John Harris (racing driver)

John Harris was a British racing car driver .

Career

John Harris was active in sports car racing in the 1960s . In addition to success in national races in Great Britain , he also competed in several international races. In 1966 he finished eleventh in the 1000 km race at Spa-Francorchamps . In his only appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , he dropped out prematurely in 1969 because of a defective radiator on the Healey SR.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1969	Donald Healey Motor Company	Healey SR	Clive Baker	failure	cooler

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th
1965	Richard Groves	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																				18th
1966	Healey engine	Austin-Healey Sprite	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
							11
1968	Mefco Racing	Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
					16
1969	Healey engine	Healey SR	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
										DNF

literature

• Christian Moity, Jean-Marc Teissèdre, Alain Bienvenu: 24 heures du Mans, 1923–1992. Éditions d'Art, Besançon 1992, ISBN 2-909-413-06-3 .

Web links

• John Harris at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 1000 km race at Spa 1966