Jimmy Caruthers excelled in USAC’s National Championship, Silver Crown and Midget series. He captured the National Midget title in 1970 and five years later (1975) won the Silver Crown title before his untimely death due to cancer near the end of that year. He scored 21 Midget wins and made 43 Indy car starts, including four Indianapolis 500s. His best finish at Indy was a ninth in 1972. He had 21 “top-10” Indy car finishes, including seconds in a 500-mile race in 1974 at Pocono, Pa. and a 100-miler at Ontario, Calif. the same year. His father Doug and brother Jimmy also earned USAC National championships. He was honored for many years with an annual award presented to members of the racing fraternity – the “Jimmy Caruthers Award.” He was inducted into the National Midget Auto Racing Hall of Fame in 1992.