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Jim McElreath

{{short description|American racing driver (1928–2017)}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Jim McElreath

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Jimmie Earl McElreath

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|02|18}}

| birth_place = Arlington, Texas, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|05|18|1928|02|18}}

| death_place = Arlington, Texas, U.S.

| titles = Major victories
California 500 (1970)

| awards =

| module1 =

{{Infobox Champ Car driver|embed=yes

| Total_Champ_Races = 181

| Years_In_Champ = 24

| Best_Champ_Pos = 2nd (1966)

| First_Champ_Race = 1961 Hoosier Hundred (ISF)

| Last_Champ_Race = 1983 Ted Horn Memorial (DuQuoin)

| First_Champ_Win = 1965 Trenton 100 (Trenton)

| Last_Champ_Win = 1970 California 500 (Ontario)

| Champ_Wins = 5

| Champ_Podiums = 22

| Champ_Poles = 2

| module2 =

{{Infobox NASCAR driver|embed=yes

| Total_Cup_Races = 4

| Years_In_Cup = 2

| First_Cup_Race = 1964 Daytona Qualifier #2 (Daytona)

| Last_Cup_Race = 1971 Miller High Life 500 (Ontario)

| Cup_Wins = 0

| Cup_Top_Tens = 0

| Cup_Poles = 0

}}}}}}

Jimmie Earl McElreath{{Cite web |title=Jim McElreath |url=http://www.champcarstats.com/drivers/McElreathJim.htm |access-date=2023-06-07 |website=www.champcarstats.com}} (February 18, 1928 – May 18, 2017) was an American open-wheel racing driver, known for competing in the USAC Championship car series.{{cite web|url=https://racer.com/2017/05/18/jim-mcelreath-1928-2017/|title=Jim McElreath, 1928-2017|work=racer.com|access-date=23 January 2022|date=18 May 2017|first=Robin|last=Miller|author-link=Robin Miller (journalist)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123220712/https://racer.com/2017/05/18/jim-mcelreath-1928-2017/|archive-date=23 January 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/auto/indianapolis-500-fixture-jim-mcelreath-dies-at-89|title=Indianapolis 500 fixture Jim McElreath dies at 89|work=foxnews.com|access-date=23 January 2022|date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420050209/https://www.foxnews.com/auto/indianapolis-500-fixture-jim-mcelreath-dies-at-89|archive-date=20 April 2021|url-status=live}} He won the inaugural California 500 in 1970, driving a spare car owned by A. J. Foyt.

Racing career

Jim began his racing career in 1945 at the age of 17. He raced stock cars in Dallas, Texas. Jim would race in the local Texas bullrings for the next fifteen years while working as a bricklayer. It was in 1960 when he and fellow Texan racer Johnny Rutherford decided to race in the Midwest. Both would eventually find super modified rides in the International Motor Contest Association (IMCA). Jim did well enough that by late-summer 1961 that he was offered a ride by fame car owner Lindsey Hopkins in the Hoosier Hundred, a race at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on the United States Auto Club (USAC) National Championship Trail. He finished third in this race, an impressive start to his Indy Car career.

He raced in the 1961–1983 seasons, with 178 combined career starts, including 15 in the Indianapolis 500 in 1962–1970, 1973–1974, and 1977–1980. He finished 48 times in the top 5, with five victories. He was runner-up in the 1966 championship and third in 1963, 1965, and 1970. In 1962 he was named Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, a result of his 6th-place finish.{{cite news|last=Cadou Jr.|first=Jep|title=Rookie-Of-Year Honor Goes To Jim McElreath|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114085562/1962-indy-500-roty-the-indianapolis/|work=The Indianapolis Star|page=1|date=June 1, 1962|access-date=December 4, 2022|via=Newspapers.com {{open access}}}}

Jim won the inaugural California 500 at Ontario, California on September 6, 1970, driving A.J. Foyt's team car. He battled with Art Pollard for the last 10 laps after Al Unser and Cale Yarborough retired with mechanical issues.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Award

