01 · Championship record
Series Championships
- 1970 United Auto Racing Association Champion
- 1976 United Auto Racing Association Champion
Upper Midwest Driver Archive
Jim Gates
Plano, IL
Historical driver profile combining museum-recorded race results, feature wins, championships, photographs and verified broader-career accomplishments.
1967First Recorded Feature Race
19777 Feature Wins — Career High
1983Latest Recorded Feature Season
19Recorded Feature Wins
32Recorded Results
23Recorded Top-3 Finishes
0Track Championships
2Series Championships
1967–1983Recorded Career
Career snapshot
Racing Lifetime Totals
Key museum-recorded and verified career indicators.
4Tracks Won At
1Classes Won In
MidgetTop Winning Class
Joliet StadiumTop Winning TrackUnited Auto Racing AssociationTop Winning Series
Sep 10, 1983Last Feature Win
Documented career history
Career Accomplishments
Verified broader-career milestones alongside the museum's original event records.
Museum series championships and verified broader-career records are merged and deduplicated here. Museum-recorded race results remain in their original event records.
Latest archive activity
View complete results →Recent Feature Results
Sep 10, 1983Joliet StadiumMidgetP1Aug 27, 1983Joliet StadiumMidgetP1Oct 3, 1982Raceway Park ILMidgetP4Sep 10, 1982Grundy County SpeedwayMidgetP1Sep 4, 1982Joliet StadiumMidgetP1Aug 8, 1982Raceway Park ILMidgetP3Jul 17, 1982Joliet StadiumMidgetP1Jul 3, 1982Joliet StadiumMidgetP1Jun 13, 1982Raceway Park ILMidgetP8May 30, 1982Raceway Park ILMidgetP1
Feature Wins by Track
01Joliet Stadium1102Raceway Park IL403Angell Park Speedway304Grundy County Speedway1Feature Wins by Class
01Midget19
Season-by-season record
Results by Year
19832 Results2 Wins2 Top 3s
19828 Results5 Wins6 Top 3s
19811 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19791 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19777 Results7 Wins7 Top 3s
19761 Results1 Wins1 Top 3s
19734 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19721 Results0 Wins1 Top 3s
19711 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
19702 Results2 Wins2 Top 3s
19683 Results0 Wins2 Top 3s
19671 Results0 Wins0 Top 3s
Championship history
Track Championships
No track championships are recorded yet.
Museum photo collection
Photo Archive
1 additional image connected to this driver
Year Unknown • Raceway Park IlRaceway Park History Post
Complete Results
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