Jack Ingram (racing driver)

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]

Jack Ingram
Ingram in 2011
Born	December 28, 1936 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	June 25, 2021(2021-06-25) (aged 84)
Achievements	1972 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)
Awards	1982 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 finish	47th (1981)
First race	1965 Buddy Shuman 250 (Hickory)
Last race	1981 National 500 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 4 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
275 races run over 10 years
Best finish	1st (1982, 1985)
First race	1982 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
Last race	1991 Kroger 200 (IRP)
First win	1982 Mountain Dew 300 (Hickory)
Last win	1987 Mountain Dew 400 (Hickory)
Wins Top tens Poles 31 164 5
Statistics up to date as of April 10, 2013.

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]