DeathJune 42015

Jabe Thomas

Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)

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In context

When
Thursday, June 4 201511 years ago
Category
DeathA notable person who died on this day.
Era
21st century · 2010s
Recorded from
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Person
Jabe Thomas

At a glance

Born 1930-05-12; died 2015-06-04.

Known as: engineer and racing driver. Citizenship: United States.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas was an American NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series driver who competed from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s. His son Ronnie was also a NASCAR Cup Series driver; competing from 1977 to 1989 and winning NASCAR's Rookie of the Year award in 1978.

Path and career

Career Thomas drove 75,243 laps of racing and earned $295,497 in total career money ($1,458,639.53 when adjusted for inflation). [ 1 ] 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. [ 1 ] 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. [ 1 ]

Why this date

Jabe Thomas appears on our June 4 calendar for 2015 as a death entry.

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