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Purple People Eater

Jim Jeffords Biography Reviewed

April 20, 2026 By pete

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Review by Pete Vack
Photos by Glen Glendenning courtesy Dave Rex

For years, the name Jim Jeffords was just that, a name on a car, a program, a result. Like many of the low key but successful SCCA race drivers, and unlike the international racing stars, Jeffords did not get much publicity on a personal level. After his death in 2014, however, there appeared much more information about this hard driving, multitalented Milwaukee resident whose brief career, according to the SCCA bio, may not have been the longest but almost certainly unmatched. [Read more…] about Jim Jeffords Biography Reviewed

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