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      • Born in Long Beach, California, Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jan_OppermanJan Opperman - Wikipedia

    Born in Long Beach, California, Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania. Known primarily as a sprint car driver, he also drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1974 and 1976 seasons.

  4. bleacherreport.com › articles › 53733Jan Opperman—The Original Racing “Outlaw” - Bleacher Report

    Sep 3, 2008 · Eleven years ago, on September 4, 1997, Jan Opperman, dirt track racing legend, passed away in Fountain, Florida. After a second horrific racing crash, he lived for sixteen years as an invalid,...

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  6. thisdayinmotorsporthistory.blogspot.com › 2019 › 09"Sprint Car Hall Of Famer" Jan Opperman Dies - Blogger

    Sep 4, 2019 · Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania.

  7. www.speedsport.com › other-series › racing-historyColorful Character Jan Opperman - SPEED SPORT

    Apr 25, 2020 · Opperman suffered catastrophic injuries during a race at Jennerstown, Pa., on Sept. 11, 1981. His parents cared for him until he died Sept. 4, 1997. Opperman spent much of his youth in the western region of the U.S. and began racing motorcycles in the early 1960s.

  8. www.wikiwand.com › en › articlesJan Opperman - Wikiwand

    Born in Long Beach, California, Opperman died in Fountain, Florida, 16 years after suffering critical injuries from a crash during a race in Jennerstown, Pennsylvania. Known primarily as a sprint car driver, he also drove in the USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1974 and 1976 seasons.

  9. www.museumofamericanspeed.org › janoppermanJan Opperman - Museum of American Speed

    Opperman passed away September 4, 1997. Jan Opperman became known as one of the “Original Outlaws.”. Opperman was plucked from obscurity in 1968 when a Speedway Motors employee, Jerry Janssen, spotted him in California racing a Ranger airplane engine sprint car. Janssen brought Jan to Lincoln a.

  10. www.oldracingcars.com › driver › Jan_OppermanJan Opperman - OldRacingCars.com

    Jan Opperman (born 09 Feb 1939 Long Beach, California; died 04 Sep 1997 Fountain, Florida). Free spirit of a man, immensly popular with fans, who was critically injured and left brain-damaged after a series of crashes.