Editing Jimmy Reece

{{short description|American racing driver (1929–1958)}}
{{distinguish|Jimmie Reese}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name              = Jimmy Reece
| image             = 
| caption           = 
| nationality       = 
| birth_name        = James Garland Reece
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1929|11|17}}
| birth_place       = [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1958|09|28|1929|11|17}}
| death_place       = [[Trenton, New Jersey]], U.S.
| titles            = 
| awards            = 
| module1           = {{Infobox Champ Car driver|child=yes
  | years             = 1952–1958
  | Total_Champ_Races = 58
  | Years_In_Champ    = 7
  | Champ_Car_Team    = 
  | Best_Champ_Pos    = 4th (tie) – [[1954 AAA Championship Car season|1954]]
  | First_Champ_Race  = [[1952 AAA Championship Car season|1952]] [[1952 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]] ([[Indianapolis Motor Speedway|Indianapolis]])
  | Last_Champ_Race   = [[1958 USAC Championship Car season|1958]] [[Trenton 150|Trenton 100]] ([[Trenton Speedway|Trenton]])
  | First_Champ_Win   = 
  | Last_Champ_Win    = 
  | Champ_Wins        = 0
  | Champ_Podiums     = 7
  | Champ_Poles       = 3
}}
| module2 = {{Infobox F1 driver
  | child = yes
  |Years         = {{F1|1952}}, {{F1|1954}}–{{F1|1958}}
  |Team(s)       = [[Pankratz]], [[Kurtis Kraft]], [[A. J. Watson|Watson]], [[Lesovsky]]
  |Races         = 6
  |Championships = 0
  |Wins          = 0
  |Podiums       = 0
  |Points        = 0
  |Poles         = 0
  |Fastest laps  = 0
  |First race    = [[1952 Indianapolis 500]]
  |First win     =
  |Last win      =
  |Last race     = [[1958 Indianapolis 500]]
}}}}

'''James Garland Reece Sr.'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Reece |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/ReeceJimmy.htm |access-date=2023-06-11 |website=www.champcarstats.com}}</ref> (November 17, 1929 – September 28, 1958)<ref name=mem>{{Cite web |title=Motorsport Memorial - Jimmy Reece |url=http://www.motorsportmemorial.org/focus.php?db=ct&n=541 |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=Motorsport Memorial}}</ref> was an American [[racecar driver]].  He died in an accident during a 1958 [[American open-wheel car racing|Champ Car]] race at [[Trenton Speedway]].

==1954 Bobby Ball Memorial race==
On November 8, 1954, Reece crashed during the [[Bobby Ball Memorial]], an [[AAA Contest Board|AAA]] Champ Car event held at the [[Arizona State Fairgrounds]], sustaining "a punctured lung, fractured right shoulder and possible internal injuries when his car flipped coming out of the south turn [...] and crashed into the east wall."<ref>{{cite news|title=Driver injured in race crash|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=b_NXAAAAIBAJ&pg=5049%2C2396768|newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review|Spokane Daily Chronicle]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=November 9, 1954}}</ref>

==AAA Championship Trail==
Reece and [[Bill Vukovich]] tied for 4th in the [[1954 AAA Championship Car season|1954 AAA championship standings]].  Reece scored 1000 points in 6 races by finishing 2nd, 3rd or 5th; Vukovich scored 1000 points for winning the [[1954 Indianapolis 500|Indianapolis 500]].

==Death==
On September 28, 1958, Reece was killed during a [[United States Automobile Club|USAC]] Champ Car race held at [[Trenton Speedway]].  On the first turn of the last lap, Reece's inside wheels got into the dirt next to the concrete track, causing his car to change its direction and run up an embankment.  After bursting through a two-foot wooden fence on the edge of the track, the Kurtis 500G spiraled through the air and smashed down on a hurricane fence, having ejected Reece, who died of multiple injuries in an ambulance.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reece killed in Trenton crash|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G38eAAAAIBAJ&pg=3815%2C4304356|newspaper=[[The Daytona Beach News-Journal|Daytona Beach Morning Journal]]|agency=Associated Press|date=September 29, 1958}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Reece killed in Trenton crash|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2FdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5962%2C6303245|newspaper=[[Reading Eagle]]|agency=[[United Press International]]|date=September 29, 1958}}</ref>

==Indianapolis 500 results==
{{col-begin|width=auto}}
{{col-break}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Year
!Car
!Start
!Qual
!Rank
!Finish
!Laps
!Led
!Retired
|-
![[1952 Indianapolis 500|1952]]
|37
|23
|133.993
|29
|7
|200
|0
|Running
|-
![[1954 Indianapolis 500|1954]]
|25
|7
|138.312
|18
|17
|194
|0
|Flagged
|-
![[1955 Indianapolis 500|1955]]
|5
|15
|139.991
|12
|33
|10
|0
|Rod
|-
![[1956 Indianapolis 500|1956]]
|26
|21
|142.885
|14
|9
|200
|0
|Running
|-
![[1957 Indianapolis 500|1957]]
|5
|6
|142.006
|11
|18
|182
|0
|Throttle
|-
![[1958 Indianapolis 500|1958]]
|16
|3
|145.513
|3
|6
|200
|0
|Running
|-
|colspan=6|'''Totals'''
|976
|0
|
|}
{{col-break|gap=1em}}
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Starts
|6
|-
!Poles
|0
|-
!Front Row
|1
|-
!Wins
|0
|-
!Top 5
|0
|-
!Top 10
|3
|-
!Retired
|2
|}
{{col-end}}

==World Championship career summary==
The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Jimmy Reece participated in 6 World Championship races but scored no World Championship points.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Find a Grave|5859142}}

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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:1958 deaths]]
[[Category:American people of Welsh descent]]
[[Category:Racing drivers from Oklahoma City]]
[[Category:Indianapolis 500 drivers]]
[[Category:AAA Championship Car drivers]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:Racing drivers who died while racing]]
[[Category:Sports deaths in New Jersey]]


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