27 Facts About Jimmy Horton

James Horton III was born on July 3,1956 and is an American businessman who owns a radiator and chassis shop after a Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame career racing dirt modifieds.

Jimmy Horton raced in 48 NASCAR Winston Cup races in eight seasons.

Jimmy Horton was a regular on the ARCA circuit in the 1980s and 1990s.

Jimmy Horton has won many of the most noted races for dirt track modifieds in the Northeastern United States.

Jimmy Horton first became known as a modified racecar driver in the Northeastern United States.

Jimmy Horton began racing in a small block powered sportsman car owned by his father, in the early 1970s.

Jimmy Horton won the sportsman championship at Orange County Speedway in 1974.

Jimmy Horton has won a plethora of modified and sportsman championships at numerous tracks.

Jimmy Horton was the 1976 Modified champion at Orange County driving his dad's No 43 and won it again in 2017 driving the Halmar Racing No 43.

Jimmy Horton won track championships at Bridgeport Speedway in 1975,1977,1980,1982,1983,1997,1998,2003 and, 2014.

Jimmy Horton is a 2-time winner of the premier race in dirt modified racing, the Super DIRT Week 200.

Jimmy Horton won the Eastern States 200 in his later career.

Jimmy Horton won modified track championships at New Egypt Speedway in 2004 and 2006.

Jimmy Horton is still racing in weekly races at as of 2022.

Jimmy Horton was inducted into the New York State Stock Car Association Hall of Fame in 2017, into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame in 2024, and into the Eastern Motorsports Press Association Hall of Fame in 2025.

Jimmy Horton made his first NASCAR start in the Busch Grand National series in 1985.

Jimmy Horton raced in seven Busch races in his career.

Jimmy Horton started 41st in the Firecracker at Daytona race, and finished 17th.

Jimmy Horton was involved in a major crash during the 69th lap of the 1993 DieHard 500.

Jimmy Horton's car hit three other cars before it flew over the wall and landed on an access road outside of the track.

Smith suffered near-fatal head injuries in the incident, while Jimmy Horton walked out of the wreck virtually unscathed.

Jimmy Horton won numerous ARCA races, including the series premiere event, the Daytona ARCA 200, in 1990 and 1992.

Jimmy Horton used a NASCAR Chevrolet Lumina purchased from Darrell Waltrip for the victory.

Jimmy Horton escaped serious injury after a frightening crash at Atlanta in 1995.

Jimmy Horton's car was struck from the bottom while rolling by teammate Ed Dixon.

On March 1,2024, Jimmy Horton acquired Art's Radiator and Welding in Flemington, New Jersey, a well known sponsor in dirt modifieds and chassis and automotive parts supplier, from the Lentini family.

Jimmy Horton's son Jimmy Horton IV was born on March 2,1987 and raced Modifieds for his Grandfather at New Egypt Speedway and Bridgeport Speedway.