The legend of ‘Jungle Pam’ – the sweetheart of car racing in the ’70s

[post_page_title]Losing Jim[/post_page_title]

When Jim passed away, Pam was devastated and felt, “it was a great loss for drag racing.” Pam said that Jim was certainly a free spirit in the way he lived his life, but as a driver and mechanic he was “brilliant.”

Losing Jim

Toward the end of Jim’s life, Pam shared that he was trying to get out from behind the wheel to focus on being a mechanic. Jim felt as though he could develop the sport, with hopes for faster speeds and new models of race engines.

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