Jack Ingram
Ingram in 2011
BornDecember 28, 1936
Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
DiedJune 25, 2021(2021-06-25) (aged 84)
Achievements1972 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
1973 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
1974 Late Model Sportsman Division Champion
1982 Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Champion
1985 Busch Grand National Series Champion
Led Busch Grand National Series in wins (1982, 1985, 1986)
Awards1982 Busch Grand National Series Most Popular Driver
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998)
International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2007)
NASCAR Hall of Fame (2014)
Named one of NASCAR's 75 Greatest Drivers (2023)
NASCAR Cup Series career
19 races run over 6 years
Best finish47th (1981)
First race1965 Buddy Shuman 250 (Hickory)
Last race1981 National 500 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
275 races run over 10 years
Best finish1st (1982, 1985)
First race1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race1991 Kroger 200 (IRP)
First win1982 Mountain Dew 300 (Hickory)
Last win1987 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles
31 164 5
Statistics current as of April 10, 2013.

Jack Ingram (December 28, 1936 – June 25, 2021) was an American NASCAR Busch Series race car driver. Nicknamed the "Iron Man",[1] during eight seasons in the Busch 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.[1]

Career

During most of his time in the series he drove the Skoal Bandit car (1984–1991).[2][3] Throughout his Busch Series career he almost always raced in the No. 11 car.[2] During the 1986 season, Ingram was suspended for two races by NASCAR after ramming a driver during a race in Asheville, North Carolina at the New Asheville Speedway.[4]

Jack Ingram got his start at the New Asheville Speedway, and there he was a marquee driver along with rival Bob Pressley.

After his NBS retirement in 1991, he held the record for the most wins in the Busch Series, until it was broken by Mark Martin in 1997.[5] As of August 17, 2019, he is currently 6th in career wins in the series.[1]

Prior to the inauguration of the Busch Series in 1982 Ingram had won three consecutive Late Model Sportsman Championships in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

In 2007, Ingram was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.[5]

In 2013, Ingram was nominated into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and was inducted the following year.[6]

Death

Ingram died on June 25, 2021, at the age of 84.[7]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 NGNC Pts Ref
1965 Langley Racing 64 Ford RSD DAY DAY DAY PIF ASW RCH HBO ATL GPS NWS MAR CLB BRI DAR LGY BGS HCY CLT CCF ASH HAR NSV BIR ATL GPS MBS VAL DAY ODS OBS ISP GLN BRI NSV CCF AWS SMR PIF AUG CLB DTS BLV BGS DAR HCY
26 		LIN ODS RCH MAR NWS CLT HBO CAR DTS 140th 16 [8]
1966 Emory Gilliam 00 Dodge AUG RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT DTS ASH
19 		PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS DAY ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT CAR 112th 112 [9]
1967 Ingram Racing 81 Chevy AUG RSD DAY DAY DAY AWS BRI
30 		GPS BGS ATL CLB HCY NWS MAR SVH RCH DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH
12 		MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS MGY DAY TRN OXF FDA ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL BGS CLB SVH DAR HCY
2 		RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS
26 		CLT CAR AWS 87th 694 [10]
1968 Roy Tyner 09 Chevy MGR MGY RSD DAY BRI
7 		RCH ATL 63rd - [11]
Ingram Racing 0 Chevy HCY
7 		GPS CLB
Giachetti Brothers Racing 08 Chevy NWS
33 		AWS
25 		DAR BLV LGY CLT ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR GPS DAY ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI SMR NSV ATL CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR NWS AUG CLT CAR JFC
Ingram Racing 09 Chevy MAR
DNQ 		AUG

