🇺🇸 Jimmy Davies

Jimmy Davies was an established professional competing in Formula 1 between 1950 and 1955. He started five races across that span, driving for Kurtis Kraft, and took one podium finish. The field mixed amateurs and semi-professionals with graded professionals in a single-class international championship.[1]

Davies finished tenth in the 1955 Formula 1 championship standings on the strength of a podium result that season. He raced against established professionals including Duane Carter and Tony Bettenhausen, drivers with significantly more Formula 1 experience; Davies typically finished behind both. He beat Jim Rathmann twice across their meetings and Duane Carter once, results that came against drivers of comparable standing who accumulated far more starts in the series. His five appearances in Formula 1 represented the extent of his indexed career at that level, though his record in American open-wheel racing before and after, particularly in USAC National Midget competition, was considerably more substantial.[2]