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Ernie Irvan
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Ernie Irvan
Person
Born: January 13, 1959
Full Name: Virgil Earnest Irvan
Hometown: Modesto, California, United States
A
NASCAR driver and 1991
Daytona 500 winner.
History
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Ernie Irvan page on 30 June 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Virgil Earnest "Ernie" Irvan (born January 13, 1959) is a retired American stock car racing driver. A former competitor in NASCAR, he is best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury at Michigan International Speedway. He is inducted in numerous halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. After a series of concussions in the late 1990s, Irvan retired from racing in 1999.
Early career
Irvan began his racing career driving karts in California in 1968 at the age of nine. He won the California Championship at the age of 15. In 1974, Irvan finished second in the country in his class at the national kart championship races. In 1975, Irvan moved up to stock cars at the age of 16 at Stockton 99 Speedway and was victorious in his first race on asphalt in a semi-main event. From then until 1981 Irvan raced every weekend at Madera and Stockton, California, winning numerous feature events. He missed his high school graduation ceremony to race at Riverside, California. During this time, he lost his best friend, Tim Williamson, in a racing accident at Riverside, several months before he was slated to test in Winston Cup.
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1999  Book | No Fear: Ernie Irvan: The NASCAR Driver's Story of Tragedy and Triumph by Ernie Irvan and Peter Golenbock with Debra Hart Nelson, Hyperion |
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1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
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1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photo ©John Walczak. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©1992 John Walczak
All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
Photo Courtesy
Photo ©1992 John Walczak
All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
Photo Courtesy
Photo ©1992 John Walczak
All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
Photo Courtesy
Photo ©1992 John Walczak
All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.
View photo of Ernie Irvan at the 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test - 1,682KB |
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1997 Pocono 500
Ernie would win the final of his 15 wins the following week at Michigan.
Photo by Mike Traverse
View photo of Ernie Irvan at the 1997 Pocono 500 - 112KB
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