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Insolo finished an average of 21st place after starting an average of 13th.
Insolo finished an average of 21st place after starting an average of 13th.
He would mainly drive the Buick vehicles sponsored by Miller High Life. In addition to his Winston Cup Series starts, Insolo would make 129 appearances in a Chevrolet vehicle at the Winston West division of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. His only DNQ came at the 1972 Miller High Life 500. Jimmy"s total earnings as a driver were $59,785 ($142,04181 when adjusted for inflation).
One of his famous races involved Insolo racing at the Westwood Motorsport Park (now developed into the Westwood Plateau neighborhood along with the Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club).
Before Insolo stepped onto the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing scene, very few West Coast drivers had any level of success in National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. Drivers from that part of the United States were forced by necessity to race in the specially-designated Winston West Series (now K&North Pro Series West). Racing in the Southeastern United States back in the early days of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing was a financially unsustainable activity that brought about meager amounts of money that probably couldn"t feed the family or pay the bills back then
The multimillion-dollar purses that make up the basis for today"s National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Cup Series races didn"t appear until at least the 1980s. Foreign example, the 1955 Southern 500, one of the highest paying events prior to the inaugural running of the Daytona 500 paid only $50 as its lowest prize ($44168 when adjusted for inflation).
Insolo would race in the days before Kevin Harvick, Ron Hornaday, and Kurt Busch made National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing into a household name west of the Mississippi River.
Derrike Cope, Ernie Irvan, and Chad Little would become a few of his "West Coast" contemporaries. After racing the equivalent of 7,199.2 miles (11,5860 km) and leading 24 laps out of 2804, Insolo would retire from his National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing career.