Retired in 1969 and later ran a gas station in julian, california, in the mountains near san diego. Profile for racing driver johnny baldwin from united states. John harvey was one of australias most versatile racing car drivers. Johnny baldwin racing career profile driver database. Morrison retiring funny car driver johnny gray is an oilman from artesia, n. Benson has raced across nascars three national series cup, busch, truck, and his career highlights include the 1993 american speed association acdelco challenge series championship, the 1995 nascar busch series championship, the 1996. At age 22, he became the youngest driver to win the indianapolis 500 in 1952. However, johnny didnt do much as he ended up in the middle of a 37 car pile up right at the start of the race. Johnny baldwin the champ car and indy car online stats. Meseraull is a young hard charging midget driver that pulled off a usac national midget win early in the year at the. Historical driver database of nascar cup series drivers 1949.
But, thats the point of it, to train you to be a racing driver. Massaglia hotel, hart fullerton, dunn engineering, pat clancy, bromme, ernest ruiz. Johnny oconnell born july 24, 1962 is the most successful gm factory racing driver from the united states. Click on the year to see the standings for that year. Baldwin s only indianapolis attempt saw him assist former formula 1 world champion, giuseppe farina. Ive been watching him all my life go down this race track, but to be at the same event racing almost the same race car as him. Drivers with last names starting with b racingreference. He won 14 of the 25 races which comprised he 1958 nascar midget. Johnny allen born september 17, 1934, in greenville, south carolina was a nascar grand national series driver from 19551967. The mile high banked paved oval,located on east tully road, operated from 19461977. He drove in the usac championship car series, racing in the 1963 and 1964 seasons, with 11 career starts, including the 1964 indianapolis 500. Jack baldwin is a legend in road racing, with wins in every series that he has competed in, as well as victories at every major. Home indianapolis motor speedway collection johnny baldwin headshot, 1956 reference url share.
Midget driver ace, a popular driver who kept links with the sport for most of his life, mainly through his role as a racing photographer. Further information on this record can be found at its source. By the early 70s hed won many southern california races, and points championships five times at three tracks in 73 and. Johnny baldwin born 30 mar 1922 fresno, california. This car is close to my heart because my dad purchased this car from london about mid 1962 as pictured below, and owned it until 1967. Midget midget lite vintage bay cities racing association. Our database contains statistics, information and history of nascar car numbers. Inductee ivan baldwin started his racing career in 1966 with little fanfare, other than being suspended for the 67 season after a dispute with an official in 68 he was back, winning for the first time on september 29th at orange show speedway. Cody jessop scored fifth place in the pavement drivers championship and scored the johnny baldwin most improved driver. He currently races junior champ karts and usac quarter midgets. We can only hope to touch on a few of the highlights of his 16 years of racing.
Johnny kay born 27 dec 1922 new britain, connecticut. Tom boune midget lite sportsmanship award michael donaldson johnny baldwin midget most improved driver of the year. He was a fine race car driver but, more important, he was a quality individual. So i got a jump on jerry on the start and i held the lead for 25 laps and won it. Johnny thomson born 09 apr 1922 lowell, massachusetts.
Maybe someone can help me here, and tell me if these racing drivers are related in any form to dan the man, maybe justin himself. David probst had his best run of the year in third while fred turner and tony powell closed out the topfive. Never fully recovered from a career ending crash in 1957. The bcra club is an outstanding group of racers and supporters and i just wanted to thank those with the bcra that arranged for me to come out to california for this special race at santa maria speedway. Baldwin, johnny, 19222000 automobile racing drivers goggles helmets. Jack baldwin born may 31, 1948 in marietta, georgia is a race car driver. Getting into any top fuel car would be a dream for baldwin.
Johnny gray is retiring from racing, but not from helping. Johnny baldwin usa vintage auto, vintage cars, ferrari scuderia, full history. Now, at 37, he is crew chief for one of nascars top race teams. It was a hard, dry track and there were a lot of prominent drivers there like johnny boyd, johnny baldwin and edgar elder. Allen filled in for jack smith in the 1961 volunteer 500 at bristol motor speedway and won the race, but the win. He considers bandimere speedway his home track, and childrens. Andy linden born 05 apr 1922 brownsville, pennsylvania. History vintage cageless midget picture thread page. In 1950 he won the mile high auto racing association title and won over 75 features in colorado during a career that continued into the late 1950s. The bay cities racing association bcra is northern californias premier oval track racing organization. Kay was inducted into the new england auto racing hall of fame in 2006. John bishop, hurley haywood, peter gregg, they were all there.
