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Jerry Hansen p50_JerryHansen_161.qxp_vms_ 12/28/15 9:50 AM Page 52 By John Jeppesen Jerry Hansen here was a nearly 20-year period in Hansen won his first title in an ex- Danny Ongais. He was outclassed by the the Sports Car Club of America’s Penske A Sports Racing Lola T70 at Porsche 917 twice and outgunned it twice. Thistory when Jerry Hansen ruled the Daytona in 1967. Fittingly, he won his last The 1972 gunfight was with the roost. The former Minnesota businessman national title in A Sports Racing at Road aforementioned Minter. It was an historic racked up a total of 27 national Atlanta in 1984. In addition to wins in battle as Hansen was waging war on two championships. While it’s hazardous to say Formula B and ASR, he took the top fronts, the first with the nightmarish Lola never, it is very likely this feat will never be podium step in a slew of different classes 310 and the other with his more-than-able topped. That’s because no amateur driver including Formula A, B Sports Racing, A- foe in the 917. Hansen reportedly said this or team can afford to bring three or four and B-Production and GT1. It has been was the best race in his career. cars to the Runoffs and run the table like said that he bought many of the wins, Hansen had his fill of A Sports Racing Hansen did. Duane Davis was a contender, buying the best cars. It’s true to some detractors whining that he bought the but he retired. John Heinricy has 13 and is extent, but his brilliant driving skill latest Can-Am professionally prepared cars, still winning championships but may run provided the competitive edge. The simple so he switched classes to the smaller but out of years before he hangs up his helmet. fact that he won five SCCA Trans-Am pro blindingly quick B Sports Racing. This “I would like to win my last national races and an early F5000 race is a class was the spawning ground for drivers championship when I am 80,” the testament to Hansen’s prowess. shooting for a Can-Am professional ride. Heinrocket says. “Now we know how Incredibly, he beat some of the best Hansen’s burnt orange Lola T292 squared likely that is to happen but I don’t have any professional drivers on their way up. That off against an ascendant Bobby Rahal. It plan to stop,” he adds. includes Milt Minter, Bobby Rahal and was what the Brits call a “ding-dong” race, R E full of passes and re-passes. Hansen K C O prevailed in one of the Runoffs’ most R C Nov. 29, 1970, Hansen battles at Road L exciting duels. The whining ended on the A Atlanta’s SCCA Runoffs in Turn 5. H spot. So, what makes Hansen tick? It’s essential to understand the man before the race car driver comes into focus. They are tightly interwoven. Hansen is a complex man, an enigma. He’s part P.T. Barnum and part J.P. Morgan. Which part of the personality one encounters depends on the situation. He seems to be very humble, transparent and friendly when you first meet him. He is very likeable, charming and fun to hang around with. That said, there’s a different person under that veneer when it comes to doing business. That Hansen is fiercely competitive, cunning and manipulative. He lived the term “Show me the money.” Hansen grew up in South Minneapolis. His entrepreneurial talents were apparent at an early age. He began humbly, picking 52 VINTAGE MOTORSPORT JAN/FEB 2016 VINTAGEMOTORSPORT.COM p50_JerryHansen_161.qxp_vms_ 12/28/15 9:50 AM Page 53 R E K C O R C L A H In SCCA racing, Jerry Hansen won more championships than any other driver, the podium a familiar place. VINTAGEMOTORSPORT.COM JAN/FEB 2016 VINTAGE MOTORSPORT 53 p50_JerryHansen_161.qxp_vms_ 12/28/15 9:50 AM Page 54 S R up trash. He got the idea driving through E T E P alleys to ditch the constabulary, lights L L I flashing. He got stuck behind a garbage B truck and reckoned he could make a buck or two doing that. So, he hooked a small trailer behind his car and offered to haul the trash for a couple bucks less. Pretty soon he had a sizeable customer base and a tidy income. That ended when the big boys in the big trucks said continuing his little business would be hazardous to his health. Then he thought buying some of the numerous South Minneapolis apartment buildings might be worth a shot. Not surprisingly, Hansen’s holdings grew. One In 1977, Hansen’s rear-engine Lola T192 sprint story says a University of Minnesota car was quickly outlawed when competitors