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Jan 1976
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Jan and Bill Smith
Jan after a broken nose
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Jan signing an autograph
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Jan talking to car owner Henry Campbell
Jan and his good friend Rich Leavell who helped him rehab after his first bad crash
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Jan with Steve Smith
Jan with Bubby Jones
Jan and a friend
Jan and another friend
Jan sitting on a tire
Jan and a friend
Jan and Jerry Wilson
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Jan with Bobbie Marshall
Jan and Bubby Jones
Jan and Parnelli Jones
Jan kissing
Jan and Bubby Jones
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Jan relaxing in Terre Haute 1976
Jan and Bubby Jones
Jan and Bubby Jones
Jan and Steve Kinser
Jan and Gary Swenson
Jan and Gary Swenson
Jan and Bubby Jones
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Jan on the podium with Rick Ferkel
Jan in the pits
Jan wins at Manzy
Jan with Jr Parkinson and Kenny Weld
Jan after winning the Western World in 1972 at Manzy
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Jan with Smokey Snellbaker
Jan with Bubby Jones and Roger Rager
Jan with his daughter Tecia and car owner Dick Bogar
Jan getting interviewed
Jan with Lee Kunzman and Gordon Wooley
Jan with Syeve Chassey and Bubbby Jones
Jan recieving fast car dash trophy from Price King
Jan with two cuties at Terre Haute
Jan is Marrying Carol and Larry Henry with Bubby and Patty Jones the best man and Maid of Honor. Tony Jones and his sister Jina were the ring bearer and flower girl
Jan congratulating Jimmy Boyd when he won the first WOO race at Devil's Bowl
Jan in the pits with some of the sports heavy hitters like Steve Kinser, Bubby Jones in the brown cowboy hat, Bobby Allen, Doug Wolfgang and Rick Ferkel
Jan just hanging
Jan with Steve Knser and Doug Wolfgang
Jan with Bubby Jones for one
Jan with Kenny Weld in a discussion
Jan at Skagit
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Jan interviewed at Selinsgrove 1973
Jan with the trophy girls
Jan wins the Western
Jan and Kenny Weld interviewed by Chris Economaki (I think)
Jan after winning an IMCA race
Jan with Bogar
Jan with another trophy and trophy girl
Jan with another trophy
Jan again won another
Jan at Knoxville
Jan with Rick Ferkel and James McElreath 1976
Jan at the Colorado National Speedway
Jan wins again
Jan with Kenny Weld and Bobby Allen
Jan at Topeka winning again
Jan
Jan # 99
Jan posing after a win
Rookie class at indy in 1974 with Tom Sneva, Pancho Carter, Bill Simpson, Jan Opperman, Tom Bigelow Larry Cannon and Johnny Parson in that order left to right
Jan with Duke DeRosa after a win
Jan with Bill Smith, John Singer and Gary Swenson at the 1974 Winternationals
Jan with the Bob Davis car
Jan in the late 70's
Jan with his ride
Jan and his car
Jan with Bobby Allen
Jan with # 4 Edmunds car
Jan and the crew
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Jan with his # 99
Jan with # 6s
Jan with his car
Jan by his ride
Jan with his ride
Jan with Gary Swenson
Jan with # 29
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Jan and his ride
Jan in Phoenix 1974
Jan with his Speedway Motors ride
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Jan getting in or out of the car
Jan with # 99
Jan in the pits
Jan gets out of his car at Eldora after the race with Steve Kinser
# 99
# 88
# 1
# 64 - Jan and Bill Smith at Terre Haute
# 31x
Jan with # 4
Jan with # 99
Jan with Sheldon Kinser who won
Jan at Williams Grove 1981
Jan with # 6, the former AJ Foyt # 11
Jan with the Chitwood # 99 at Tampa 1973
Jan with his ride
Jan with # 31
Jan with # 21
Jan with # 31 at Terre Haute
Jan with # 4x
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Jan in a car
Jan in the cockpit
Jan buckling into # 25 Chet Wilson Super Modified at Okie City
Jan sitting in the Ernie DiCrose Thermo King car
Jan in the car
Jan in # 7x
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# 5
# 14
# 4x
# 6 against Billy Cassella
Jan suited up
Jan after getting hit wth a rock and still winning
Jan in his ride
Jan in # 31x
Jan getting buckled up in a stock car in Syracuse 1974
Jan in his sprinter
Jan in # 28 midget
Jan getting out of the car
Jan got muddy
Jan just won the Western at Manzanita 1971!
