Jimmy Reece

Jimmy Reece

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
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
statistics
World Cup balance:	-
Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

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
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
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	WD	withdrawn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
	()	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

1. ↑ Race results