Jim Fulkerson Rest in peace

[racerv24]

Jim passed away Sept 19 at the age of 81. He was a long time racer and a good friend. I last talk to Jim at the Nationals in DePue. He was there to cheer on my son. I have known him 40 yrs He will be missed.

[Steve Johnson]

Big Jim

What a cool guy, I used to really enjoy having him in my pit's when we raced at rock falls. Sent him my "WHOOP AZZ" shirt as a gift one year. RIP Jim

77G

[Guest]

Good Guy

Jim Fulkerson....Good Guy!
Peace.

Bill

[Team B&H]

I always like the mural of him in his DSH on the wall in the bar across the tracks in Depue. He always came by and said hello when we were racing there. Many of us race boats but who else has a mural of himself on a tavern wall?

[jeff55v]

The original 55-V

I had known Jim since I was about 12 years old. He always called me kiddo, even after I had grown taller than him. We could often times find ourselves at the other's shop, looking for an outboard motor part of some kind. We both liked to tinker with service engine repair. My Dad had taught me how to make a fishing motor run, but Jim taught me how to make a racing engine run!
I bought a lot of Jim's racing equipment about 15 years ago. Including a cute little A hydro he had built for his daughter to race. It still hangs from the ceiling in my garage. On it's dash he wrote to her: "Merry Christmas 1980". My boat trailer was once his as well. But probably the most visible reminder I have from Mr Fulkerson is my racing number. 55-V was painted on a D hydro I bought from him. I was just getting into APBA racing at the time. Jim said I could keep the number on the boat and use it as my own.
Rest in peace Jim.

[RLR]

God Speed Jim

Jim was my engine builder when I ran and I will always be grateful. We used to go out to the farm north of Princeton, when we lived in Peru, Illinois. Jim would be working on motors, and we would take them out behind the barn to the creek where a bridge crossed over. He had built a couple of engine stands on the crossbraces and would hang two or three of them on the stands. We would then take one and hang it on the stand that would drop the lower unit into the water, fire it up, and scare every bird for miles as we would fire up a Quincy or one of the Mod motors. Will remember that fondly.

Jim would always come by the table at the nationals and would get a good hug and talk of the old times and would tell everyone in ear shot that he built my engines, indeed he did.

Happy Eternaties my friend.

Ray