* 23.3.1896, Columbus, Ohio
+ 6.2.2000, Daytona Beach, Florida
Davis makes 111.11 M.P.H. !!!
Sounds like the name of a certain cigarette. But that´s the average speed Jim Davis made with his Harley-Davidson pocket valve twin in his qualifying lap. Jim whizzed around the mile and a quarter oval board speedway in 40-2/5 seconds, at an average speed of 111,11 miles per hour!
Next time one of the boys opens up with a speed argument, thell him about Jim Davis´ time of 111,11 (think of the cigarette and you´ll remember it) made with a Harley-Davidson pocket valve twin at the Kansas City Speedway.
(The Harley-Davidson Enthusiast, October 1923)