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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.
Reference Desk
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| Type | Title | |
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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 |
| Date | Article | Author/Source |
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| 9 January 2010 | NASCAR Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrust | Mike Bliss Mallory Hope Ernie Irvan |
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| Model Kit - AMT 6731 | Kodak film Olds | 1:25 scale, Ernie Irvan #4 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 4 | Ernie Irvan | #4 Kodak Chevrolet |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 264 | Race 1: Daytona | Daytona 500 by STP, Ernie Irvan #4 Kodak Chevrolet |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 282 | Race 18: Watkins Glen | Budweiser at the Glen, Ernie Irvan #4 Kodak Chevrolet |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC27 | Ernie Irvan | #28 Texaco Havoline Ford Thunderbird |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC88 | Screamin' Steel: Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline | #28 Texaco Havoline Ford Thunderbird |
| Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC136 | Truckin': Ernie Irvan | Bryan Reffner #44 1-800-Collect Ford F-150 |
