Jimmy graduated from Douglas High School in Winston, Oregon, in 1973, and then from ITT. Thereafter, he worked on electrical generators with a company based in Portland.
Jimmy loved working on race cars, hunting in Oregon, and shark fishing off the southern California coast, and he did all of them as frequently as he could. Jimmy spent years working with race cars, first with Indy 500 car owner Rolla Vollstedt of Portland, and then for more than 22 years with Dan Gurney's All American Racing Team of Santa Ana, California. In this capacity, he was a world traveler: Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia as well as tracks throughout the United States. In the last several years, he worked closely with Dan on creating and building the "Grand Prix" Alligator, a prototype motorcycle.
Like his father before him, Jimmy could come up with creative solutions to various mechanical difficulties, and could do a wide variety of tasks. He could do almost anything with a roll of duct tape. "Jimmy" died as the result of an accident at the shop he shared with his oldest brother, Gene, in Reno, Nevada.
He was predeceased by his father, Raymond "Jack" Thrall in 2002, and a brother, Clyde Thrall, in 1961. He is remembered by his loving family: Mother, Clara Thrall of Tenmile; sisters Rose Mary Smith of Tenmile and Sherrie Firman and her husband Ted of Eugene; brothers Gene Thrall and Roger Thrall of Sparks, Nevada; 5 nieces and nephews, 6 great-nieces and great-nephews; and a special friend, Bonnie Mulherin.
There was a Celebration of Jimmy's life on August 7, 2004, in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.
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Jimmy loved working on race cars, hunting in Oregon, and shark fishing off the southern California coast, and he did all of them as frequently as he could. Jimmy spent years working with race cars, first with Indy 500 car owner Rolla Vollstedt of Portland, and then for more than 22 years with Dan Gurney's All American Racing Team of Santa Ana, California. In this capacity, he was a world traveler: Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia as well as tracks throughout the United States. In the last several years, he worked closely with Dan on creating and building the "Grand Prix" Alligator, a prototype motorcycle.
Like his father before him, Jimmy could come up with creative solutions to various mechanical difficulties, and could do a wide variety of tasks. He could do almost anything with a roll of duct tape. "Jimmy" died as the result of an accident at the shop he shared with his oldest brother, Gene, in Reno, Nevada.
He was predeceased by his father, Raymond "Jack" Thrall in 2002, and a brother, Clyde Thrall, in 1961. He is remembered by his loving family: Mother, Clara Thrall of Tenmile; sisters Rose Mary Smith of Tenmile and Sherrie Firman and her husband Ted of Eugene; brothers Gene Thrall and Roger Thrall of Sparks, Nevada; 5 nieces and nephews, 6 great-nieces and great-nephews; and a special friend, Bonnie Mulherin.
There was a Celebration of Jimmy's life on August 7, 2004, in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.
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Jimmy graduated from Douglas High School in Winston, Oregon, in 1973, and then from ITT. Thereafter, he worked on electrical generators with a company based in Portland.
Jimmy loved working on race cars, hunting in Oregon, and shark fishing off the southern California coast, and he did all of them as frequently as he could. Jimmy spent years working with race cars, first with Indy 500 car owner Rolla Vollstedt of Portland, and then for more than 22 years with Dan Gurney's All American Racing Team of Santa Ana, California. In this capacity, he was a world traveler: Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia as well as tracks throughout the United States. In the last several years, he worked closely with Dan on creating and building the "Grand Prix" Alligator, a prototype motorcycle.
Like his father before him, Jimmy could come up with creative solutions to various mechanical difficulties, and could do a wide variety of tasks. He could do almost anything with a roll of duct tape. "Jimmy" died as the result of an accident at the shop he shared with his oldest brother, Gene, in Reno, Nevada.
He was predeceased by his father, Raymond "Jack" Thrall in 2002, and a brother, Clyde Thrall, in 1961. He is remembered by his loving family: Mother, Clara Thrall of Tenmile; sisters Rose Mary Smith of Tenmile and Sherrie Firman and her husband Ted of Eugene; brothers Gene Thrall and Roger Thrall of Sparks, Nevada; 5 nieces and nephews, 6 great-nieces and great-nephews; and a special friend, Bonnie Mulherin.
There was a Celebration of Jimmy's life on August 7, 2004, in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.
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Jimmy loved working on race cars, hunting in Oregon, and shark fishing off the southern California coast, and he did all of them as frequently as he could. Jimmy spent years working with race cars, first with Indy 500 car owner Rolla Vollstedt of Portland, and then for more than 22 years with Dan Gurney's All American Racing Team of Santa Ana, California. In this capacity, he was a world traveler: Canada, Brazil, Japan, Australia as well as tracks throughout the United States. In the last several years, he worked closely with Dan on creating and building the "Grand Prix" Alligator, a prototype motorcycle.
Like his father before him, Jimmy could come up with creative solutions to various mechanical difficulties, and could do a wide variety of tasks. He could do almost anything with a roll of duct tape. "Jimmy" died as the result of an accident at the shop he shared with his oldest brother, Gene, in Reno, Nevada.
He was predeceased by his father, Raymond "Jack" Thrall in 2002, and a brother, Clyde Thrall, in 1961. He is remembered by his loving family: Mother, Clara Thrall of Tenmile; sisters Rose Mary Smith of Tenmile and Sherrie Firman and her husband Ted of Eugene; brothers Gene Thrall and Roger Thrall of Sparks, Nevada; 5 nieces and nephews, 6 great-nieces and great-nephews; and a special friend, Bonnie Mulherin.
There was a Celebration of Jimmy's life on August 7, 2004, in the Sawtooth Mountains of Idaho.
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