Jim Hurtubise is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Christensen. Hurtubise has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 1 start.[1]
A Racer Rating of 2,958 ranks Hurtubise 2916th of 15,348 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the low five figures. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.
| 1960-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P18 | −9 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ▸Formula 1 | Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P28 | −9 | 2,958 |
Jim Hurtubise was an American driver whose recorded single-seater career consisted of one Formula 1 start in 1960 for Christensen. He finished twenty-eighth in that outing, which represented his sole Grand Prix appearance.[1]
Hurtubise made that start against a field containing several drivers of championship calibre; he finished ahead of Tony Bettenhausen, Jimmy Bryan, Don Freeland and Johnny Boyd, each of whom held substantially higher ratings reflecting their greater success in professional racing. The scale of that competitive context, beating drivers rated more than 1,800 points above him in a single race, offers some measure of what his one opportunity at the highest level of four-wheel racing entailed, though a single result cannot characterise a driver's standing in the sport.[2]
His primary reputation rested on a longer career in American dirt-track racing, sprint cars and stock cars, disciplines not captured in this record. That broader body of work included victories in major events and a notable qualifying performance at the Indianapolis 500 in which he nearly broke the 150-mph barrier as a rookie. His name lives on in the USAC Jim Hurtubise Classic at Terre Haute.