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National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame
Jack London
Inducted into
the Hall of fame in 2000
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Jack London, a native of Oklahoma, arrived in the San
Francisco Bay Area in 1936, bought a Shell gas station and a
rail frame midget, in that order and within a few years became
one of the West Coast’s premier midget car owners.
In 1937 Midget racing was still in its infancy and
London was there every step of the way helping it grow towards
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maturity. From
the earliest, strife torn, inter-association struggles to the
formation and growth of the Bay Cities Racing Association,
Jack’s handprints were all over every facet of the sport.
As a car owner, London was legendary, beginning in 1946
when Fred Agabashian produced both a driver championship for
himself and a car owner title for Jack. In 1950 Jack took over
the reigns of BCRA as its Business Manager, a position that he
held for nearly 30 years. While under Jack’s iron fisted rule,
BCRA flourished and survived when other association were
folding. Not everyone agreed with London, but all who raced
with him respected his understanding of racing and racers.
During his active years as a BCRA/AAA/USAC midget car
owner, Jack had the cream of the crop chauffeuring his
midgets. The list includes: A.J. Foyt, Tony Bettenhausen, Dick
Atkins, Johnny Boyd and Johnny Parsons.
Jack passed away on August 13, 1982 in Oakland,
California.
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