Jimmy Davies is a racing driver from United States who last raced in Formula 1 for Kurtis Kraft. Davies has recorded 0 wins and 1 podium from 5 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,893 ranks Davies 385th 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.
| 1955-05-30 | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | P3 | +131 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | P12 | +130 | 4,985 |
| 1954 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P27 | +6 | 4,855 |
| 1953 | ▸Formula 1 | Kurtis Kraft | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +44 | 4,849 |
| 1951 | ▸Formula 1 | Pawl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | P20 | +10 | 4,805 |
| 1950 | ▸Formula 1 | Ewing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | −5 | 4,795 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Duane Carter | 5,054 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Tony Bettenhausen | 4,934 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 25% |
| 🇺🇸 Paul Russo | 4,921 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Walt Faulkner | 4,876 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 75% |
| 🇺🇸 Jim Rathmann | 5,075 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| 🇺🇸 Jack McGrath | 4,932 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| 🇺🇸 Gene Hartley | 4,824 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 33% |
Jimmy Davies was an American single-seater driver who competed in Formula 1 from 1950 to 1955, accumulating five starts for Kurtis Kraft. He scored one podium finish across his five races, with an average result of tenth place. His most recent appearance came in 1955, when he finished twelfth. Davies raced in an era when the American drivers who dominated early Formula 1 came largely from the Champ car and midget circuits, and he was competitive enough at that level to earn his seat; however, his Formula 1 record suggests he lacked the consistency or pace to establish himself in the championship.[1]
Against his regular rivals in the grid, Davies showed a mixed head-to-head record. He finished ahead of Jim Rathmann, a much stronger driver rated 5,075, on two occasions, and beat fellow competitors Duane Carter and Tony Bettenhausen once each; however, he was outfinished by Rathmann once, by Carter three times, and by Bettenhausen three times. He struggled particularly against Paul Russo and Jack McGrath, finishing behind both in all of their shared races. The pattern suggests Davies was a competent midfield presence who could occasionally match the established names but could not sustain that performance over a season.[2]
Davies retired from Formula 1 racing in 1955 and has not been active since. His fame, however, rested on his earlier work in American open-wheel racing, where he became the second driver to win three USAC National Midget Championships and, at age twenty, held the record as the youngest winner of a major American open-wheel race until Marco Andretti surpassed that record in 2006.