Marty Hinze

John "Marty" Hinze (born July 28, 1946 in New York City ) is a former American automobile racing driver and racing team owner.

Career

Hinze began his motorsport career in the 1970s. He entered his first major sports car race in 1975 in Sebring , where he competed in the 12-hour race . As partner of the already 52-year-old Bob Grossman , he dropped out early after a technical defect. His first position in the leading group, he reached in 1980 when the IMSA GT series scoring 250-mile race at Daytona with the fifth overall (with Gary Belcher on a Porsche 935 ).

He achieved his best results in the IMSA-GTP series . In 1983 he finished second in the Daytona 24 Hours and achieved the same position at Sebring in 1984 . He was third at Sebring in 1981 and 1982 at the championship runs in Mosport and Mid-Ohio .

Drug trafficking and career end

From the late 1970s, Hinze ran a racing team with Bill Whittington and Randy Lanier and was involved in the drug deals of Lanier and the Whittington brothers. In 1986 he was charged with marijuana smuggling and pleaded guilty in a Fort Lauderdale court. The damages in the process amounted to 73 million US dollars . While Whittington was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and Lanier even received life imprisonment , Hinze got away with a 3-year sentence and $ 20,000. After his release in 1989, the racing career, however, was over, and he went only once, in Sebring in 1990 , at the start.

statistics

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Marty Hinze	De Tomaso Pantera	Bob Grossman		failure	malfunction
1977	Robert Davis	Chevrolet Corvette	Robert Davis		failure	Engine failure
1978	Desperado Racing	Porsche 935	Cliff Kearns	Stephen Behr	Rank 35
1980	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935	Buzz Marcus	Bob Harmon	failure	Engine failure
1981	Marty Hinze Racing	Porsche 935K3	Bill Whittington	Milt Minter	Rank 3
1982	T-Bird Swap Shop	Porsche 935K3	Bill Whittington	Don Whittington	failure	malfunction
1983	Hinze fencing	March 83G	Terry Wolters	Randy Lanier	failure	Engine failure
1984	Blue Thunder Racing Team	March 83G	Bill Whittington	Randy Lanier	Rank 2
1985	Marty Hinze Racing	Porsche 935K3	Kind Yarosh	Milt Minter	failure	suspension
1986	MHR Racing	Porsche 935K3	Jack Newsum	Tom Blackaller	Rank 15
1990	Whitehall Motorsports	Spice SE87L	Ken Knott	Kenper Miller	failure	Engine failure

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

• Marty Hinze at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 250 Mile Daytona Race 1980
2. ↑ 1983 Daytona 24-hour race
3. ↑ Sebring 12-hour race in 1984
4. ↑ Mosport 6-hour race in 1982
5. ^ 1982 Mid-Ohio 6-Hour Race
6. ↑ Marty Hinze in court