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9 Jul 2015, 21:52 (Ref:3557130) | #1 | ||
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John Greenwood has died
John Greenwood, US Corvette builder and racer died, July 7, 2015. He twice won the SCCA A Production championship, and was the 1975 SCCA Trans Am Champion. Took BF Goodrich to LeMans on his Corvettes. Developed a line of wide-body Corvettes in IMSA. He was 70 years old.
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I knew his work because Hot Wheels brand made, in the last years, miniatures of his '76 Corvette in its 1/64 diecasts. Rest in peace.
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'Enjoyed John and his monsters thundering around Daytona and Sebring. He ran on Goodyear tires, not Goodrich.
RIP mssr Greenwood. |
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