Perhaps best known for winning the 1961 british saloon car championship with an 848cc mini hed bought for. In 1971 he met with gallwey and started to study coaching with him and helped in promoting the principles of the inner game. Using a lotus cortina, whitmore recorded one further victory and two podiums. Through coaching sports people and cofounding inner. Veteran british racing baronet sir john whitmore has died at the age of 79.
Sir john whitmore british racing champion 1990 mclaren m8f. British sportscar championship 1965 standings driver. On te 50th anniversary of the lotus cortina sam thomas racing arranged for these 2 legends to drive the only irs cortina. John whitmore pilota john whitmore racing driver qwe. Profile for racing driver john whitmore from britain.
It got harder and harder to push the dragster, as the clutch started sticking as i got further down the track. He started racing in the late 1950s and came to prominence in gt racing with a lotus elite, acquired with the help of his friend lotus f1 driver alan stacey. He participated in 10 formula one world championship grands prix, debuting on 29 december 1962. John cooper fitch august 4, 1917 in indianapolis, indiana october 31, 2012 was an american racing driver and inventor. Sir john whitmore bt 19372017 british racing drivers club. Sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet has passed away. An old etonian and sandhurst military academy graduate. John whitmore british racing driver, author, management. Jun 04, 2019 the late whitmore, who died in 2017 aged 79, has legendary status both within and well beyond motorsport. John whitmore profile with all the results,graphs,team mates and stats. Since this monthly series began in motor sport six years ago ive been lucky enough to take some 80 motor sporting personalities to lunch, and i dont think any of them has had so short a racing career. Despidiendo a john whitmore 19372017 international non.
A year later john whitmore retired from racing to concentrate on running the estate but his marriage was in trouble and so. Aug 26, 20 jim clarks lotus cortina irs driven by sir john whitmore a danblunden. X close fleet graphics by iconography long beach orange county. Alan mann racing used to run fords for the factory in the 60s with frank gardner and sir john whitmore as the main drivers as well as others such as i think peter arundell richard attwood and jackie oliver on occasions. The sad news has just reached the club office that sir john whitmore passed away last friday 28 april at the age of 79. This bestselling handbook by john whitmore will help leaders learn the skills to coach effectively, uniting people under one purpose to improve performance. After a career as a professional racingcar driver, john established the field of coaching in the uk. Sir john inherited the orsett estate company at orsett, essex, in 1962, on the death of his father sir francis henry charlton douglas whitmore bt. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. John whitmore was born on the son of sir francis whitmore and ellis johnsen, he was educated at eton college, sandhurst royal military academy, cirencester agricultural college. Jun 18, 2017 s ir john whitmore, 2nd bt, who has died aged 79, was known as the racing baronet, a british and european saloon car champion. Jan 15, 2007 jacky ickxsir john whitmore in lotus cortinas posted in tnfs archive. He won the british saloon car championship in his first year in the competition. But here we offer the john willment automobiles ltd racing teams ford galaxie 500 the landmark car in which the late, great, hugely popular driver jack sears stood the racing record on its head, and shattered those long years of jaguar domination.
Motor racing cars and drivers at goodwood during the 1940s. Just received from the brdc, i am extremely sad to report. There they had high fences around the pits, so only racing teams could get in there. The official biography of jack sears gauld, graham, whitmore, sir john on. John whitmore racing driver project gutenberg self. John cooper fitch stuffed a lot of living into his nine decades on this earth, including u. Sir john whitmore memorial performance consultants international. Our cookies are friendly and dont collect personal information but helps to improve the user experience. S ir john whitmore, 2nd bt, who has died aged 79, was known as the racing baronet, a british and european saloon car champion. British and european touring car title winner sir john whitmore has died at the age of 79. Sir john whitmore was one of alan mann racing s most prominent drivers. On the only occasion he raced one of alan manns falcons, john was the first driver to lap the silverstone grand prix circuit at over 100 mph in a touring car.
Whitmore was one of britains leading drivers of the 1960s, best known for winning the 1961 british saloon car championship. Sir john whitmore, 2nd bt, racing driver and management. John whitmore racing driver wikipedia republished wiki 2. Championship points standings for the british sportscar championship 1965. British sportscar championship 1965 standings driver database.
Now in his 70s, he has lost none of his crusading fire, particularly when it comes to changing what he regards as the selfish aspects of the modern corporate world, a process that should rightly begin back in the classroom. In europe, one of the powerhouse teams of the 1960s was alan mann racing. The popular baronet began racing in 1958 with a lotus vi then reached for the stars the following year after upgrading to an elite, winning 12 races from 15 starts. In more ways than one, sir john whitmore is different. He also won the european touring car championship and drove in the 24 hours of le mans for five years between 1959 and 1966. At the end of 1966, influenced not a little by serious accidents, some fatal, to some of his friends, john retired from racing and pursued various other interests including flying. Sir john whitmore, 2nd bt, racing driver and management expert. John whitmore was born on the son of sir francis whitmore and ellis johnsen, he was educated at eton college, sandhurst royal.
