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Jimmy Parks
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Nationality American
Born 12 July 1914
Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
Died 13 November 1988
Huntsville, Alabama, United States
World Stock Car Championship
8 races run over 1 season(s).
Rookie Season 1951
Championships 0
Pole Positions 1
Wins 0
Podiums 0
Top 5s 0
Top 10s 3
Best Finish 8th
First Start 1951 Round of Harrisburg
Last Start 1951 Round of Ohio
WSCC Canon Driver


James Randolph Parks (12 July 1914 - 13 November 1988) was an American stock car driver who was active in the World Stock Car Championship during the early 1950's.

Early Life and Career[edit | edit source]

Parks was born in Malvern, Pennsylvania on 12 July 1914; his father, Randolph Easton Parks, was a sailor in the U.S. Navy and was killed in action during World War I while Parks was still a boy. During the Great Depression, Parks supported his family by running moonshine; he would develop his abilities to tune a race car while trying to evade police attention. Parks attempted to enlist in the Navy during World War II, but failed the medical evaluation due to a health concern; he instead began working for a military contractor in Virginia.

When the war ended, Parks remained in Virginia for two years before returning to Pennsylvania; he brought with him a taste for the burgeoning stock car racing scene, and would enter races at many of the local dirt tracks that cropped up in the post-WWII boom.

WSCC Career[edit | edit source]