 1959 also failed.
In sports car racing, he was involved in the SCCA National Sports Car Championship , where he competed regularly until 1969. He won seven championship runs, the last one in 1969 when he won a race in Savannah on a Lola T70 . He had international races in particular at the 12-hour race in Sebring , where he was third overall in 1956 . Jack Ensley died in January 1972 of cancer .
statistics
Sebring results
year | team | vehicle | Teammate | placement | Failure reason |
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1955 | Jack Ensley | Kurtis Force 500 | Jim Rathmann | failure | Engine failure |
1956 | Jack Ensley | Jaguar D-Type | Bob Sweikert | Rank 3 | |
1957 | Jack Ensley | Jaguar D-Type | Pat O'Connor | failure | Breakage of the front axle |
Individual results in the sports car world championship
season | team | race car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th |
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1953 | Jack Ensley | Kurtis Force 500 | SEB | MIM | LEM | SPA | ONLY | RTT | CAP |
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1955 | Jack Ensley | Kurtis Force 500 | BUA | SEB | MIM | LEM | RTT | TAR | |
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1956 | Jack Ensley | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | KRI | ||
3 | |||||||||
1957 | Jack Ensley | Jaguar D-Type | BUA | SEB | MIM | ONLY | LEM | KRI | CAR |
DNF |
literature
- Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ensley, Jack |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ensley, James Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American entrepreneur and racing car driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1910 |
DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 1972 |