Jan in # 6
Jan in # 19
Jan in his ride
Jan in 4x
Jan with # 99
Jan shaking hands
Jan with # 8
Jan with # 77
Jan with # 31
Jan with # 6
Jan with # 4
Jan with # 41
Jan with # 8
Jan with # 99
Jan and crew
Jan and # 77
Jan and # 99
Jan wth # 99
Jan with # 27
Jan with # 99 and crew
Jan with Bill Smith
Jan in the seat
Jan getting pushed off
Jan in # 12
Jan in # 16
jan in the seat
Jan at Anderson, Ind
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Jan on the track
Jan Opperman - the real story
Where Eagles Fly
Jan's racing Diary
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T-shirt graphics
T-shirt graphics
Poster
Story
T-shirt graphic
A statement of fact
Collage
Collage 2
Collage 3
Poster
Sketch
# 64
Nice art work
Another one
Jan's book
Another book
A museum area of Jan
R I P Jan
Art work
T-shirt
T-shirt
Jan and his ride
Jan's cars
Jan in the Hanestad Ranger powered sprint
Jan's Speedway Bill Smith owned car
On display at Speedy Bill's museum
# 2
# 1 and #x
# 4
# 4
# 4
# 4
Speedway Motors car
# 4j
# 4j
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 10 Jan's first sprint car ride
# 10
Jan in # 12
# 12
# 31
# 68
# 77
# 77
# 77
# 90
# 99
# 99
# 99
# 99
# 99
New Trostle chassis in 1971
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# 4
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x
# 4x 1971 Knoxville Nationals Champion
# 4y
Jan at speed at Williams Grove
# 6
# 6
# 6 in 1976
# 6
# 6x
# 7 Jan in the Bob Davis car
# 7 Jan in the Bob Davis car
Jan with # 7x
# 11 first time on pavement
# 12
# 12
# 12
# 12
# 12x
# 12
# 21
# 21
# 22
# 24
# 25
# 25
# 27
# 31x
# 31 at Eldora
# 64
# 64
# 64x
# 64x
# 77
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# 80
# 98
# 99 in 1974
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# 4x
# 99
# 94
# 77x
# 40
# 99
# 6
# 14
# 99
# 99
# 6
# 99
Jan at Knoxville 1969 Super Modified National
# 64
# 4x
1976 at Terre Haute
Jan # 64 outside Bubby Jones
# 71
# 42
# 51
# 11 stock car
Jan with # 37 stock car
# 51 in 1974
# 57 a flat track bike
# 57
Indy car # 42
# 51 indy car
# 99 at Williams Grove 1972
Jan in the red # 25
Jan on the outside of this race
Jan against Robert Smith
Jan leads Bob Luscomb in 1973
# 7 at Hoosier 100 in 1970
Jan on his way to win the 1971 Western World at Manzy. That's Bob Moore on the outside
Jan on the inside of Darrell Dockery
# 5 Against Ralph Quarterson with the All Stars in 1970
Jan on the low groove
# 46 running the top
# 4x against Dick Gaines
# 4x chasing Dick Sutcliffe
Jan next to Terry Crouser in # 17 before pushing off
Jan on the low sde of the Seibert Olds car at Penn National 1974
Jan above Joe Saldana
Johnny Parsons holding off Jan
Jan leading # 40
Jan coming under Bob Luscomb in # 5
Jan on the low side of this battle
Jan running outside Jackie Howerton
Jan leads Duke DeRosa and Bobby Olivero
Jan drivnig the Hanestead Car powered by a Ranger Aircraft motor on the outside in 1967
Jan inside # 60
Jan chasing Doug Wolfgang 1975
Jan spins in front of Dave Ross
Jan in # 12x leading at Hanford, CA
Uh oh.............
fROM WIKIPEDIA
Jan Opperman (February 9, 1939 – September 4, 1997), was an American racecar driver. He won the 1971 Knoxville Nationals, the premiere event in sprint car racing. In 1976, he won the Hulman Classic at Terre Haute,Ind., which at the time featured most of the top sprint car drivers in the country and had several drivers in the field who would start the Indianapolis 500 later that month.
