death_place death_date cup_poles birth_place cup_wins total_cup_races first_cup_win last_cup_race achievements years_in_cup birth_date best_cup_pos first_cup_race cup_top_tens article_title name death_cause
newton , kansas , u.s. 23 june 2000 0 halstead , kansas , u.s. 1 2 1949 race no. 1 -lrb- charlotte -rrb- 1949 race no. 3 -lrb- occoneechee -rrb- winner of first nascar strictly stock series race 1 13 august 1916 16th -lrb- 1949 -rrb- 1949 race no. 1 -lrb- charlotte -rrb- 1 jim roper
 jim roper heart and liver failure caused by cancer
jim roper

christian david `` jim '' roper -lrb- august 13 , 1916 -- june 23 , 2000 -rrb- was a nascar driver .
he lived in halstead , kansas .
he is most known as the winner of the first nascar strictly stock -lrb- now sprint cup -rrb- race .
