Jabe Thomas
Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas | |||||||
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Plymouth Roadrunner (circa 1971) | |||||||
Born | Christiansburg, Virginia, U.S. Best_Cup_Pos = 6th ( Dover Downs International Speedway ) | May 12, 1930||||||
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Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas (May 12, 1930 – June 4, 2015) was a
Career
Thomas drove 75,243 laps of racing and earned $295,497 in total career money ($1,380,393.13 when adjusted for inflation).[2] All of the laps that Thomas raced were the equivalent of 65,631.9 miles (105,624.3 km) or circumnavigating the world at least once.[2] Three finishes in the top five, 77 finishes in the top ten, and an average finish of 18th (his average start was 22nd) in his career were a part of his total statistics in the motorsport.[2] Thomas started his Winston Cup Career at the age of 35 and ended it when he was 48 years old.[2] Thomas competed in a total of 322 NASCAR Winston Cup events.
He was a competitor at least three major races of that era (the Fireball 300, the Tidewater 300, and the Yankee 400) along with the other important racing events of that era. Thomas is best known, however, for his performance during the 1971 and the 1974 NASCAR Cup Series seasons.[1]
References
External links
- Jabe Thomas driver statistics at Racing-Reference