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

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

He won the title for the 1975 Trans-Am season.^[3]

IMSA GT Championship

He won the pole position for the 1975 24 Hours of Daytona.^[4]

John Greenwood Racing

With Greenwood Corvettes he built many successful race cars.^[2]

Racing results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

1. "Greenwood Corvette - Home".
2. "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.
3. "Corvette Legend John Greenwood Dies - CorvettedCorvetted". Corvetted.com. 2015-07-09. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
4. Walt Thurn (2015-08-26). "A Tribute to C3 Racing Corvette Driver and Developer John Greenwood". Superchevy.com. Retrieved 2016-02-27.

External links

• John Greenwood driver statistics at Racing-Reference