History of the scca trans am imsa gto, gt1 a sedan gta racing cars, built, raced, bought and sold by. About john anderson racing driver john anderson born april 20, 1944 in warren, michigan died august 5, 1986 in charlotte, north carolina was an american stock car racing driver. Race car restoration, repair, and maintenance services. John anderson born april 20, 1944 in warren, michigan died august 5, 1986 in charlotte, north carolina was an american stock car racing driver. John anderson scca trans am imsa gto history page home. With 15 nhra championship wins and a total of 2 wins. Click on the year to see the standings for that year.
John anderson espn sportscenter richard petty driving. Get nhra driver greg anderson s career highlights, bio, stats and latest news. Get the latest race results driver john anderson on. My opinion top ten nascar broken catch fences and walls duration. National crown winners anderson, indiana speedway home to. Meet the john anderson racing team john anderson racing. Anderson racing clients race with vintage clubs such as csrg racing, hmsa, svra, the monterey historics, sovren and more all over the country and in grand prix support races in the us, mexico and europe. Read this weeks celebrity drive featuring rocker john oates brought to you by the automotive experts at motor trend. John anderson racing driver, date of birth, place of. After competing on a limited basis several years ago, john anderson returned to knoxville, and competed in his first full year in 2015, registering 15th in the final rundown. Includes every race start and finish along with dozens of statistical facts for john anderson s nascar career. Born april 20, 1944 in warren, michigan, anderson first drove in racing competition at flat rock speedway in 1965, winning the michigan figure.
Michael meindorfer is an engineer, race engineer, fabricator, racing transmission, car systems and engines specialists with decades of experience as a driver. His death was announced by the indycar team andretti autosport owned by his cousin, michael. Anderson born april 15, 1991 is an american professional stock car racing driver and team owner. John anderson developed an interest in oval track racing while attending flat rock. Nhra drivers listing the nhra, the largest auto racing organization in the world. He drove in the nascar winston cup series between 1979 and 1983, posting a best finish of fifth. Lakeview services for mort anderson, 32, of coral, a race car driver killed saturday night in competition at mobile, ala. Anderson racing is based at sonoma raceway, a world class roadcourse and one of the best testing and competition venues in the world. Former standout modified racer john anderson passes. Get the latest race results, news, videos, pictures, win record and more for john anderson on. Infobox nascar driver name john anderson birthdate birth date1944420 died death date and age19867311944420car crashtotal cup races. Originally they were jack arutes child and john anderson was part of that group that made them the division in connecticut.
On saturday, race car driver william willie mefford, 49, died from injuries sustained during a crash at the tracks late model race. Due to poor records, we can not confirm nor deny driver was in this event. Jan 30, 2020 former racecar driver john andretti has died at the age of 56 after battling colon cancer. Race to race, it was hard competition and i wanted to win.
Premier division figure 8s street stocks year champion year champion year champion 2019 zachery tinkle 2019 bruce mcfall 2019 josh poore 2018 jeff marcum 2018 shawn cullen 2018 travis burge 2017 jeff marcum 2017 shawn cullen 2017 josh poore 2016 jeff marcum 2016 jeff swinford 2016 na 2015 jack dossey iii 2015 jeff swinford 2015. Nov 21, 2019 he was owner, driver, chief mechanic, engine builder and sponsor finder all at the same time. Get nhra driver greg andersons career highlights, bio, stats and latest news. Was the pioneering sprint car and indy lights driver a. Oct 06, 2017 jennfier anderson, girlfriend of austin wayne self, tops tammy rice, wife of crew chief chase rice, to take the 7th annual better half dash crown. I never had any aspirations to drive, you know we lost him too early, but thats what i wanted to do, i was a mechanic and i wanted to work on race cars the rest of my life. John anderson has over 40 years of racing experience. Little 500 to be held despite racers death auto racing. He drove in the nascar winston cup series between 1979 and 1983, posting. I consider the race to be a success, despite the outcome, he. He drove in the nascar winston cup series between 1979 and 1983, posting a best finish of fifth career. John anderson born 31 august 268ap is a retired eastern zartanian race car driver from the rzoeaz.