Current racing series nascar cup series xfinity series. He raced in the southern californian region for nearly twenty five years, starting his career in 1946. From familys perry hall auto shop to nascar, crew chief john. Drivers added as stats become available there are 1251 drivers with a last name starting with the letter b in the the third turn databases. Usac national championship 1956 standings driver database. He worked in a machine shop and was a fan of the local corpus christie track, where his first race car was a kaiser. He was also very active with the local vintage open wheel groups. Driver johnny baldwin career statistics racingreference. Johnny allen was stationed in the service in corpus christie, texas in the mid 50s.
Baldwin gave valuable feedback about the ferrari v12 engined car. Hank butcher, johnny coy and roy sherman are the drivers to be honored and steve lewis is the car owner. Choppy baldwin gene baldwin jack baldwin jack baldwin james baldwin jesse baldwin johnny baldwin johnny baldwin leo baldwin leo baldwin mike baldwin tom baldwin dick bales red bales renato balestrero joe baley jeb. Johnny raced stock cars, sprint cars, 34 midgets, midgets, and indy cars in his vast racing career. Johnny rodriguez y2k, a classic picture from steve lafond. Johnny started racing in 1938 as a 16 year old at his home track of lowell, massachusetts before joining the us air force as a crew chief, fighting in italy and corsica with. May 19, 2000 johnny baldwin nationality american born march 30, 1922 hometown fresno, california died may 19, 2000 place of death sonora, california racing career summary. Johnny roberts maryland stock car racing hall of fame. Add tags comment to link to this object, paste this link in email, im or document to embed this object, paste this html in website. Richard allen baldwin june 10, 1955 june 12, 1997 was an american racing driver who competed on the nascar circuit. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover johnny s. He formerly competed in the cart series before switching to the indycar series where he was 2007 champion. Driver johnny baldwin poses for a professional headshot.
The class was a mix of old grand american cars see 90 ralph baldwin, 1a fuzzy fassett, 97, dave gibbs and former street stock cars see jim payeas 89 and that oldsmobile at bottom. To try and tell every detail and trophy awarded to this ace driver would be an impossibility. He currently drives for cadillac in the pirelli world challenge, winning the 2012, 20, 2014 and 2015 gt driver s championship. Midget legend with many race wins and titles to his name. Johnny baldwin nationality american born march 30, 1922 hometown fresno, california died may 19, 2000 place of death sonora, california racing career summary.
We were just there trying to see what we could do, trying to be a racecar driver. He was a 9 time driving champion and showed the pros a thing or two about racing. But, johnny was a brave man as well as a top driver in his field. Johnny baldwin usa red race, ferrari scuderia, johnny.
There were 248 inductees after the 2019 induction ceremony. Eventual season champ gary wade finley showed why he would be the best driver all year long, holding off mickey york for the victory. Born in peachtree city, georgia, in 1986, reed sorenson started racing quarter. Its pretty monumental in my career, admitted baldwin. The bay cities racing association and santa maria speedway present the 2nd annual johnny baldwin memorial race on october 16th sponsored by finish line towing. John, who was 59, died of heart failure in the early hours of tuesday morning. Baker from 37th to 9th in 10 laps, isaac 38th to 2nd by lap 40 and pearson from 40th to the lead on lap 55. Brad keselowski jimmie johnson joey logano kyle busch kurt busch. John force racing links up with baldwin filters area sports.
Putting a new driver in the car with the aim to qualify the car within two days of time, the chance. I am excited about this race event and i am learning alot about your drivers and i am looking forward. In the late 1940s and early 50s the track featured the racing roadsters and the california stock car racing association with drivers such as ray raneri, mike batinich, joe valente. Sep, 2004 page 1 of 6 2nd annual johnny baldwin memorial posted in midgetmadness forum. He won one race in his career, the 1962 myers brothers 200 at the bowmangray stadium on june 16, 1962. He holds a slim 80 point advantage over second place with just 4 more races to go. Yeley at the monster mile next weekend september 2830 to remind fans to drive sober and arrive alive. George follmer drove a stock block v8 chevy powered car to a stunning upset victory in the usac championship jimmy bryan 150 at phoenix international raceway. Bromme offenhauser ewing offenhauser kurtis 500 offenhauser. After being a predominantly 410 sprint car driver on dirt for most of his six year driving career, elk groves johnny rodriguez plans to broaden his horizons in 2002. I was racing a cortina that my brother owned, but the first real racecar for me was a formula. He ran a few races each season between 1983 and 1985, running his selfowned dodge mirada and chrysler imperial on june 14, 1986, baldwin was substituting for the injured buddy arrington at the miller american 400 at michigan international speedway, part of the nascar.
