His son Pancho raced in Indy cars, along with Johnny Parsons (whom he helped raise[2]).

He was a consistent winner on the Nutley board track in 1939 while future journalist Chris Economaki was his unofficial crew chief.

He won the 1940 Detroit VFW Motor Speedway title, the 1942 championship at Sportsman Park in Cleveland.

He captured a 500 lap victory in his midget car at the 1947 Los Angeles Coliseum Motordome after Danny Oakes was initially declared the winner.

In his last race, at the Indy 500, he drove the innovative John Crosthwaite designed Harvey Aluminium Special ‘roller skate car’ with the then pioneering low profile, wide racing tyres and a stock Chevrolet engine.