Auto Race Car Driver. He was a legendary sprint car and super modified driver, with a career spanning the mid 1950s to early 1980s. Many times a champion (he won the Knoxville Nationals in 1966), he raced against many of the notable drivers, such as A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Jan Opperman, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones. Elected a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and the Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame, he was felled by cancer in December of 2004.
Auto Race Car Driver. He was a legendary sprint car and super modified driver, with a career spanning the mid 1950s to early 1980s. Many times a champion (he won the Knoxville Nationals in 1966), he raced against many of the notable drivers, such as A.J. Foyt, Johnny Rutherford, Jan Opperman, Mario Andretti, Parnelli Jones. Elected a member of the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and the Knoxville Raceway Hall of Fame, he was felled by cancer in December of 2004.
Bio by: Jack H. Keller
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