Page 4 of 6 2nd annual johnny baldwin memorial posted in midgetmadness forum. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Records also indicate several victories with aaa including events at south bend, indiana and milwaukee. The hall of fame is located at angell park speedway in sun prairie, wisconsin, and can be accessed during weekly sunday races during the summer. Baldwin gene baldwin jack baldwin jack baldwin james baldwin jesse baldwin johnny baldwin johnny baldwin leo baldwin leo baldwin mike baldwin tom baldwin dick bales red bales renato balestrero joe baley. Maria cofer scored a solid fourth place for the pavement series for herself as the driver for her pavement car owners, the aratas storcks garage. Born in warren, michigan, white died in indianapolis, indiana.
Jack baldwin is a legend in road racing, with wins in every series that he has competed in, as well as victories at every major race track in the united states during his successful career that has spanned four decades. Sep 21, 2018 at age 5, john klausmeier would dismantle wornout carburetors in his familys perry hall auto shop to examine their innards. For 60yearold funny car driver johnny gray and his pitch energy team, the 49th annual auto club nhra. A former us marine, this colossus of a man became one of the top sprint, midget and aaa drivers just after world war 2, but at his peak he was left brain damaged when his helmet was pierced. Sauter is the son of former nascar driver jim sauter, the brother of nascar drivers tim sauter and jay sauter. National midget auto racing hall of fame wikipedia. In a limited schedule as a sub for the injured zeb wise in 2018, cole bodine rossville, ind. The team is based in mooresville, north carolina, and is owned by former crew chief tommy baldwin jr. Baldwin s debut came in 1971, when he competed at riverside. Gene goodling won the super modified race at the lincoln speedway, hanover,pa jackie mclaughlin won the modified stock car race at the flemington fairgrounds speedway, in flemington nj. May 19, 2000 johnny baldwin born 30 mar 1922 fresno, california. Starting in 1942, the bcra continues the rich tradition open wheel racing on both dirt and pavement tracks. He was the first drag racer to earn american driver of the year when a national panel of motorsports journalists selected him in 1996. The drivers sent to the back put on an early race charge.
Page 3 of 6 2nd annual johnny baldwin memorial posted in midgetmadness forum. Whether it was touring cars, speedway racers, sportscars, openwheelers or even a solar car. In 1997, the bcra midget series went against the winged trend, and removed the wings by popular vote of the membership. The delaware office of highway safety ohs will again team up with nascar driver j. He will be reposing hartnett funeral home, 561 jerusalem ave. Alltime baja celebrity racers include steve mcqueen and. Ivan baldwin was a nascar driver who competed in six winston cup series events in his career. Racing aces like michael schumacher, lewis hamilton and dale earnhardt jr. Retired in 1966, but continued to race until 1990 in midget vintages. Johnny even raced the beach course from 53 until the super speedway came into existence. View johnny baldwin s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Thomas meseraullthomas meseraull from san jose, california is currently leading the bcra point standings. This site is dedicated to the memory of everyone who contributed to the success that made the san jose speedway one of the most successful short tracks ever. Paul newmanactor, race car driver, philanthropist gunnar nilssonformula 1 driver sergio nolascoowner of mexicos finest formula 3 road racing team aaron norrismotion picture and tv producer.
Johnny franklin larry damitz rudy tarditi bob rosen mike vukovich bob bockover jane bockover tom motter. The last trophy johnny won was for winning the opening race for the new beltsville speedway in 1965. Oct 30, 2003 johnny boyd, a race car driver who once finished third in the indianapolis 500, died on oct. International speed bowl a vintage stock car racing site. The national midget auto racing hall of fame is a hall of fame and museum for midget cars. Tommy baldwin racing is an american professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the modified ranks. Year outdoor indoor 2014 chad nichols 20 floyd alvis 2012 floyd alvis 2011 nick foster jr. It would mean the world to me to get that shot, baldwin said. The 1989 florida 200 was a charlottedaytona dash series event held at daytona international speedway on february 17, 1989. Starting 28th in the field of forty, baldwin lost an engine on the second lap and finished a disappointing 39th. View mobile site jokeypsych endgamehonest galaxyquest.