Jack Nethercutt

Vehicles in the Nethercutt Collection

Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson, built in 1937

Jack Boison Nethercutt (born October 11, 1913 in South Bend , † December 6, 2004 in Santa Monica ) was an American entrepreneur, museum founder and racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Jack Nethercutt was the eldest of three children of the couple, Carl (1888-1961) and Florence Nethercutt (1889-1923) in South Bend, in the US state of Indiana to the world. When his father married a second time after his mother's death in 1923, at the age of ten he moved to live with his aunt in Santa Monica , California , where he continued to live. He dropped out of his studies at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena to join his aunt's company.

Merle Nethercutt Norman developed skin care products for family members and close friends in the late 1920s . With the help of her nephew, the backyard business grew into a rapidly growing business. In 1931 Merle Norman opened the first shop in Santa Monica. While the aunt managed the production of the products, the nephew took care of marketing and sales . Small-scale product presentations were organized under the motto Try Before You Buy . As early as the 1930s, the concept made it possible for women in particular to become self-employed with the products on a franchise basis . The success proved the concept right, because in a very short time many Merle Morman shops were opened on the west coast of the USA. After Merle Nethercutt Norman's death in 1972, Jack Nethercutt took over management of the company, which is still family-owned today.

Collector and museum founder

Jack Nethercutt was the founder and, together with his wife, chairman of the Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar , a district of Los Angeles for many years . His passion for collecting began in the 1950s, which he shared with his wife Dorothy - born Dorothy Sykes (1914–2004) and married to Jack Nethercutt from 1933 until her death. The first collector's items were a Duesenberg Convertible Roadster, built in 1936, and a DuPont Town Car, built in 1930. Over the years, the automobile collection grew into one of the most important in the United States. Vehicles from the collection have won the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance six times .

In addition to the vehicles, Nethercutt collected antique furniture, musical instruments, jukeboxes and complete train sets , which have been exhibited in their own museum since 1971.

Racing career

Jack Nethercutt was active as a sports car driver in the 1950s and 1960s . He started successfully in national races and in the SCCA Pacific Coast Championship . He achieved four overall and 15 class wins. His most important was the success at the 3-hour race in Westwood , together with Pete Lovely in the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa . In 1960 he also achieved his best international result when he finished third overall in the Sebring 12-hour race .

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Pete Lovely	3rd place and class win
1961	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 250TR59 / 60	Pete Lovely	failure	Oil pump

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5
1960	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 250TR	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				3
1961	Jack Nethercutt	Ferrari 250TR	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			DNF

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : The Nethercutt Collection  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Nethercutt Collection
• Official website of Merle Norman
• Jack Nethercutt at Racing Sports Cars

Individual proof

1. ↑ About Merle Nethercutt (English)
2. ↑ The collectors Jack and Dorothy Nethercutt
3. ↑ 1960 Westwood 3 Hours