Jim Walker

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Jim Walker, from Ferndale, California is a former NASCAR driver who competed infrequently in the Northwest, Southwest and Winston West series. Walker is a legend in Northern California and Southern Oregon driving his familiar light blue 48 car that he has raced since the 1970s. Walker used the number 48 while playing football at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California.

Walker's biggest NASCAR related victory came in the 1977 Old Milwaukee 100 in the Winston West series event at Shasta Speedway in Anderson, California. Walker was narrowly defeated by Garrett Evans in the inaugural Northwest Tour event at Evergreen Speedway in 1985. Some of Walker's other career highlights include winning the 1976 Permatex 300 sportsman race at Riverside International Raceway, along with the prestegious Rose Classic open competition event at All-American Speedway in Roseville, California in 1977 holding off Joe Ruttman. Throughout his career, Walker mainly participated in open competition events on dirt and asphalt up and down the Pacific Coast region.

Walker is a two-time track champion on the asphalt at Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, California where he also raced on the dirt prior to the track being paved. Walker claimed the super stock title in back-to-back years in 1988 as well as in 1989. After the 1990 season, Walker went back to racing solely in late model open competition events while also making infrequent starts in the Northwest and Southwest touring series. Walker continues to race today on occasion in the North State Challenge late model series which races at tracks in Northern California and Southern Oregon.