No just kidding, what it really did was polished me to race the tracks back east like. Anderson, john 2002 michigan motor sports hall of fame. Johnny anderson racing career profile driver database. Past track champions anderson, indiana speedway home to. Want to know how much money your favorite nascar, formula 1 or indy car driver makes in year. Born in wildwood, florida, anderson graduated from high school in 1986. Anderson has made 101 career truck series starts and posted his best. Why, 20 years ago on july 15, 1997, did the life of race car driver cheryl glass come to an end. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. Which tracks did you really enjoy gettin after it at and why. In a postrace interview, his reaction was subdued but at the same time optimistic.
In september 1974 at napierville dragway in quebec, canada, hehn crashed, was uninjured, but destroyed the car. Vintage formula car specialists, historic racing, vintage racing, preparation and track side support. John has engineered, driven and restored them all and has coached and developed many of the quickest drivers in historic competition. Congratulations to dick anderson, for whether you are one of the fans who love to cheer him on or one of those who like to boo him, he was a standout this past year and is florida stock car racings driver of the year 2000. This page is dedicated to the history of dirt late model racing, the legends that helped make it, and anyone that had the nerve to wheel a dirt stock or late model. Wayne anderson born july 16, 1968 is an american late model race car driver. Andersons racer plunged over an embankment while he was participating in the world 300 race for super modified cars.
Credit for postponed andor cancelled races will be added on to the race length of your subscription. Former national crown winners the longest running stock car race in the country 1950 herschel white 1951 lucian adamson 1952 bobby beeson 1953 john yoke 1954 briar johnson 1955 bill holloway 1956 briar johnson 1957 wendell fall 1958 briar johnson 1959 gene christie 1960 gene christie 1961 bob brown 1962 bill keep 1963 bill lemon. He has two championships in the nascar proseries, which were in 1999 and 2001. But during testing of the car at a gravel pit in wisconsin, hehn was killed while at the wheel in a freak accident on april 20, 1977. Espn sportscenter anchor, john anderson, took a spin behind the wheel of a nascar race car at richard petty driving experience. John anderson nascar results, statistics and car numbers. John anderson racing driver john anderson born april 20, 1944 in warren. After 10 race wins, more than 500 wish kids and their families hosted. He rebuilt it and engaged vern anderson to be his driver. The anderson racing team is sponsored by eastport feeds in eastport, ny. John anderson was an american stock car racing driver. John anderson sprint car driver at knoxville raceway.
Anderson, driver of the summit equipment racing chevy camaro, defeated chris mcgaha and greg stanfield before being eliminated by eventual eventwinner mike edwards in the semifinals. Driver john anderson 1 career statistics racingreference. Jordan anderson nascar driver page stats, results, bio. Marc times rookie of the year award while driving mike beals late model. Johnny anderson met up with an unusually tall trophy girl at calistoga speedway. Calistoga because it taught me to respect a race car. Back when i worked on johns car thats all i ever wanted to do was work on a race car, said anderson. John anderson nascar xfinity series results, statistics and car numbers. John anderson racing career profile driver database.
Feb 05, 2015 it was an event that caught the eye of central floridas racing communitya feel good story for those who know the history of stock car racing in florida. Article on wayne anderson wayne anderson is known for being a nascar whelen modified driver. Anderson, a waterbury native, arrived on the modified racing scene racing at the former plainville stadium and also became a standout at the former riverside park speedway. At the end of the year john switched to the red springs and brakes car. Jordan anderson is an owner driver in the gander outdoors truck series, driving the no. John martin was the last of a breed at the indianapolis motor speedway in the 1970s and used his talent, guile and work ethic to make five indianapolis 500s. Sep 12, 2019 a car sits at the scene where metro nashville police officer john anderson was killed in an earlymorning vehicle crash thursday, july 4, 2019, at the intersection of interstate dr.