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Ernie Irvan


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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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TypeTitle
1999 BookNo Fear: Ernie Irvan: The NASCAR Driver's Story of Tragedy and Triumph by Ernie Irvan and Peter Golenbock with Debra Hart Nelson, Hyperion
1988 Ernie Irvan Car at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
Photo courtesy Photo ©John Walczak.  All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission.
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1988 Ernie Irvan Car at the 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400
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1989 Ernie Irvan Car at the 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400 1989 Champion Spark Plug 400
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Ernie Irvan 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©1992 John Walczak
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Ernie Irvan 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©1992 John Walczak
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Ernie Irvan 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©1992 John Walczak
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Ernie Irvan 1992 Indianapolis Motor Speedway NASCAR Tire Test
June 23, 1992
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Photo ©1992 John Walczak
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Ernie Irvan at the 1997 Pocono 500 1997 Pocono 500
Ernie would win the final of his 15 wins the following week at Michigan.
Photo by Mike Traverse
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Article Index

DateArticleAuthor/Source
9 January 2010NASCAR Sprint Sound & Speed presented by SunTrustMike Bliss
Mallory Hope
Ernie Irvan


Merchandise

Type & Item #NameDetails
Model Kit - AMT 6731Kodak film Olds1:25 scale, Ernie Irvan #4 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 4Ernie Irvan#4 Kodak Chevrolet
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 264Race 1: DaytonaDaytona 500 by STP, Ernie Irvan #4 Kodak Chevrolet
Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 282Race 18: Watkins GlenBudweiser at the Glen, Ernie Irvan #4 Kodak Chevrolet
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC27Ernie Irvan#28 Texaco Havoline Ford Thunderbird
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC88Screamin' Steel: Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline#28 Texaco Havoline Ford Thunderbird
Collector Card - 1996 Upper Deck Road to the Cup RC136Truckin': Ernie IrvanBryan Reffner #44 1-800-Collect Ford F-150





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