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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 United States John Greenwood Racing United States Dick Smothers Chevrolet Corvette C3 GTS +5.0 53 DNF DNF
France Alain Cudini
France Bernard Darniche
82 DNF DNF
1973 United States John Greenwood Racing United States Bob Johnson Chevrolet Corvette C3 GTS +5.0 37 DNF DNF
1976 United States IMSA
United States Greenwood Corvettes
France 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.

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