Hurt

272" Spitzer
540 Chevy
The Blower Shop XR1
FTI XPM Series Converter
FTI Level 6 Powerglide
3.69@199
.916 60'

2017 Bradenton Heads Up Madness
Open Outlaw Champ

2018 PDRA T/D #5
2019 PDRA T/D #2

2020 Retired From T/D Competition....

2020 Bradenton NMCA Hemi Shootout Winner

2021 getting back into bracket racing with a Gen3 Hemi powered 87 Cutlass.

July 24, 2020, 09:15 PM

BP758

God Speed! Sad news for sure. Prayers for him and his Family/Racers.

July 24, 2020, 09:35 PM

Curly1

Sorry to hear this. Rest In Peace.

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July 26, 2020, 10:04 PM

Bigdrive88

I was up there this weekend. Terrible Scene. Prayers to his family & friends.

July 26, 2020, 11:13 PM

Tom396

Personally, I have absolutely no idea what ya'll are talking about. Was this an incident at a bracket race? Take care. Tom Worthington

July 27, 2020, 04:08 AM

green1

Yes Tom.

July 27, 2020, 04:25 AM

1320racer

https://triblive.com/local/wes...y-in-derry-township/

July 27, 2020, 08:18 AM

Canted Valve

I say we celebrate his life. We celebrate him living a long life. We celebrate him doing what he loved until the end. RIP

July 27, 2020, 03:23 PM

ferndaleflyer

I agree with canted.....But DRR has honored the winners with no mention of this other than to mention Fridays purse being split between Sat and Sun.....No mention of why.......

July 27, 2020, 04:34 PM

Cashflow

Fern,

Maybe the family wanted privacy or just no publicity. I don’t know but sure sad to see this. Rest In Peace sir!

July 27, 2020, 07:40 PM

ferndaleflyer

Hope you are right---Many years ago at Atco I held my friend in my arms as he died, maybe he was already dead, after he rolled his car at the stripe.....never saw so many people rush to cover their ass when it was an accident. Been way to many gone over the years but---he was doing what he loved I think. What a way to go.

July 27, 2020, 08:00 PM

DragRaceResults

Hey Fern just letting you know I appreciate everyone's feelings and wanting to respect the ones we lose.

I'm just the one who doesn't like the other message boards and FB post getters that use a loss of life and severe accidents for what I feel is attention and I try not to do it.

Members posting feel good moments on their friends is much more personal. Hope I don't offend anyone by not mentioning these type of happenings.

SL...

July 27, 2020, 09:08 PM

ferndaleflyer

Good enough Scott. I respect your judgment.

July 27, 2020, 09:10 PM

Mitch H

quote:
Originally posted by DragRaceResults:
Hey Fern just letting you know I appreciate everyone's feelings and wanting to respect the ones we lose.

I'm just the one who doesn't like the other message boards and FB post getters that use a loss of life and severe accidents for what I feel is attention and I try not to do it.

Members posting feel good moments on their friends is much more personal. Hope I don't offend anyone by not mentioning these type of happenings.

SL...

Tough situation, and your choosing to not cover things like this is completely understandable.

The racer that passed at Keystone has been a very good friend of mine for more than 45 years. He took me to that very track and taught me all about bracket racing starting in 1974 or 75. He called me the day prior and chewed my ass for not loading up my junk and going to the track with him. I sure wish that I would have done just that.....

Anyway, the autopsy was done on Sunday, but no results have been released yet. I will be shocked if it was not a heart attack. Tomorrow afternoon I will say my final goodbye to Jimmy Baker, and I know that I will have a lot of company.

July 27, 2020, 11:31 PM

BP758

quote:
Originally posted by DragRaceResults:
Hey Fern just letting you know I appreciate everyone's feelings and wanting to respect the ones we lose.

I'm just the one who doesn't like the other message boards and FB post getters that use a loss of life and severe accidents for what I feel is attention and I try not to do it.

Members posting feel good moments on their friends is much more personal. Hope I don't offend anyone by not mentioning these type of happenings.

SL...

L I K E

July 28, 2020, 08:13 AM

1320racer

There have been several fatalities on tracks the last several years and the one thing they all have in common is WE never know what the cause of death was. Lots of rumor, speculation and hearsay but never facts.

Bottomline is what we do is dangerous, always was.

That said, I'm smarter today than I was when I first started racing 30 years ago and I will not put my son/my cars on any track with armco steel guardrails for any amount of $.

July 28, 2020, 03:21 PM

ChuckT

Much better article, more about Jim and his family and passion for racing. I didn't know him well, but he pitted right down the road from me, and I'd see him in the lanes. Super nice guy. There have been a couple of bang ups I've seen in my time racing, but first time a racer didn't walk away. It's rough. I feel for my friends who worked on him, trying to revive him.

Jim Baker tribute