Harry Jones
started racing in 1953 and retired in 1965, due to a shop accident in which
he lost the sight of his left eye.
Some of the Michigan tracks he raced
at were Hastings, Galesburg, Spartan, Kalamazoo, Jackson, the Grand Rapids
Speedrome, Flat Rock, Dixie and Motor City. In Indiana he raced at South
Anthony. In Ohio he raced at Toledo, Lorain, and Sandusky. He also traveled
to New York and ran at Oswego, Spencer, and Shangri-La. The Canadian tracks
he raced at included Milestown, Delaware, and Flamboro.
In his racing career, Harry won over
one-hundred features, with many of them taken at Galesburg. There he won the
points championship in 1961 and 1962. He also won the points championship at
Dixie in 1963.
His most memorable race was at the
Milestown track when his car own was disabled, so for the first time he sat
in Max Dowker’s (#7) car and set fast time and won the 100 lap feature.
Junior Newberry and Bert Cuyler were
each one-time owners with Harry.
Harry was best known for his white
#24 called the “Lone Merc”.
Harry Jones lost his battle with
cancer in May of 1998, after a nine year battle with the disease.
