Jim Lightcap

Jim Lightcap is a pioneering American gasser drag racer.[1]

Driving a GMC-powered Model A, he won NHRA's C/SR (C/Street; gas) national title at Detroit Dragway in 1960. His winning pass was 15.03 seconds at 77.5 mph (124.7 km/h).[2]

The next year, he won a second NHRA C/Street national title, at Indianapolis. His winning pass there was 13.63 seconds at 102.04 mph (164.22 km/h).[3]

References
  1. Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars (Cartech, 2003), pp.181-.
  2. Davis, p.182.
  3. Davis, p.182.

Sources
  • Davis, Larry. Gasser Wars. North Branch, MN: Cartech, 2003, pp. 181–2.
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