Jerry Grant

Jerry Grant (January 23, 1935 – August 12, 2012), was a driver in the USAC Championship Car series. Born in Seattle, he began racing sports cars in Northern California in the early 1960s. He raced in the 1965-1977 seasons, with 54 career starts, including the Indianapolis 500 in 1965-1968, 1970 and 1972-1976. He finished in the top ten 13 times, with his best finish in 3rd position in 1974 at Ontario.

Grant is best remembered for his bad luck at the 1972 Indianapolis 500 that cost him first victory and then second place. He was leading the race comfortably over Mark Donohue when a punctured tire forced him to pit with 12 laps to go. As Donohue went past into the lead, Grant overshot his pit and stopped at his teammate Bobby Unser's. His mechanics changed the tire in Unser's pit, and also refueled the car—from Unser's pit tank. Grant returned to the track and finished second to Donohue.Al Unser's team filed a protest, saying that Grant had used fuel from another driver's supply. The protest was upheld and Grant's final 12 laps were not counted, dropping him from 2nd to 12th.

Jerry Grant (composer)

(BLP, the artist and www.nujazzalternative.com date= December 2015)

Jerry Grant composed music for films and television during the 1980s and 1990s. He led and composed for the 11 piece fusion band, Spectrum 1971-1981 and the 13 piece jazz orchestra, Nujazz Alternative 1998-2005 recording the album, RUSH HOUR, Jerry Grant and the L.A Nujazz Alternative.

Credits include The Secret World of Alex Mack TV series (1994),[ [World of Valor] (TV series (1992),[Bloodstone](1988 Film),[Darkroom] (1988 Film),[Hired to Kill] (1990 Film), [The Naked Truth] (1992 film), Ninja Academy (1988 film),[In The Cold of The Night (1990 film)] [TV series composer with Mike Post and Pete Carpenter 1981-1989], Quantum Leap (10 episodes, 1989–1990),[Hunter] ( TV series)(68 episodes,1983-1986), [Magnum P.I.](TV series Magnum P.I.) (92 episodes 1982-1998), [A Team](TV series A Team)(63 episodes 1982-1986),[Hardcastle and McCormick](TV series Hardcastle and McCormick),33 episodes 1982-1984),[Riptide], (TV series Riptide),(37 episodes 1983-1985), [Wise Guy](TV series Wise Guy),(13 episodes 1986-1987) .http://www.nujazzalternative.com