Howdy Holmes
American racing driver (born 1947)
Biography
Howard "Howdy" Samuel Holmes III (born December 14, 1947) is an American former racing driver in the CART Championship Car series. He began racing in the early 1970s and was based in Stockbridge, Michigan, about 36 miles (58 km) southeast from downtown Lansing and 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Chelsea, Michigan, where his family owned a milling company.
Holmes raced in the CART series for seven seasons (1979-1980, 1982-1985, and 1988), with 72 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 each of those years except 1980. He finished in the top-ten 26 times, with his best finish in second position in 1984 at Phoenix. He was the Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the year in 1979, with a seventh-place finish. In 1978, he was the Formula Atlantic champion.
Holmes is currently the President of Chelsea Milling Company, his family's firm that was founded in 1901. His grandmother Mabel White Holmes became famous for inventing the Jiffy line of baking mixes in 1930, and the family brand served as a sponsor for his cars.
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