Born in Long Beach, California, Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania. Known primarily as a sprint car driver, he also drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1974 and 1976 seasons. He had 9 champ car starts, including the 1974 and 1976 Indianapolis 500 with 3 top ten finishes.
Considered a natural driving talent, Opperman attracted the attention of Indy 500 veterans Parneli Jones and A.J. Foyt. His first start at Indianapolis came with the team co-owned by Jones, a sprint car veteran and winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500. Opperman spent his early sprint car racing career running "outlaw" rather than sticking to one sanctioning body. He won dozens of races each year traveling across the country from race track to race track in pursuit of the best paying races.
Opperman was just hitting his stride in the elite United States Auto Club's, sprint, midget and dirt car (called Silver Crown division today) divisions when he suffered critical head injuries while battling for the lead of the Hoosier Hundred at the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds in early September 1976. Opperman missed the 1977 season, but returned to racing on the outlaw circuit in 1978 but never again attained the level of success he achieved before that accident.
Early in his career, Opperman was known as a hippie and part of the drug culture. During the 1960s when living in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska he became a dynamic Christian, and, until his catastrophic accident, was working toward creating a ranch in western Montana for troubled youth.
One of Opperman's trademarks was a battered western hat that had been worn by his brother, Jay, who died while racing a sprint car at Knoxville Raceway on May 16, 1970.
Born in Long Beach, California, USA. Known as "The King of the Outlaws", he won the 1971 Knoxville Nationals, the premiere event in sprint car racing. In 1976, he won the Hulman Classic at Terre Haute, Indiana, which at the time featured most of the top sprint car drivers in the country and had several drivers in the field who would start the Indianapolis 500 later that month. He was the National Supermodified Champion 1971, Two time National Supermodified Champion 1971 & 72, and World Dirt Track Champion 1973.
Known primarily as a sprint car driver, he also drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1974 and 1976 seasons. He had 9 champ car starts, including the 1974 and 1976 Indianapolis 500 with 3 top ten finishes.
Considered a natural driving talent, Opperman attracted the attention of Indy 500 veterans Parneli Jones and A.J. Foyt. His first start at Indianapolis came with the team co-owned by Jones, a sprint car veteran and winner of the 1963 Indianapolis 500. Opperman spent his early sprint car racing career running "outlaw" rather than sticking to one sanctioning body. He won dozens of races each year traveling across the country from race track to race track in pursuit of the best paying races.
Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania. Opperman was just hitting his stride in the elite United States Auto Club's, sprint, midget and dirt car (called Silver Crown division today) divisions when he suffered critical head injuries while battling for the lead of the Hoosier Hundred at the Indianapolis State Fairgrounds in early September 1976. Opperman missed the 1977 season, but returned to racing on the outlaw circuit in 1978 but never again attained the level of success he achieved before that accident.
Early in his career, Opperman was known as a hippie and part of the drug culture. During the 1960s when living in Beaver Crossing, Nebraska he became a dynamic Christian, and, until his catastrophic accident, was working toward creating a ranch in western Montana for troubled youth.
One of Opperman's trademarks was a battered western hat that had been worn by his brother, Jay, who died while racing a sprint car at Knoxville Raceway on May 16, 1970.
Opperman was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in the first class in 1990. Opperman was inducted in 2011 to the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Talladega, Alabama.
Opperman was inducted in the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in the first class in 1990. Opperman was inducted in 2011 to the International Motor Sports Hall of Fame in Talladega, AL.
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