Virgil Earnest "Ernie" Irvan (born January 13, 1959), occasionally referred to as Swervin' Irvan, is an American former professional stock car racing driver. A retired NASCAR competitor, he is perhaps best remembered for his comeback after a serious head injury suffered from a crash during practice at Michigan in 1994 that left him with only a 10% chance of survival. Irvan has been inducted into numerous halls of fame and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998. After a series of injuries in the late 1990s, he retired from racing in 1999. More about Ernie Irvan
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Irvan began his racing career driving karts in California in 1968 at the age of nine. He won the California Championship at the age of 15. In 1974, Irvan finished second in the country in his class at the national kart championship races. In 1975, Irvan moved up to stock cars at the age of 16 at Stockton 99 Speedway and was victorious in his first race on asphalt in a semi-main event. From then until 1981 Irvan raced every weekend at Madera and Stockton, California, winning numerous feature events. He missed his high school graduation ceremony to race at Riverside, California. During this time, he lost his best friend, Tim Williamson, in a racing accident at Riverside, several months before he was slated to test in the Winston Cup.In total, we tracked 1034 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Ernie Irvan (2020 PANINI NATIONAL TREASURES RACING ERNIE IRVAN ONE OF ONE 1/1 AUTOGRAPH ~ #VM) was sold in August 2021 for $350.00 while the cheapest item (1995 ERNIE IRVAN NASCAR CARD SIGNED AUTO !!!) found a new owner for $0.01 in November 2009. The month with the most items sold (18) was February 2011 with an average selling price of $3.99 for an autographed item of Ernie Irvan. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2016 with $39.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.74 was April 2024. In average, an autographed item from Ernie Irvan is worth $3.99.
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This week in 1992: Ernie Irvan wins at Talladega: Looking back at Autoweek's Aug (08/09/13): This week in 1992 finds Ernie Irvan winning the NASCAR DieHard 500 in Talladega, Ala.