Jimmy Reece
Nation: | United States | ||||||||
Automobile world championship | |||||||||
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First start: | Indianapolis 500 1952 | ||||||||
Last start: | Indianapolis 500 1958 | ||||||||
Constructors | |||||||||
1952 John Zink 1954 Edmond J. Malloy 1955 Edmond J. Malloy 1956 Joseph Massaglia jr. 1957 Fred & Richard Sommer 1958 John Zink | |||||||||
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World Cup balance: | - | ||||||||
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James "Jimmy" Reece (born November 17, 1929 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , † September 28, 1958 in Trenton , New Jersey ) was an American racing car driver .
Career
Jimmy Reece drove in 58 races of the AAA National Series between 1952 and 1958 . As the best placement, he achieved second place four times. In 1954 he was fourth in the championship.
During this time, he competed six times in the Indianapolis 500 . In 1952 he made his debut on a Kurtis Kraft 4000 and finished the race in seventh place. He achieved his best placement in 1958 when he finished sixth. At the first start of this race he was involved in the fatal accident of Pat O'Connor . Since the 500 miles from Indianapolis were part of the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960 , Reece also has six starts in this racing series in the statistics. He couldn't score any points.
Reece had a fatal accident at the AAA National Race in Trenton in 1958 .
statistics
Indy 500 results
year | Start number | begin | Agony (km / h) | Result | Round | guide | failure |
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1952 | 37 | 23 | 215.617 | 7th | 200 | 0 | |
1954 | 25th | 7th | 222.568 | 17th | 194 | 0 | |
1955 | 5 | 15th | 225.272 | 33 | 10 | 0 | drive |
1956 | 26th | 21st | 229,922 | 9 | 200 | 0 | |
1957 | 5 | 6th | 228.506 | 18th | 182 | 0 | accelerator |
1958 | 16 | 3 | 234.155 | 6th | 200 | 0 |
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WD | withdrawn | |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 .
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Reece, Jimmy |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Reece, James |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American racing driver |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1929 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oklahoma City |
DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1958 |
Place of death | Trenton |