Bruce Jacobi

Jacobi came into the 1983 Daytona Speedweeks without a ride, but picked one up with a smaller independent team owned by Bob Meazell by the time of the UNO Twin 125 qualifiers at Daytona International Speedway.^[2] During the first qualifying race^[2] on February 17, 1983, Jacobi lost control of his No. 05 Pontiac at the exit of turn two and flipped upon entering the grass infield, eventually coming to a stop near the inside dirt bank.^[3] He was taken from Daytona Speedway to Halifax Medical Center for treatment of a bruised brain stem and a severe injury to one of his eyes. Several days later, Jacobi was reported to be breathing with the assistance of a respirator,^[4] which by March 11, still at Halifax Medical Center, Jacobi no longer needed.^[5] He was flown from Florida to Indianapolis, and then transferred by ambulance to Hendricks County Hospital in Danville, Indiana for further treatment, on March 22.^[6]

Jacobi remained in a comatose state for almost four years before dying at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.^[7][8]

• Bruce Jacobi driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Motor Sport Memorial
• Bruce Jacobi at Find a Grave
• Daytona Beach Morning Journal article on Jacobi and his family's situation published in February 1984
• Daytona Beach Morning Journal article on Jacobi and his family's situation published in July 1984

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