Ernie Irvan

ABOUT ERNIE IRVAN

Former race car driver who put together an accomplished career despite suffering a head injury during a race.

He raced karts and stock cars as a teenager.

He was named one of NASCAR's Fifty greatest drivers in 1998.

His son Jared became a Quarter Midget Racing Champion.

He dueled with Mark Martin at Bristol in 1989, but was sidelined by an accident in lap 167.