professor was handed a note in class to couldn’t keep up. Crew chief Mike Lindorfer is alert Hansen of some pressing need for one standing at the front of the car. of the many Minneapolis apartment buildings Hansen owned. with a trophy and track record E.T. for his trait that is a hallmark of his driving style. In the business world, Hansen simply class. This marked the beginning of his Hansen drove a dizzying array of fast had a knack for deal making, which relationship with Dick Roe, another cars throughout his career. Almost all continues to this day. He moved into the Corvette racer. More on this later. Hansen’s carried the Number 44 on their flanks. stock market and became a top-producing success encouraged him to give road racing One of the exceptions was when he raced broker for Paine Webber. Hansen learned a try on temporary Minnesota circuits such against Bob Tullius’ Group 44. Most of the art of the deal from Tom Hansen’s cars were year-old, Aune, a successful and colorful HANSEN IS A COMPLEX MAN, AN fully sorted pro “hand-me- member of the Twin Cities downs.” One exception was a investment community. When ENIGMA. HE’S PART P.T BARNUM AND small-block Cobra. Later on he Aune took a position in a PART J.P. MORGAN. WHICH PART OF gravitated to a mixed bag of A- security, Hansen dutifully and B-Production Corvettes. followed his mentor’s every THE PERSONALITY ONE ENCOUNTERS Championship number 26 was move. Aune got rich and so did DEPENDS ON THE SITUATION. won in an ex-IROC Firebird. Hansen. Hansen left Paine There’s an assortment of closed- Webber to diversify his portfolio in other as Southport airport and the old Met wheel sports racers from Lola, McLaren, areas. Stadium track. Although he preferred big, Chaparral, Lotus and the Lee Dykstra- Hansen’s wealth fueled his racing career. high-horsepower cars that led to later designed Wolverine. His final His very first races were on a drag strip fame, the equal opportunity racer also championship was behind the wheel of the racing his Corvette on a dare. He came to piloted the lowly Formula Vee. No doubt VDS-001 in 1984. R E the strip as a spectator and went home that’s where he learned to be smooth, a His open-wheel cars were equally fast K C O R C L A H Hansen’s on the pole at Road Atlanta in his L&M Lola T220 on 11-29-70 for the SCCA Runoffs. Milt Minter is in the No. 11 Porsche 906 and Oscar Koveleski in the No. 54 McLaren M8B. 54 VINTAGE MOTORSPORT JAN/FEB 2016 VINTAGEMOTORSPORT.COM p50_JerryHansen_161.qxp_vms_ 12/28/15 9:50 AM Page 56 E T T and impressive. The most successful was E The other drivers and owners N I B the Lola T330, winning a slew of Formula O vehemently protested everything…the roll R N A championships. He said he drove “used H cage and the fact that the Lola had rear O cars.” Okay, but, the “used cars” included J view mirrors. So, Hansen taped over the those driven by Brian Redman, Peter mirrors and started shotgun on the field Revson, David Hobbs, Patrick Tambay and from the last row. It didn’t matter. The Geoff Brabham. The 330 was Brian former college hockey player carved his Redman’s Formula 5000 championship- way through the field like Wayne Gretzky. contending car. It was developed by racing The other drivers would attempt “hip legend Jim Hall, the father of the checking” Hansen into the wall, but by the Chaparral. It was the development chassis time they got there the orange No. 44 was for the Lola T332, logging miles at the gone. It wasn’t long before Hansen vaulted famed Rattlesnake Raceway in Texas. Mike into the lead. The lap charts are long gone, Lindorfer, Hansen’s crew chief at the time, but Hansen lapped the field at least once, said that even though it was a development maybe twice. The victor and crew hastily mule, the 330 was faster than the 332. It packed up and left the track immediately was only beat a couple of times in its after taking the checker as there were history. It even intimidated Danny Ongais Jerry Hansen rumors that some drivers had a “special” at one SCCA Runoffs event. victory celebration planned for the No. 44 Hansen’s Lola T192 has the most Clark won with a Lotus at Indy, they could crew. Not surprisingly, rear-engine cars interesting legacy. He bought it in 1971. It do the same on a USAC short track in were banned from sprint car racing at the was raced in SCCA Nationals at Elkhart Minnesota.
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