John Willment
John Willment (* 20th century ) was a British entrepreneur, financier and co-owner of JW Automotive Engineering .
John Willment was one of the best-known and largest Ford dealerships in Great Britain in the 1960s and at that time also ran his own racing team - Race-Proved by Willment . Used came Ford Anglia and Cortina , the Lotus 30 and single-seater racing cars of Brabham and Cooper . Willment had achieved prosperity with a construction company that had built the factory for the Formula 1 racing team Cooper in 1957 .
In 1966, Willement was the sponsor of JW Automotive, John Wyer’s racing team . With Will flats capital, the team won with a Ford GT40 , the 24-hour race at Le Mans in 1968 and 1969 as well as the Porsche 917 , the World Sportscar Championship 1,971th
literature
- John Horsman: Racing in the Rain. Bull Publishing, Phönix 2006, ISBN 1-893618-71-4 .
- The Certain Sound, Thirty Years of Motor Racing, John Wyer. Edita, Lausanne 1981, Automobile Year, ISBN 2-88001-111-6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willment, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British racing team owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |