Gerald Jon 'Jerry' Hansen (born October 23, 1936, in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a former racing driver.
[2] Hansen made his SCCA National Championship Runoffs debut in the Formula Vee class.
Racing at Riverside Raceway the driver finished fourth, behind William Duckworth, Roger Barr and winner Lewis Kerr.
He failed to finish due to a broken valve in his debut race at his home track, Brainerd International Raceway.
In 1971 Hansen won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in Formula A, A Sports Racer, and A Production.
Hansen, and his crew chief Mike Lindorfer, made modifications to the Lola T192 IndyCar to run in USAC and IMCA sprint car races.
In a spectacular race at the Minnesota State Fair, Hansen won by lapping the whole field three times.
In 1965 Hansen requested Lee Dykstra and George Anderson to design and build a Can-Am spec car, the Wolverine LD65.
[14] During the same year he also won the A Sports Racer class at the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in the McLaren M6A.
Hansen won races at Breezy Point, Lynndale Farms, Metropolitan Stadium and Meadlowlands.
The driver won the SCCA National Championship Runoffs in the A Production class in 1972 racing a Chevrolet Corvette C3.
[19][20] Jerry Hansen bought Donnybrooke Speedway in 1973 from the original owner George Montgomery.