Jim Pace grew up in Lawrence County and hoped to become a professional race car driver. After a short detour, life led him back on track — at 221 mph.

And Wayne Taylor, his former co-driver and winner of the Rolex 24, and current owner of the Wayne Taylor Racing Konica Minolta number 10 Cadillac DPi: “It is shocking, to be honest.

Jim Pace raced in 18 Rolex 24 at Daytona events, and scored a class victory in his first race there in 1990. ... Not only was he an outstanding race-car driver, ...

Jul. 7—This year's Chattanooga Motorcar Festival set for Oct. 15-17 will honor the late Jim Pace, an accomplished race-car driver , event chair and chief operating officer of the inaugural 2019 ...