Born in Danville, Illinois, Cannon also died there in 1995, after suffering an embolism. He drove in the USAC and CARTChampionship Car series, racing in the 1970-1971 and 1973-1981 seasons, with 44 combined career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1974, 1976, and 1980. He finished in the top ten 7 times, with his best finish in 8th position in 1976 at both College Station and Michigan International Speedway.
Cannon did not qualify for the 1977 Indianapolis 500, but did compete as a relief driver. In the final ten laps, Cannon took over the car of John Mahler, and drove it to the finish. He prided himself as being one of only a handful of drivers to be on the track at the moment A. J. Foyt won his record fourth Indy 500.[1]
For the three times he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 (1974, 1976, 1980), Johnny Rutherford won the race all three times.
He was commonly known by his nickname Larry "Boom Boom" Cannon,[2] and was a barber by trade.[3]
larry, cannon, racing, driver, larry, cannon, april, 1937, november, 1995, american, race, driver, larry, cannonborn, 1937, april, 1937danville, illinois, united, statesdied6, november, 1995, 1995, aged, danville, illinois, united, statesborn, danville, illino. Larry Cannon April 13 1937 November 6 1995 was an American race car driver Larry CannonBorn 1937 04 13 13 April 1937Danville Illinois United StatesDied6 November 1995 1995 11 06 aged 58 Danville Illinois United StatesBorn in Danville Illinois Cannon also died there in 1995 after suffering an embolism He drove in the USAC and CART Championship Car series racing in the 1970 1971 and 1973 1981 seasons with 44 combined career starts including the Indianapolis 500 in 1974 1976 and 1980 He finished in the top ten 7 times with his best finish in 8th position in 1976 at both College Station and Michigan International Speedway Cannon did not qualify for the 1977 Indianapolis 500 but did compete as a relief driver In the final ten laps Cannon took over the car of John Mahler and drove it to the finish He prided himself as being one of only a handful of drivers to be on the track at the moment A J Foyt won his record fourth Indy 500 1 For the three times he qualified for the Indianapolis 500 1974 1976 1980 Johnny Rutherford won the race all three times He was commonly known by his nickname Larry Boom Boom Cannon 2 and was a barber by trade 3 Indianapolis 500 results editYear Chassis Engine Start Finish1971 Philipp Porter Ford Failed to Qualify1973 Eagle Offy Failed to Qualify1974 Eagle Offy 33rd 24th1975 Eagle Offy Failed to Qualify1976 Eagle Offy 10th 17th1977 Eagle Foyt Failed to Qualify Drove relief1978 Wildcat DGS Failed to Qualify1979 Wildcat Offy Failed to Qualify1980 Wildcat DGS 14th 33rd1981 Penske Cosworth Failed to Qualify1983 Vollstedt Offy Failed to Qualify1984 Rattlesnake Cosworth Practice CrashReferences edit The Talk of Gasoline Alley WFNI May 20 2012 The Colorful Indy Rookie Class Of 1974 RacingNation com 2010 05 22 Archived from the original on 2011 10 03 Retrieved 2011 08 17 Larry Cannon OldRacingCars com oldracingcars com Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 Retrieved 23 January 2022 External links editLarry Cannon at Find a Grave nbsp This biographical article related to United States auto racing is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Larry Cannon racing driver amp oldid 1081990574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
