| D.O.B. |
November 20, 1985 |
| Hometown |
Liberty, OH |
| Car Owner |
Zip MotorSports |
| Racing Experience |
4 years |
Jimmy began racing big block modifieds at the age of 15, while a freshman at Liberty High School. Only five races were run in the inaugural season, making 2002 the year he was eligible for and won the Western Pennsylvania Rookie of the Year, Cavalcade Points 
Championship Rookie of the Year, and Lernerville Speedway’s Rookie of the Year. Jimmy’s modified career was short lived, with only two full years being run before making the jump into the 410 sprint cars. The short career was highlighted, however, with a late 2003 season win with the Bicknell Racing Products Modified Tour at Wayne County Speedway.
His 2004 rookie season of sprint cars brought the youngster many different challenges that were not previously experienced in a modified. After a rough beginning, Jimmy started becoming more comfortable in the seat and it showed in the result column week after week. After picking up his first career sprint car win at Lernerville Speedway on July 30, Jimmy quickly backed it up with a win at Sharon Speedway on August 7. Making the Lernerville victory even more special was the win his father captured in the modified earlier that night. Jimmy and his dad, Jim, became only the fourth father-son team, to win on the same night at the distinguished Pennsylvania oval.
After such an excellent start to his rookie campaign, Jimmy sustained life threatening injuries during the USAC National Sprint Car Tour event at The Dirt Track @ Lowes Motor Speedway on October 13, 2004. While trying to pass another car during a heat race, Jimmy caught a rut that sent his car flipping violently into the turn one wall. While airborne, his head came into contact with a cement post in the fence, fracturing two vertebras in his neck, three in his back, and both of his cheek bones. Jimmy also experienced the collapsing of both his lungs, and Phase Three (the worst type) brain trauma. After spending three difficult weeks in the Intensive Care Unit and four more weeks in the Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital unit, a screw in his neck, and two bars in his back, The Grace of God had Jimmy returning home to continue his rehabilitation as an outpatient at the Hillside Rehabilitation Center.
Since the doctor “highly recommended” not getting back into a sprint car, Jimmy began his “Back with Vengeance Tour 2006” at Lernerville and Sharon Speedways in his dad’s backup modified. By mid-season, Jimmy changed his career direction by jumping into an asphalt late model and began running weekly at Lake Erie Speedway and making a few special shows at Lancaster Speedway, Motordrome Speedway, and Holland Speedway. After having achieved better than normal results in the late model during his short venture with asphalt racing, Jimmy is anxiously preparing for a full 2007 schedule in asphalt late model racing throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York.
