John Greenwood (April 5, 1945 – July 7, 2015) was an American race car driver, entrepreneur and automotive performance car builder and engineer.
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.
Trans-Am Series
He won the title for the 1975 Trans-Am season.
IMSA GT Championship
He won the pole position for the 1975 24 Hours of Daytona.
John Greenwood Racing
With Greenwood Corvettes he built many successful race cars.
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
- "Greenwood Corvette - Home".
- ^ "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
- John Greenwood driver statistics at Racing-Reference