John Greenwood (racing driver)
John Greenwood (April 5, 1945 – July 7, 2015) was an American race car driver, entrepreneur and automotive performance car builder and engineer.[1]
24 Hours of Le Mans
[edit]Greenwood raced three times at the 24 Hours of Le Mans - 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans, 1973 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 1976 24 Hours of Le Mans.[2]
Trans-Am Series
[edit]He won the title for the 1975 Trans-Am season.[3]
IMSA GT Championship
[edit]He won the pole position for the 1975 24 Hours of Daytona.[4]
John Greenwood Racing
[edit]With Greenwood Corvettes he built many successful race cars.[2]
Racing results
[edit]24 Hours of Le Mans results
[edit]| Year | Team | Co-Driver(s) | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 |  John Greenwood Racing
|
Dick Smothers
|
Chevrolet Corvette C3 | GTS +5.0 | 53 | DNF | DNF |
 Alain Cudini Bernard Darniche
|
82 | DNF | DNF | ||||
| 1973 | John Greenwood Racing
|
Bob Johnson
|
Chevrolet Corvette C3 | GTS +5.0 | 37 | DNF | DNF |
| 1976 | IMSA Greenwood Corvettes
|
Bernard Darniche
|
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray | IMSA GT | 29 | DNF | DNF |
References
[edit]- ^ "Greenwood Corvette - Home".
- ^ a b "Historic - Corvette racing star John Greenwood passes at 71". Racer.com. 2015-07-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ "Corvette Legend John Greenwood Dies - CorvettedCorvetted". Corvetted.com. 2015-07-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
- ^ Walt Thurn (2015-08-26). "A Tribute to C3 Racing Corvette Driver and Developer John Greenwood". Superchevy.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
External links
[edit]- John Greenwood driver statistics at Racing-Reference