The first registered keeper was indeed sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet of orsett hall, grays, essex an extremely well known and established racing driver of the sixties. The baronetcy and estate were inherited by his son, sir john whitmore racing driver. It is taken from the index of the book, and gives a good idea of who and what was being raced at the goodwood circuit in the 1940s and 1950s. John maxwell lineham love 7 december 1924 25 april 2005 was a rhodesian racing driver.
He was educated at eton college, sandhurst royal military academy, and cirencester agricultural college. John whitmore british racing driver, author, management consultant whitmore, john 1937 seras whitmore, john, sir, 19372017 viaf id. Whitmore retired from racing at the end of that season. Jim clarks lotus cortina irs driven by sir john whitmore a. Sir john whitmore coaching pioneer, racing legend, founder of performance consultants, the foremost provider of coaching, leadership development and peak performance.
Sir john whitmore, second from left, and fellow racing drivers vic elford and christabel carlisle with steve mcqueen at brands hatch in 1970 friday may 26 2017, 12. Kate tojeiro talks with sir john whitmore, former british racing driver, bestselling author and performance coach about shenanigans with steve mcqueen and his pioneering. May 18, 2017 on the only occasion he raced one of alan manns falcons, john was the first driver to lap the silverstone grand prix circuit at over 100 mph in a touring car. Sir john whitmore former motor racing driver sir john whitmore is one of the coaching industrys early pioneers. Army air corps bomber and p51 pilot during world war ii, racing at le mans in the early 1950s, acting as a chevrolet corvette test driver, to inventing the fitch inertial safety barrier that is now in widespread use on american freeways. I wish to learn more about the racing efforts of both jacky ickx and sir john whitmore in the mid1960s. Sir john whitmore the nostalgia forum the autosport forums. Britisheuropean touring car champion sir john whitmore. Most le mans motor cars are well known and accounted for but this particular entrant has an interesting history, both with its le mans sojourn and for its characterful racing driver and owner.
Sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet 16 october 1937 28 april 2017 was a pioneer of the executive coaching industry, an author and british racing driver family life and background. Despidiendo a john whitmore 19372017 international. Growing people, performance and purpose is a guide for coaching written in true coaching style. He inherited the orsett estate company at orsett, essex, in 1962, on the death of his father. A pioneer in the field of coaching, sir john whitmore started his career as a professional racing driver. John whitmore racing driver born 1937, author, performance coach and former british racing driver. Gentleman, entrepreneur, and excellent racing driver, this is the fascinating story of john jack sears or gentleman jack as. Born into a landowning family, sir john first turned to motor sports in 1956 and after a spell of rallying and sprinting began circuit racing with a lotus 6 in 1958. John whitmore member inducted 2014 john whitmore was born in leicester. John whitmore gb complete archive only etcc entries. I lived in geneva alongside jo bonnier and jackie stewart and my intention was to live in. Sir john whitmore bt 19372017 british racing drivers. Our car is set to race at the 78th goodwood members meeting in the pierpoint cup, a into the dusk race specifically for pre. Although he inherited the baronetcy on his fathers death in 1962, and came to be known popularly as the racing baronet.
Racing drive sir john whitmore dead at 79 just british. He was born october 16, 1937, and died april 28, 2017. Sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet was a pioneer of the executive coaching industry, an author and british racing driver. Kate tojeiro talks with sir john whitmore, former british racing driver, bestselling author and performance coach about. Between 1964 and 66, whitmore would only appear in the championship as a reserve driver for team lotus. May 07, 2017 whitmore was one of britains leading drivers of the 1960s, best known for winning the 1961 british saloon car championship and the european touring car crown four years later. John whitmore racing driver sir john whitmore born october 16, 1937 is a former british racing driver and nonfiction author who has worked as a coach and consultant today background and education john whitmore was the son of sir francis henry douglas charlton whitmore and his second wife ellis johnson to the world.
He won the european touring car championship and ended up driving in the 24. A successful racing driver in the 1960s, he also founded the influential inner games sports and business training organization with timothy gallwey. John rhodes born wolverhampton, staffordshire on 18 august 1927 is a british former racing driver from england, who participated in one formula one world championship grand prix, the 1965 british grand prix, at silverstone. And with that, it gives us much pleasure to offer this 1959 lotus elite that was to race at le sarthe that same year. Sir john was born 16 october 1937, the son of sir francis whitmore and ellis johnsen. This is the list of cars and drivers mentioned in goodwood remembered. He is commemorated in the name of a local pub, the whitmore arms. Notice of death sir john whitmore bt british racing drivers club. Sir john whitmore coaching pioneer founder, performance. Sir john whitmore, 2nd bt, who has died aged 79, was known as the racing baronet, a british and european saloon car champion. Jacky ickxsir john whitmore in lotus cortinas tnfs. I am continually amazed by the knowledge of tnf members, so perhaps someone can assist me.
