Jack Flannery (November 22, 1952 – April 6, 2010)[1] was an American off-road racing driver who was active in the late 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
[2] He left the Midwest and competed in the selected Western United States desert events when he raced in the 1978 and 1979 Mint 400.
[2] He also won the Heavy Metal division at Pikes Peak and broke his own record by climbing the hill 22 seconds faster.
[2] In 1992 he competed at Pikes Peak, setting the record for the fastest hill climb in the Unlimited Off-Road Truck class.
[7] In 1994 he narrowly missed Class 4 Title to Greg Gerlach after a breakdown in final race of Crandon.
While leading, his pick up swerved from right to left side of track and hit the finish line post, rolling down near to Parsons pond.
[2] Flannery won the major 1997 events at Crandon, winning the Governor's Cup in Spring and both his class and the Heavy Metal Borg-Warner World Championship races in fall en route to winning the 1997 SODA Class 4 championship.
[10] The award reads that it is "presented to an individual who has exhibited the determination and perseverance characteristic of the late Jack Flannery, one of off road racing's pioneer participants who, as a result of his dedication to the sport, became the first Midwestern participant to be inducted into the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame.