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Ab Jenkins
Born
David Abbott Jenkins
(1883-01-25)January 25, 1883
Spanish Fork, Utah Territory, U.S.
Died
August 9, 1956(1956-08-09) (aged 73)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Salt Lake City, Utah
Known for
set numerous World land speed records, 15 of which remain current, mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah 1940-1944. when he died, at age 73, in 1956, he had established more world's automobile records than any man in history.
Spouse
Evelyn Thorstenberg Jenkins
Children
3
David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (January 25, 1883 – August 9, 1956) was the 24th mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah between 1940 and 1944. He was a professional race car driver. Jenkins' interest in motorsports began with racing motorcycles on dirt tracks and across country. He then became interested in land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. He was instrumental in establishing Bonneville as a location for such events, and in attracting overseas drivers such as George Eyston and Sir Malcolm Campbell to compete there.
He drove the Duesenberg "Mormon Meteor" [1] to a 24-hour average land speed record of 135 miles per hour (217 km/h) in 1935. In 1940 Jenkins set the 24-hour record of a 161.180 mph (259.394 km/h) average that lasted for 50 years (until 1990).[2]
He died on a visit to Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[3]
^"1935 Mormon Meteor Duesenberg SJ Speedster". Sports Car Market. November 2004.
David Abbott "Ab" Jenkins (January 25, 1883 – August 9, 1956) was the 24th mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah between 1940 and 1944. He was a professional...
came from sponsorship solicited by AbJenkins from oil companies and accessory manufacturers and distributors. Jenkins guaranteed his sponsors that he would...
sports in 1912, but did not become truly popular until the 1930s when AbJenkins and Sir Malcolm Campbell competed to set land speed records. A reduction...
David Jenkins (footballer) (born 1946), English footballer for Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur David Jenkins (sprinter) (born 1952), Scottish athlete Ab Jenkins...
6(2): pp.1,11–12 Archived 16 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
Jenkins Peak is a 7,268-foot elevation (2,215 m) mountain summit located in Tooele County, Utah, United States. Jenkins Peak is the third-highest summit...
Duesenberg, Inc. Only 36 SJs were ever built. With financing from sponsors, AbJenkins commissioned the Duesenberg Special as a speed record car. It was built...
Banks Dick Burleson Art Chester Ray Evernham Fonty Flock Darrell Gwynn AbJenkins Stephen Olvey and Terry Trammell + Person inducted under special rule...
Paralympics Peter Jacobsen Golf Joe Jacoby Football Ned Jarrett NASCAR AbJenkins Auto racing Lynn Jennings Long-distance running Derek Jeter Baseball Magic...
in 1928 with a time of 14 minutes, 49.6 seconds, driving a Franklin. AbJenkins won in 1930. Baker won again in 1932. Carroll Shelby drove a specially...
Ariel (9 October 2023). "DNA of Ancient Israelites". Haaretz. Spurdle AB, Jenkins T (November 1996). "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung: 273, 278, 281–282. Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
Deutsches Institut für Afrika-Forschung: 273, 278, 281–282. Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
Random House (2nd edition) Parfitt(2002), "The Lemba", p. 39 Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
surnamed Jenkins. See Jenkins (name) for the etymology of related first and last names. The following is a list of real people surnamed Jenkins. AbJenkins (1883–1956)...
no. MWS 303". Retrieved 1 October 2014. "1935 Duesenberg SJ Special, AbJenkins Mormon Meteor". Rickcarey.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-13...
the first of three speed-setting racers with AbJenkins. Between August 6 and August 30, 1935, Jenkins set a 24-hour speed record of 135.47 miles per...
consultant to the Auburn Automobile Company and developing racecars with AbJenkins. Augie Duesenberg died on January 18, 1955, at the age of seventy-six...
the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2020. Spurdle, AB; Jenkins, T (November 1996), "The origins of the Lemba "Black Jews" of southern...
Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Reynolds AB, Jenkins NA, Gilbert DJ, Copeland NG, Shapiro DN, Wu J, Daniel JM (October 1996)...
Seal Fast team and instead moved over to the Hunt Special entered by AbJenkins. Freddie Winnai took his old seat. Gulotta would have been fast enough...
DNQ DNQ 0 - John Boling 36 0 - Leon Duray 37 0 - Harry Butcher 38 0 - AbJenkins DNS 0 - Sun Hawk DNS 0 - Milt Marion DNQ DNQ 0 - Rollin May DNQ DNQ 0...
the Massachusetts Supreme Court overturned the entire doctrine of abatement ab initio, thus reinstating his original murder conviction. Odin Leonardo John...
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