5 FAST FACTS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT driver Jim Morrill jr. AS HE celebrates 7,000 wins

Photo: Curtis Salonick

You know him from his incredible racing career, and by now you've probably read or seen news articles celebrating his most recent achievement: 7,000 lifetime wins! But did you know...

1. ​He began his driving career in 1984.

2. Jim's fastest time is just a tick slower than the former race record, 1:47, achieved in guiding Won The West to a Breeders Crown victory.
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​3. He finished in the North American top half-dozen drivers in UDR every year between 2012-2016.

4. The USTA changed the "top category" of drivers in the UDR competition from 300+ to 500+ drives in 1982. When Morrill won his first title in 2006, his .521 was the highest figure ever in the "500+" category. (Only fellow New Englander Walter Case Jr. had cracked .500 before, .505 in 1998). Prior to the change to "500+," the last figure in the "top category" to top Morrill's 2006 figure of .521 was C.J. Osborn's .566 in 1979. Morrill's .521 in the 500+ UDR category was eclipsed only this past season when yet another son of New England, Drew Campbell, posted a .523 figure.

5. Morrill has won the Pocono UDR title three times — 2009, 2010, and 2012.