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Jim Wohlfeil

Jim Wohlfeill pushing up for qualifications at Mansfield Speedway in 1988. - Bob Buffenbarger Photo

Former sprint car driver and current car owner Jim Wohlfeil passed away on Friday.  Wohlfeil hailed from Michigan and raced sprint cars throughout the Midwest before becoming a car owner.  Wohlfeil most recently had Chris Jones behind the wheel of his Ford powered #3w car.

Wohlfeil’s father Jim also was a racer and car owner during the heyday of Midget Car racing and is a inductee of the Michigan Motorsports Hall of Fame .