McElreath was a 2002 inductee to the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=http://sprintcarhof.com/Pages/Inductees |title=Sprint Car HOF |access-date=2011-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729170922/http://www.sprintcarhof.com/Pages/Inductees |archive-date=2012-07-29 |url-status=dead }}

Personal life

Jim's son, James Jr., was killed in a sprint car crash at Winchester in October 1977. James Jr. had attempted to qualify for the 1977 Indy 500 earlier that year. Alongside his father, they were attempting to become the first father and son combination to qualify for the same race. However, James Jr. was too slow to make the field.The Talk of Gasoline Alley - 1070-AM WIBC, May 2, 2007

Jim's daughter, Shirley, married racing driver Tony Bettenhausen Jr. The couple died when their private plane crashed in Kentucky in February 2000.

Complete USAC Championship Car results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! Year

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! 19

! 20

! 21

! 22

! 23

! 24

! 25

! 26

! 27

! 28

! Pos

! Points

1961

| TRE

| INDY

| MIL

| LAN

| MIL

| SPR

| DUQ

| SYR

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ISF
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
21

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | PHX
4

|colspan=16|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 290

1962

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
16

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY
6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL
14

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN
7

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | SPR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL
5

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN
7

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SYR
10

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | ISF
3

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SAC
14

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | PHX
DNQ

|colspan=15|

!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 8th

!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 1,210

1963

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE
4

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL
5

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | LAN
2

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE
8

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SPR
6

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL
11

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DUQ
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ISF
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE
4

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SAC
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | PHX
3

|colspan=16|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 1,655

1964

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | PHX
11

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | TRE
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
21

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LAN
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SPR
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | DUQ
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ISF
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | TRE
{{small|12}}

| SAC
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX
{{small|25}}

|colspan=15|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 18th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 320

1965

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | PHX
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | TRE
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
20

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | MIL
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | LAN
{{small|1}}

| PPR
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | IRP
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ATL
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | LAN
{{small|1}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL
{{small|14}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ISF
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | DSF
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INF
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC
{{small|8}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX
{{small|23}}

|colspan=10|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 2,035

1966

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | PHX
1

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | TRE
3

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | INDY
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MIL
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#DFDFDF;" | LAN
{{small|2}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ATL
{{small|12}}

| PIP
{{small| }}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | IRP
{{small|3}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN
{{small|22}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | SPR
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL
{{small|4}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DUQ
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ISF
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | SAC
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | PHX
{{small|3}}

|colspan=12|

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2nd

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" | 2,430

1967

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | INDY
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL
4

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | LAN
11

| PIP

|style="background:#DFC484;" | MOS
Wth

| MOS

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | IRP
4

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | LAN
5

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MTR
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MTR
16

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SPR
12

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
6

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DUQ
15

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ISF
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE
4

| SAC
DNS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HAN
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX
20

| RIV
DNS

|colspan=7|

!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 7th

!style="background:#CFEAFF;" | 1,750

1968

| HAN
{{small| }}

| LVG
{{small| }}

| PHX
{{small| }}

| TRE
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
14

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MIL
{{small|DNQ}}

| MOS
{{small| }}

| MOS
{{small| }}

| LAN
{{small| }}

| PIP
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | CDR
{{small|22}}

| NAZ
{{small| }}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | IRP
{{small|10}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | IRP
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | LAN
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | LAN
{{small|17}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MTR
{{small|7}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MTR
{{small|10}}

| SPR
{{small| }}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
{{small|9}}

| DUQ
{{small| }}

| ISF
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
{{small|15}}

| SAC
{{small| }}

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | MCH
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | HAN
{{small|5}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
{{small|6}}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | RIV
{{small|28}}

