Jim gilmore kalamazoo biography of michael jordan

Michigan resident James S. "Jim" Gilmore, best known for his long partnership with A.J. Foyt, was killed in a freak traffic accident in his hometown on Dec 31, he was

Gilmore once said his happiest moment in Indy-car racing came shortly after A.J.

Foyt won his fourth Indianapolis in , when he was in his fourth year as sponsor of Foyt's racing team.

"When A.J. got the winner's ring, he took it off and gave it to me and said, 'Jim, you may go broke, a lot of things may happen in your lifetime, but this is something we did together,'" Gilmore once reflected about that historic victory.

According to police reports, on New Year's Eve Gilmore's pickup truck hit a patch of ice, overturned and slid into a fence.

Snow fell through the driver-side window and the sunroof, and Gilmore was covered with snow. He had to be dug out of the snow before his body could be removed from the truck and he was pronounced dead after CPR efforts failed to re