Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson to drive pace car at Auto Club Speedway
Baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, who played for both the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees during his career, will drive the Auto Club Speedway’s 2009 Chevy Impala pace car prior to Sunday's Auto Club Speedway NASCAR Sprint Cup race.
"In my lifetime I've played in six World Series, hobnobbed with movie stars and been a part of the excitement of New York and the Yankees," said Jackson. "With all that, it’s hard to get excited over many things. But being behind the wheel of the pace car for the Auto Club 500 is right up there with some of the most exciting things I've ever done."
Jackson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993. In 27 World Series games, he hit 10 home runs - including four in consecutive at-bats – and had 24 runs batted in and a .357 batting average. He hit 563 home runs in his career.
Jackson compiled a lifetime slugging percentage of .490 and earned American League MVP honors in 1973. He won three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also won two consecutive titles with the New York Yankees.
