RIP Jim Pace

[BJM76]

Jim Pace driver of the Shadow just passed away.

[PTRACER]

Holy shit, just saw this news!
https://sportscar365.com/imsa/jim-pace- ... -covid-19/

He was the one who walked away from this a few months ago:

[erwin greven]

Jim Pace Passes Away at 59 After COVID-19 Battle

1996 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring winner dies due to COVID-19…



Former Rolex 24 at Daytona and Twelve Hours of Sebring winner Jim Pace has passed away at the age of 59 due to complications from COVID-19.

The Mississippian, who got his start in the Barber Saab Pro Series in 1988, went on to fame in professional sports car racing in the ’90s, participating mostly in IMSA competition.

Pace won the 1996 Rolex 24 and Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring at the wheel of a Doyle Racing Riley & Scott Mk. II alongside co-drivers Wayne Taylor and Scott Sharp, with Eric van de Poele having taken Sharp’s spot in the team’s Sebring entry that year.

While having switched to the GT ranks in the 2000s, driving for TRG and Farnbacher Loles, Pace made several WeatherTech SportsCar Championship starts in the Highway to Help Riley-BMW DP, his last coming in the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen in 2016.

Much of Pace’s recent focus had been on vintage racing, having taken over part ownership of HSR in 2015 where he remained active as a driver.

He escaped a serious airborne accident in a 1974 Can-Am Shadow DN4 during the 1974 Can-Am Shadow DN4 at Road America this summer.

An announcement on Pace’s death was made on HSR’s Facebook page late Friday.

Sportscar365 sends its condolences to Pace’s family at this difficult time.

https://sportscar365.com/imsa/jim-pace- ... -covid-19/