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 NWCC Pts Ref
1979 Kennie Childers Racing 12 Olds RSD DAY CAR RCH ATL NWS BRI DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL
35 		MCH DAR
30 		RCH DOV MAR 64th 219 [12]
Chevy BRI
25 		CLT
36 		NWS CAR ATL ONT
1981 Bobby Hawkins Racing 13 Ford RSD DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT
34 		TWS RSD MCH DAY
37 		NSV POC TAL
38 		MCH BRI DAR
32 		RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
9 		CAR ATL RSD 47th 377 [13]
1984 Junior Johnson & Associates 92 Chevy DAY
DNQ 		RCH CAR ATL BRI NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR ATL RSD NA - [14]
Daytona 500
Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish
1984 Junior Johnson & Associates Chevrolet DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NBSC Pts Ref
1982 Ingram Racing 11 Pontiac DAY
31 		RCH
22 		BRI
4 		MAR
3 		DAR
4 		HCY
1 		SBO
2 		CRW
14 		RCH
4 		LGY
1 		DOV
2 		HCY
3 		CLT
17 		ASH
1 		HCY
4 		SBO
4 		CAR
4 		CRW
1 		SBO
2 		HCY
3 		LGY
2 		IRP
5 		BRI
1 		HCY
1 		RCH
6 		MAR
5 		CLT
5 		HCY
1 		MAR
26 		1st 4495 [15]
1983 Olds DAY
38 		CAR
8 		HCY
6 		SBO
22 		DOV
27 		DAR
3 		CLT
13 		2nd 5367 [16]
Pontiac RCH
4 		MAR
3 		NWS
6 		GPS
1* 		LGY
1* 		BRI
13 		CLT
6 		SBO
3 		HCY
2 		ROU
1* 		SBO
2 		ROU
2 		CRW
2 		ROU
2 		SBO
2 		HCY
2 		LGY
1 		IRP
20 		GPS
3 		BRI
2 		HCY
2 		RCH
7 		NWS
6* 		SBO
2 		MAR
5 		ROU
4 		HCY
1 		MAR
3
1984 Olds DAY
31 		CAR
2 		DAR
5 		DOV
3 		CLT
35 		DAR
29 		CLT
18 		CAR
20 		2nd 4126 [17]
Pontiac RCH
5 		HCY
1* 		MAR
1 		ROU
1 		NSV
1 		LGY
2 		MLW
8 		SBO
2 		HCY
16 		ROU
1* 		SBO
2 		ROU
1 		HCY
1 		IRP
6 		SBO
21 		RCH
27 		NWS
3 		HCY
2 		MAR
15
Silver Racing 14 Pontiac LGY
1* 		BRI
27
1985 Ingram Racing 11 Olds DAY
7 		CAR
21 		DAR
1 		DOV
3 		CLT
14 		DAR
30 		CLT
6 		CAR
10 		1st 4106 [18]
Pontiac HCY
2 		BRI
17 		MAR
6 		SBO
2 		LGY
3 		SBO
4 		HCY
3* 		ROU
2 		IRP
7 		SBO
1 		LGY
2 		HCY
23 		MLW
1 		BRI
4 		RCH
4 		NWS
1* 		ROU
1 		HCY
2* 		MAR
5
1986 DAY
6 		HCY
2* 		MAR
25 		BRI
5 		SBO
1* 		LGY
2 		JFC
3 		CLT
6 		SBO
1* 		HCY
4 		ROU
3 		IRP
3 		SBO
1 		RAL
19 		OXF
4 		SBO
1* 		HCY
1 		LGY
3 		ROU
19 		BRI
25 		RCH
9 		MAR
8 		3rd 4281 [19]
Olds CAR
2* 		DAR
8 		DOV
2 		DAR
6 		DOV
15 		MAR ROU CLT
15 		CAR
31
1987 Chevy DAY
8 		DAR
6 		BRI
2 		LGY
7 		SBO
9 		CLT
4 		DOV
17 		IRP
3 		ROU
13 		JFC
18 		OXF
18 		SBO
5 		HCY
25 		RAL
7 		LGY
12 		ROU
12 		BRI
9 		JFC
16 		DAR
8 		RCH
21 		DOV
18 		MAR
18 		CLT
25 		CAR
10 		MAR
20 		4th 3546 [20]
Pontiac HCY
1* 		MAR
4
1988 Chevy DAY
25 		HCY
3 		CAR
23 		MAR
5 		DAR
25 		BRI
3 		LNG
3 		NZH
4 		SBO
23 		NSV
2 		CLT
19 		DOV
25 		ROU
24 		LAN
19 		LVL
22 		MYB
5 		OXF
8 		SBO
4 		HCY
4 		LNG
2 		IRP
35 		ROU
11 		BRI
22 		DAR
18 		RCH
28 		DOV
9 		MAR
35 		CLT
28 		CAR
34 		MAR
13 		10th 3485 [21]
1989 DAY
7 		CAR
7 		MAR
13 		HCY
4 		DAR
12 		BRI
22 		NZH
8 		SBO
2 		LAN
5 		NSV
4 		CLT
8 		DOV
15 		ROU
12 		LVL
14 		VOL
5 		MYB
2 		SBO
15 		HCY
3 		DUB
8 		IRP
19 		ROU
28 		BRI
12 		DAR
14 		RCH
6 		DOV
19 		MAR
21 		CLT
29 		CAR
19 		MAR
7 		5th 3802 [22]
1990 DAY
29 		RCH
21 		CAR
16 		MAR
DNQ 		HCY
7 		DAR
16 		BRI
14 		LAN
14 		SBO
8 		NZH
18 		HCY
26 		CLT
DNQ 		DOV
10 		ROU
3 		VOL
7 		MYB
30 		OXF
13 		NHA
18 		SBO
15 		DUB
21 		IRP
36 		ROU
25 		BRI
DNQ 		DAR
39 		RCH
20 		DOV
33 		MAR
30 		CLT
14 		NHA
40 		CAR
36 		MAR
5 		18th 2902 [23]
1991 DAY
29 		RCH
35 		CAR
40 		MAR
28 		VOL HCY
DNQ 		DAR BRI
DNQ 		LAN
14 		SBO
16 		NZH CLT
40 		DOV ROU
29 		HCY
28 		MYB
DNQ 		GLN OXF NHA SBO
5 		DUB
22 		IRP
9 		ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
DNQ 		NHA CAR MAR 36th 1080 [24]

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ATCSC Pts Ref
1985 Ingram Racing 11 Pontiac ATL DAY ATL TAL ATL SSP IRP
7 		CSP FRS IRP OEF ISF DSF TOL 101st - [25]

References

  1. ^ a b c TV: Busch Series preview show for Bristol, ESPN2 channel, 24 August 2007, interview with Jack Ingram
  2. ^ a b Jack Ingram's Busch Series Results at Darlington Raceway - Racing-Reference.info
  3. ^ Jack Ingram's Busch Series Results at O'Reilly Raceway Park - Racing-Reference.info
  4. ^ Caraviello, David (March 8, 2014). "TOP 10 DRIVERS TOO TOUGH TO TAME". NASCAR. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
  5. ^ a b International Motorsports Hall Of Fame Inducts 2007 Class - Talladega Superspeedway Archived 16 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Jensen, Tom (May 23, 2013). "Flock, Petty highlight new class". Foxsports.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
  7. ^ Asheville racing legend & NASCAR Hall of Fame driver Jack Ingram has died
  8. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1965 NASCAR Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1966 NASCAR Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1967 NASCAR Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  11. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  12. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  13. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  14. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  15. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1982 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  16. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1983 NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  17. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1984 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  18. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1985 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  19. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1986 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  20. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1987 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  21. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1988 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  22. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1989 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  23. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1990 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  24. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1991 NASCAR Busch Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  25. ^ "Jack Ingram – 1985 ARCA Talladega SuperCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2023.

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