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Legendary Sprint Car Driver Jan Opperman Added to ARRA Website Lineup


Legendary Sprint Car Driver Jan Opperman Added to ARRA Website Lineup  

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Author: ARRA Research   Date: 9/21/2021 4:53:20 PM  +11/-1  

Legendary Sprint Car Driver Jan Opperman Added to ARRA Website Lineup

 

Ringoes, NJ – ARRA, Auto Racing Research Associates are proud to announce that their ever growing racing statistical website has once again added a driver research project.  This time…nationally known sprint car guru and ARRA historian Kevin Eckert has submitted his career stats on Jan Opperman.  Opperman, the “God Fearing Racing Hippy” quickly made his mark in racing.  The sprint car world was stood on its ear with the sudden success of the Long Beach, CA born speedster and it led him to two career starts in the Indianapolis 500.  Cut short by catastrophic injuries while racing ibn 1981, Opperman eventually passed away in 1997. 

   A born again Christian later in life,  Opperman was in the process of assembling a Montana ranch for troubled youth.  Opperman garnered the adoration of dirt track racing fans across the country when he was afforded the chance to drive at Indy and his dropping from the sport left an indelible mark that many remember as one of the saddest days in the sport.

   “We here at ARRA are proud to include the legend of Jan Opperman to our website!” claimed organization President Fred Voorhees.  “I am actually excited to add Jan.  It ranks right up there with having Richie Evans and Bob McCreadie on our site!  Truly,  Jan was and IS legend and I am thankful to Kevin Eckert for submitting this particular body of work!”

    I want to welcome all auto racing fans to check out Jan’s page.  It can be found here: https://sites.google.com/site/arracarsdriversevents/jan-opperman

   Auto Racing Research Associates is a group of over two dozen auto racing historians across the country banded together for the purpose of the research, documentation and displaying of auto racing history such as driver win statistics, as well as track, racing series’ and organizations histories and also the background of racing personalities, particular cars from the past and various other interesting facts of racing history that should not be forgotten.  ARRA continues to build a network of associated auto racing related websites to unite for better chances of furthering the understanding of the past of our sport.  ARRA offers looking up services for those looking for one particular piece of information from the past.  They are the official statistics information source of the Flemington Speedway Historical Society and have been doing much of the research work for a number of years for the Northeast Dirt Modified Museum and Hall of Fame in Weedsport, NY.




 
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