Jimmy Davies, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jimmy Davies

racecar driver

Date of Birth: 18-Aug-1929

Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States

Date of Death: 11-Jun-1966

Profession: motorcycle racer, racing automobile driver, Formula One driver

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

James Richard Davies (August 8, 1929 – June 11, 1966) 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 (as did Troy Ruttman and Jim Rathmann), and was racing illegally.