Jimmy Davies
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| Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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| First start: | Indianapolis 500 1950 | ||||||||
| Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1955 | ||||||||
| Constructors | |||||||||
| 1950 Pat Clancey • 1951 LE Parks • 1953 Pat Clancey • 1954 Brown Motor Co. • 1955 Pat Clancey | |||||||||
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| World Cup balance: | Twelfth World Cup ( 1955 ) | ||||||||
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| World Cup points : | 4th | ||||||||
| Podiums : | 1 | ||||||||
| Leadership laps : | - | ||||||||
Jimmy Davies (born August 18, 1929 in Glendale , † June 11, 1966 in Chicago ) was an American racing driver .
Career
Jimmy Davies was the second driver to win three USAC National Midget Championships in the 1950s. In 1949, he became the youngest ever winner of a US monoposto race when he won the 100-mile midget race in DelMar at the age of just under 20 - a record that was only broken in 2006 by Marco Andretti . Like Troy Ruttman and Jim Rathmann, Davies forged his birth certificate in order to be able to participate in the races.
Davies drove almost only midget races and won 46 racing events in his career. In 1962, his racing car was stolen from him after a race in Indianapolis. The vehicle reappeared a year later - the car was wrecked in a race in Sacramento - when Davies recognized it from pictures in a local newspaper.
In addition to the Midget races, Davies also competed five times in the Indianapolis 500 . Since this race was part of the Formula 1 World Championship between 1950 and 1960 , Davies has five starts here as well. In 1955 he finished third in Indianapolis, his best finish in the race.
Davies died in 1966 as a result of a racing accident at the Santa Fe Speedway in Chicago.
statistics
Indy 500 results
| year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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| 1950 | 22nd | 27 | 209.840 | 17th | 128 | ||
| 1951 | 76 | 27 | 214.844 | 16 | 110 | 25th | suspension |
| 1953 | 53 | 32 | 217.660 | 10 | 193 | ||
| 1954 | 53 | DNQ | |||||
| 1 | 20 3 | 36 | drove Hanks ' car; Rd. 113–148 | ||||
| 45 | 11 5 | 30th | drove Cross ' car; Rd. 171–200 | ||||
| 1955 | 15th | 10 | 225.722 | 3 | 200 | ||
| 1956 | 31 | DNQ | |||||
| 1957 | 32 | DNQ | |||||
| 1959 | 53 | DNQ | |||||
| 1963 | 63 | DNQ |
| Legend | ||
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| colour | abbreviation | meaning |
| gold | - | victory |
| silver | - | 2nd place |
| bronze | - | 3rd place |
| green | - | Placement in the points |
| blue | - | Classified outside the point ranks |
| violet | DNF | Race not finished (did not finish) |
| NC | not classified | |
| red | DNQ | did not qualify |
| DNPQ | failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify) | |
| black | DSQ | disqualified |
| White | DNS | not at the start (did not start) |
| WD | withdrawn | |
| Light Blue | PO | only participated in the training (practiced only) |
| TD | Friday test driver | |
| without | DNP | did not participate in the training (did not practice) |
| INJ | injured or sick | |
| EX | excluded | |
| DNA | did not arrive | |
| C. | Race canceled | |
| no participation in the World Cup | ||
| other | P / bold | Pole position |
| SR / italic | Fastest race lap | |
| * | not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered |
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| () | Streak results | |
| underlined | Leader in the overall standings | |
literature
- Rick Popely, L. Spencer Riggs: Indianapolis 500 Chronicle. Publications International Ltd., Lincolnwood IL 1998, ISBN 0-7853-2798-3 .
Web links
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Davies, Jimmy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing car driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glendale (California) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 1966 |
| Place of death | Chicago |