Jimmy Davies (racing driver)

Jimmy Davies
Davies, circa 1963
Born	James Richard Davies (1929-08-08)August 8, 1929 Glendale, California, U.S.
Died	June 11, 1966(1966-06-11) (aged 36) Burr Ridge, Illinois, U.S.
Champ Car career
56 races run over 13 years
Years active	1949–1951, 1953–1961, 1963
Best finish	6th – 1955
First race	1949 Arlington 100 (Arlington)
Last race	1959 Bobby Ball Memorial (ASF)
First win	1949 Del Mar 100 (Del Mar)
Last win	1954 Springfield 100 (Springfield)
Wins Podiums Poles 3 9 2
Formula One World Championship career
Active years	1950–1951, 1953–1957, 1959
Teams	Kurtis Kraft, Pawl, Ewing
Entries	8 (5 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Career points	4
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	0
First entry	1950 Indianapolis 500
Last entry	1959 Indianapolis 500

James Richard Davies^[1] (August 8, 1929 – June 11, 1966)^[2] was an American racecar driver in Champ cars and midgets. He was the second man to win three USAC National Midget Championships.^[3] 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 (as did Troy Ruttman and Jim Rathmann), and was racing illegally.