Fil:1920 Jimmy Murphy Marvin D Boland Collection G521056.jpg
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English: Race car driver Jimmy Murphy, circa. 1920. Based on his short professional racing career, only four years and nine months, Murphy is considered by some to be the greatest racer of all time. He was crowned the American Racing Champion in 1922 and again posthumously in 1924. He was known as the "King of the Boards" having competed in 85 board track races in his short career, winning 18 of them. James Anthony (Jimmy) Murphy (1894-1924) was made an orphan by the 1906 earthquake in his home town of San Francisco. His mother was killed in the quake and his father left him with relatives and was never heard from again. Shortly before graduating from high school, Murphy opened his own garage and soon had a loyal clientele. Bitten by the racing bug, he became a "riding mechanic" in 1916, was taken on by the Duesenberg team and became a driver in 1919. His first big race was the 1920 inaugural at the Beverly Hills board track where he blew away the competition, winning and setting a world record. That same year he finished sixth at the Tacoma Speedway in his #12 Duesenberg. In 1921, he became the first American to win a European race in a truly American car, by winning the Le Mans Grand Prix. In September of 1924, he agreed to appear in a race promoted by a friend at the Syracuse New York fairgrounds dirt track. Although considered to be the safest dirt track in the country, Murphy lost control during the race and crashed through an inside rail and was killed by wooden shards that penetrated his heart and abdomen. Speedway 059 (TNT 6/29/1920- picture, Motorsports Hall of Fame website; historicracing.com) |
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Depicted people | Jimmy Murphy | |||||||||||||||||||
Depicted place | Tacoma Speedway | |||||||||||||||||||
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1920 date QS:P571,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Teknik | black and white fotografi | |||||||||||||||||||
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højde: 3 in (76,2 mm); bredde: 5 in (12,7 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,3U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q7674007 |
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Kilde | http://cdm17061.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17061coll21/id/19150 |
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