"National Sprint Car Hall Of Famer" Jimmy Wilburn Dies - August 26, 1984

November 25, 1908 - August 26, 1984

Jimmy Wilburn

Home:Los Angeles, California, USA.

Jimmy won a non-points Championship Car race at Lakewood Speedway in March 1946 which is the first known Champ Car race to be held after the end of World War II. Later that year he drove in the 1946 Indianapolis 500 driving an Alfa Romeo and started 16th and retired after 52 laps with engine trouble, credited with the 19th finishing position. He was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 1994.

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