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is a former NASCAR Xfinity Series race car driver and champion. At that time the Xfinity series was known as the "Late Model Sportsman Series". Nicknamed the "Iron Man", during eight seasons in the Xfinity Series, he won 31 races and 5 poles, as well as the 1982 and 1985 championships. Unlike most younger competitors, Ingram won his 31 races between the age of 45 and age 50. During most of his time in the series he drove the Skoal Bandit car (1984 to 1991). Throughout his Xfinity Series career he almost always raced in the #11 car. At age 75, he was still competing in the Late Model Sportsman Division at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, South Carolina. His first Xfinity series start didn't come until 1982 when he was 45 years old. He won an astounding seven times in his first season and claimed the Championship. His first start came at Daytona where he finished a disappointing 31st; but he rebounded and only five races later he would be in victory lane at Hickory Speedway. From race

number three of the schedule until race number twenty eight, he only had two finishes worse than 6th; and posted 23 top five finishes. In 1983 he won on five occasions; but would finish second in the points getting beat by Sam Ard. 1984 was a repeat of 1983 and even though Ingram won eight times; Ard was far dominant and beat Ingram for the championship by over 400 points. Although Ard won eight times also; he posted 24 top five finishes in the twenty eight race schedule; 19 times in the top three. In 1985 Ingram again found himself back on top as he beat Jimmy Hensley by 29 points to again claim the Championship. In 1987 he claimed his final Xfinity win; it also came at

Hickory Speedway where he started fifth; led 185 of the 200 laps to beat Mike Alexander for the win. His final Xfinity start came on August 3rd 1991. He would start 26th and drive his way through the field to finish ninth. After his NASCAR Xfinity retirement in 1991, he held the record for the most wins in the Xfinity Series, until it was broken by Mark Martin in 1997.... most of who's records was later broken by Kyle Busch. In 2007, Ingram was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame. For his career, Ingram ran in 275 Xfinity races, and claimed 31 wins, with 122 top fives, and 164 top ten finishes. He also ran in the Cup series infrequently. He ran 10 Cup

events from 1965-1969. His first Cup start came at Hickory Speedway in NC. It wasn't a very memorable start as he would start 26th; and be out after only four laps finishing 26th. His best Cup finish also came at Hickory Speedway. It came on June 2, 1967; where he would start sixth and finish second behind a dominant Richard Petty Plymouth. He ran only four races in 1967; and had four more starts in 1968. He did not race in Cup again until he ran four races in 1979 but could only muster a best finish of 25th. He did not race Cup in 1980 and he raced his final 5 Cup events in 1981. His final career start would be his best finish of 1981. It would come at Charlotte in the National 500

wheeling the #13 Carolina Tools car. He started 18th; ran a very competitive race and finished ninth. He ran a total of 19 Cup races with a best finish of second at Hickory Speedway in 1967. Ingram also won the Late Model Sportsman Division Championship in 1972; 1973; and 1974 before it came under the NASCAR umbrella. He was voted the Xfinity series Most Popular driver in 1982. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007; and in 2013, Ingram was nominated for the NASCAR Hall of Fame; and was inducted into it in 2014. In 2017 Ingram was involved in a near fatal car crash. He ran a stop sign and was struck broadside in the drivers door, and suffered internal injuries. He was placed in the ICU and heavily sedated to help him heal. He suffered five broken ribs, a collapsed lung and a puncture wound on his left side in the crash. He also suffered internal bleeding and a damaged spleen. After more than a month, Ingram had improved greatly, and was released to go home. Known unilaterally as “The Iron Man” for his relentless, hard driving style to win, along with the incredible schedule he kept crisscrossing the country racing wherever there was a checkered flag to be captured, Ingram owned, built and worked on the cars himself and although his talent could have allowed him to compete in the premier series of NASCAR, he chose to stay in the series he knew and loved best. Some info from Wikipedia

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JACK OWEN INGRAM - 12/28/1936 - 06/25/2021