Apr 15, 2008 written in graham gaulds easygoing, story telling writing style, gentleman jack the official biography of jack sears, chronicles the story of a farmer from norfolk, england, who raced saloons, sports and gt and vintage cars in the 1950s and 1960s. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. On te 50th anniversary of the lotus cortina sam thomas racing arranged for these 2. Jim clarks lotus cortina irs driven by sir john whitmore. Ours was run by border reivers the clark connection. Many of the leading race and rally drivers of the time were employed by alan mann racing, including sir john whitmore, jacky ickx, bosse ljungfeldt, graham hill, frank gardner, sir jackie stewart and bruce mclaren. Sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet 16 october 1937 28 april 2017 was a pioneer of the executive coaching industry, an author and british racing driver. Sir john whitmore consults and lectures widely on coaching and human resource management together with his colleagues david hemery and david whitaker of performance consultants. Of course, he was starting out at the same time, he was simply another rising young driver. Jim clarks lotus cortina irs driven by sir john whitmore a danblunden. Whitmore was a professional racing driver, and after completing his sports career a successful businessman. Since discovering this forum a year ago, ive returned daily to read many a fascinating discussion about arcane racing topics. Whitmore was a successful racing driver in the 1950s and 60s, winning the british saloon car championship on his first attempt, in 1961. Alan mann racing ran the european rounds of the world gt championship with cobras for carroll shelby and ford, with sir john whitmore, jack sears and bob bondurant among the drivers, resulting in the first world championship win for an american manufacturer.
He started his career as an electrician by getting a silver medal from the electrical contractors association for coming in the top three in the uk in his exams. A table containing john whitmore s best results in the btcc. Sir john whitmore, 2nd bt, racing driver and management expert obituary the telegraph. Four years later, in 1965, he won the european touring car championship, driving a lotus cortina, and he contested le mans three times.
I had only really started racing in 1959 when i first drove at le mans. After winning british and european saloon car championships in the 1960s and driving on fords team at le mans, he became interested in sports psychology. The cars of celebrated driver john fitch get their own. Sports car racing archives complete archive of john whitmore gb complete archive only etcc entries settings login rsc home drivers john whitmore archive complete archive of john whitmore. Sir john whitmore, second from left, and fellow racing drivers vic elford and christabel carlisle with steve mcqueen at brands hatch in 1970. He started racing in the late 1950s and came to prominence in gt racing with a lotus elite, acquired with the help of his friend lotus f1 driver. Sir john henry douglas whitmore, 2nd baronet 16 october 1937 28 april 2017 was a pioneer of the executive coaching industry, an author and british. Following whitmore s retirement the cortina was used by ford for a promotional tour, before whitmore bought the car in 1967 and kept it in his ownership until 1995.
Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. Indeed, the gt40 did beat ferrari at le mans in 1966, then again in 1967, 68 and 69, dominating endurance sports car racing over the entire period. Sir john whitmore racing career profile driver database. Alan mann racing byfleet tnfs archive the autosport. I had thought it would form the highlight of my racing career, and suddenly here it was, just about 11 months after my first race. British racing driver sir john henry douglas whitmore has passed away at the age of 79 in the aftermath of a severe stroke. He was the first american to race automobiles successfully in europe in the postwar era. The official biography of jack sears skip to main content. Sir john whitmore was one of alan mann racings most prominent drivers. He turned out to be one of the most talented drivers of his era. Also, our eldest son craig who was a mere baby, used to infections frequently, until our visit to mantorp in sweden. In his first year in the competition he won the british saloon car championship and came second the following year. John whitmore was born on 16 october 1937, the son of sir francis whitmore and ellis johnsen.
Whitmore was one of britains leading drivers of the 1960s, best known for winning the 1961 british. Sir john whitmore coaching pioneer, racing legend, founder of performance. In 1979, whitmore popularized the principles of inner game in england. Kate tojeiro talks with sir john whitmore, former british racing driver, bestselling author and performance coach. Whitmore was one of britains leading drivers of the 1960s, best known for winning the 1961 british saloon car championship and the european touring car crown four years later. Sir john whitmores championshipwinning ford lotus cortina. Sir john whitmore takes on coaching for performance box of. Sir john whitmore interviewed by kate tojeiro youtube. The original 1965 european touring car championshipwinning lotus cortinaprepared by alan mann racing for sir john whitmore winning 8 out of 9 roundsretired at the end of 1965 and used by ford for a promotional touracquired by sir john himself in 1967 and owned by him until 1995exceptional history file with results, autosport articles and period photos of the defining original. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of six championship points.