RACING DRIVER

Jim Hall

1935 - Today

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James Ellis Hall (born July 23, 1935) is a retired American racing driver, race car constructor, and team owner. While he is best known as a car constructor, he was one of the greatest American racing drivers of his generation, capturing consecutive United States Road Racing Championships (1964, 1965), two Road America 500s (1962, 1964), two Watkins Glen Grands Prix for sports cars (1964, 1965), the 1965 Canadian Grand Prix for sports cars, the 1965 Pacific Northwest Grand Prix, and scoring a massive upset at the 1965 12 Hours of Sebring over a contingent of factory-backed Ford GTs, Shelby Daytona Coupes, and Ferrari entries. If anything Hall's accomplishments behind the wheel have been overshadowed by his pivotal contributions to race car design through his series of Chaparral sports racing and Indy cars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jim Hall has received more than 40,269 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jim Hall is the 564th most popular racing driver (up from 606th in 2019), the 9,420th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,764th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Racing Driver.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Jim Hall ranks 564 out of 1,080. Before him are Danny Sullivan, Enrico Bertaggia, Fabrizio Barbazza, Loris Kessel, Skip Barber, and Torsten Palm. After him are Frank Gardner, Henri Louveau, Bob Gerard, Óscar González, Esteban Ocon, and Nasif Estéfano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Jim Hall ranks 461. Before him are Boris Stenin, Valdis Muižnieks, Gilbert Bozon, Michael Jayston, Óscar Chávez, and Győző Forintos. After him are Anaid Iplicjian, Claude Esteban, Susan Cooper, Arvo Valton, Daniel Quinn, and Victor Chizhikov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jim Hall ranks 9,420 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfred E. Green (1889), Ann Savage (1921), Clyde Lovellette (1929), James Young (1872), Dallas Long (1940), and Doug Yule (1947). After him are Danny Carey (1961), Charles Sumner (1811), Edward S. Holden (1846), Buddy Miles (1947), Joe Fulks (1921), and Elsie Janis (1889).

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Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Jim Hall ranks 41. Before him are Walt Ader (1913), Al Unser (1939), Lloyd Ruby (1928), Rodger Ward (1921), Danny Sullivan (1950), and Skip Barber (1936). After him are John Kocinski (1968), Red Amick (1929), George Amick (1924), Danny Ongais (1942), Bill Holland (1907), and Cecil Green (1919).

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