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Jimmy Davies

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American racing driver

United StatesAthletesLived 1929 to 1966 · aged 36
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James Richard Davies was an American racecar driver in Champ cars and midgets. He was the second man to win three USAC National Midget Championships. S. open wheel series, a record not broken until Marco Andretti won the IRL race at Sonoma, California in 2006.

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The Kurtis 500B driven by Davies to 3rd place in the 1955 Indianapolis 500The Kurtis 500B driven by Davies to 3rd place in the 1955 Indianapolis 500

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James Richard Davies was an American racecar driver in Champ cars and midgets. He was the second man to win three USAC National Midget Championships. When Davies won the 100-mile (160 km) AAA Championship race at Del Mar, California on November 6, 1949 - aged 20 years, 2 months, 29 days, he became the youngest driver to win a race in a major U.S. open wheel series, a record not broken until Marco Andretti won the IRL race at Sonoma, California in 2006. Davies raced AAA on a false birth certificate showing him older, and was racing illegally.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1929 to 1966 · aged 36
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