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21st

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 771

1969

| PHX
DNP

| HAN

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
28

| MIL

| LAN

| PIP

| CDR

| NAZ

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TRE
7

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | IRP
13

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | IRP
20

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
8

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | SPR
DNQ

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DOV
18

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | DUQ
9

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ISF
13

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | BRN
DNQ

| BRN

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | TRE
11

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SAC
16

| KEN

| KEN

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
9

| RIV

|colspan=4|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 23rd

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 400

1970

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
6

| SON

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TRE
7

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | INDY
5

| MIL
DNS

| LAN

| CDR

| MCH

| IRP

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | SPR
3

| MIL

|style="background:#FFFFBF;" | ONT
1

|style="background:#DFC484;" | DUQ
Wth

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ISF
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SED
13

| TRE
DNP

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | SAC
16

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | PHX
5

|colspan=10|

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3rd

!style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 2,060

1971

| RAF

| RAF

| PHX

| TRE

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

| MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | POC
27

| MCH

| MIL

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ONT
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
27

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
6

|colspan=16|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21st

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 370

1972

| PHX

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | TRE
DNQ

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | MIL
10

| MCH

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | POC
DNQ

| MIL

| ONT
DNS

| TRE

| PHX

|colspan=18|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 39th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 45

1973

| TWS

| TRE

| TRE

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
23

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MIL
11

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | POC
11

| MCH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | MIL
4

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ONT
6

| ONT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT
20

| MCH

| MCH

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | TRE
5

| TWS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PHX
16

|colspan=12|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 19th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 650

1974

|style="background:#DFFFDF;" | ONT
4

| ONT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT
15

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TRE
18

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | INDY
6

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | POC
23

| MCH

| MIL

| MCH

| TRE

| TRE

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
10

|colspan=14|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 13th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 700

1975

| ONT

| ONT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ONT
18

| PHX

| TRE
DNS

| INDY

| MIL

| POC

| MCH

| MIL

| MCH

| TRE

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
7

|colspan=15|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 90

1976

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | PHX
10

| TRE

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

| MIL

| POC

| MCH

| TWS

| TRE

| MIL

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | ONT
DNQ

| MCH

| TWS

| PHX

|colspan=15|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 45

1977

| ONT

| PHX

| TWS

| TRE

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
23

| MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |POC
24

| MOS

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
12

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | TWS
6

| MIL

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ONT
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
5

| PHX

|colspan=14|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 21st

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 530

1978

| PHX

| ONT

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TWS
6

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| TRE
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
20

| MOS

| MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
25

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MCH
7

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
13

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MIL
12

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ONT
20

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MCH
9

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| TRE
DNQ

| SIL

| BRH

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHX
12

|colspan=10|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 19th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 573

1979

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| ONT
9

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TWS
14

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
35

| MIL

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
2

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | TWS
9

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MIL
DNQ

|colspan=21|

!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 6th

!style="background:#CFEAFF;"| 975

1980

| ONT

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
24

| MIL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
27

| MDO

| colspan=23|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 45th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 25

1981-82

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | POC
7

|style="background:#FFDF9F;" | ILL
3

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DUQ
17

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | ISF
24

|style="background:#FFCFCF;" | INDY
DNQ

| colspan=22|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 12th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 594

1983-84

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | DUQ
29

| INDY

| colspan=26|

!-

!0

Complete PPG Indy Car World Series results

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Championship position}}

! Pts

! Ref

1979

! McElreath Racing

| PHX

| ATL

| ATL

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | INDY
35

| TRE

| TRE

| MCH

| MCH

| WGL

| TRE

| ONT

| MCH

| ATL

| PHX

|colspan=2|

!-

!0

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mcelrji01/1979/R|title=Jim McElreath – 1979 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

rowspan=2| 1980

! McElreath Racing

| ONT
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| INDY
{{small|24}}

| MIL
{{small| }}

|colspan=3|

|style="background:#cfcfff;"| WGL
{{small|12}}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MIL
{{small|9}}

| ONT
{{small| }}

| MCH
{{small| }}

|style="background:#CFEAFF;"| MEX
{{small|6}}

| PHX
{{small| }}

|colspan=4|

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 28th

!rowspan=2 style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 240

!rowspan=2| {{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mcelrji01/1980/R|title=Jim McElreath – 1980 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

Grant King Racing

|colspan=3|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|27}}

| MDO
{{small| }}

| MCH
{{small| }}

|colspan=10|

1981

! McElreath Racing

|style="background:#efcfff;"| PHX
{{small|19}}

| MIL

| ATL
{{small| }}

| ATL
{{small| }}

| MCH
{{small| }}

| RIV
{{small| }}

| MIL
{{small| }}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
{{small|11}}

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| WGL
{{small|DNQ}}

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MEX
{{small|13}}

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| PHX
{{small|DNQ}}

|colspan=5|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 36th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 4

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mcelrji01/1981/R|title=Jim McElreath – 1981 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

1982

!

