Bryan died after a crash in a Champ car race at Langhorne Speedway in 1960, on the same day that two drivers were killed in the Belgian Grand Prix, making the day one of the most tragic in racing history. For many years one of the two championship races at the Phoenix International Raceway was a memorial race dedicated to Bryan. He was also memorialized in a song by Harry Weger titled "The Ballad of Jimmy Bryan". Bryan is buried in Phoenix's &lt;a href="Greenwood/Memory%20Lawn%20Mortuary%20%26amp%3B%20Cemetery"&gt;Greenwood/Memory Lawn Mortuary &amp; Cemetery&lt;/a&gt;.