Biography
Jack Turner, born John Ellsworth Turner Jr. in Seattle in 1920, was known as "Cactus Jack". He first made his name in midget car racing, winning the AAA National Midget championship in 1954 and 1955 and becoming the first driver to take the title twice. In 1954 he did it without a single win, relying on consistently strong finishes, and in 1955 he won six features.
He raced in Championship Car events from 1955 to 1962, making 35 starts, with a best result of second at Darlington in 1956. The Indianapolis 500 counted towards the Formula 1 World Championship from 1950 to 1960, and in those years Turner started it four times, from 1956 to 1959, driving a Kurtis Kraft, a Lesovsky and a Christensen. He scored no championship points. His career ended after he flipped his car in practice at Indianapolis in 1963. In 1984 he was part of the inaugural class inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame. Turner died in Renton in 2004.
Source: Wikipedia, “Jack Turner (racing driver)”. Text licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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