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| PHX
{{small|DNQ}}

| ATL
{{small| }}

| MIL
{{small| }}

| CLE
{{small| }}

| MCH
{{small| }}

| MIL
{{small| }}

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|18}}

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| RIV
{{small|DNQ}}

| ROA
{{small

}

| MCH
{{small|}}

| PHX
{{small|}}

|colspan=5|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 39th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 3

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mcelrji01/1982/R|title=Jim McElreath – 1982 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

|-

! rowspan=1| 1983

!

|style="background:#CFEAFF;" | ATL
11

| INDY

| MIL

| CLE

|style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MCH
13

| ROA

|style="background:#EFCFFF;" | POC
23

| RIV

| MDO
DNP

| MCH

| CPL

| LAG

| PHX

| colspan=3|

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 30th

!style="background:#CFCFFF;"| 2

!{{cite web|url=https://racing-reference.info/drivdet/mcelrji01/1983/R|title=Jim McElreath – 1983 CART Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=August 17, 2023}}

|-

! 1984

! Dale Coyne Racing

| LBH

|style="background:#ffcfcf;"| PHX
DNQ

| INDY

| MIL

| POR

| MEA

| CLE

| MCH

| ROA

| POC

| MDO

| SAN

| MCH

| PHX

| LAG

| CPL

!-

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Indianapolis 500 results

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Year

! Chassis

! Engine

! Start

! Finish

1962

| Kurtis Kraft

| Offenhauser

| 7th

| 6th

1963

| Watson

| Offenhauser

| 6th

| 6th

1964

| Kurtis Kraft

| Novi

| 26th

| 21st

1965

| Brabham

| Offenhauser

| 16th

| 20th

1966

| Brabham

| Ford

| 7th

| 3rd

1967

| Moore

| Ford

| 11th

| 5th

1968

| Coyote

| Ford

| 13th

| 14th

1969

| Brawner Hawk

| Offenhauser

| 7th

| 28th

1970

| Coyote

| Ford

| 33rd

| 5th

1971

| Coyote

| Ford

| Did not qualify

|

1972

| Coyote

| Foyt

| Did not qualify

|

1973

| Eagle

| Offenhauser

| 33rd

| 23rd

1974

| Eagle

| Offenhauser

| 30th

| 6th

1976

| Eagle

| Offenhauser

| Did not qualify

|

1977

| Eagle

| AMC

| 20th

| 23rd

1978

| Eagle

| Offenhauser

| 26th

| 20th

1979

| Penske Racing

| Cosworth

| 19th

| 35th

1980

| Penske Racing

| Cosworth

| 11th

| 24th

1981

| Penske Racing

| Cosworth

| Sold Car

|

1982

| King

| Chevrolet

| Did not qualify

|

Notes

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External links

  • {{DriverDB driver|jim-mcelreath}}
  • [http://www.nationalspeedsportnews.com/racing-history/torn-from-the-headlines/jim-mcelreath-wins-big-in-ontario-motor-speedway-debut/ Jim McElreath Wins Big In Ontario Motor Speedway Debut]
  • [http://www.onedirt.com/news/flashback-friday-october-16-1977-james-mcelreath-jr%E2%80%99s-last-lap/ Flashback Friday: October 16, 1977. James McElreath Jr's Last Lap]
  • [http://www.star-telegram.com/2013/02/18/4628379/race-car-drivers-reunite-to-celebrate.html/ Race car drivers reunite to celebrate Jim McElreath's 85th birthday]

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Rookie of the Year| years = 1962 | before = Bobby Marshman
Parnelli Jones | after = Jim Clark}}

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