# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-irvan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:51:55.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-irvan"
name: "Ernie Irvan"
slug: "ernie-irvan"
description: "Virgil Earnest Irvan, occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is perhaps best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury suffered from a crash during practice at Michigan International Speedway in 1994 that left him with only a 10% chance of survival. Irvan has been inducted into numerous halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. After a series of injuries in the late 1990s, he retired from racing in 1999."
tagline: "American racing driver"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ErnieIrvan1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1959-01-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.644224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1945224/"
    handle:    "nm1945224"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.irvan.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Irvan"
    title: "Ernie Irvan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1854523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump