Skip Barber

This article is about racing driver John “Skip” Barber. For the racing driver John Barber see there.

Skip Barber

Nation:	United States
Automobile world championship
First start:	Dutch Grand Prix 1971
Last start:	1972 USA Grand Prix
Constructors
1971–1972  Gene Mason Racing
statistics
World Cup balance:	no World Cup placement
Starts Victories Poles SR 5 - - -
World Cup points :	-
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

John "Skip" Barber (born November 16, 1936 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) is a former American automobile racing driver .

Career

Skip, actually John Barber, got into motorsport relatively late. He began his career in the US Formula Ford Championship, in which he participated from 1969 to 1970. In 1970 he just won the championship. In Europe, it was completely unknown when he with a 1971 Gene Mason Racing used March 711 in the Formula 1 came. He made his debut at the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort . He started from position 24 and could not classify. Two more launches followed in 1971. He participated, also unsuccessfully, in the races in Canada and the US Grand Prix in Watkins Glen .

The only countable success this year was a sixth place in a race in Hockenheim that was not part of the world championship , the Jochen-Rindt Trophy. In 1972 he again took part in two races of the Formula 1 World Championship, in Canada and the USA . There he also achieved his best result in a world championship run with rank 16.

After his retirement, he opened a racing school in the USA, which is now considered one of the best in the world. His connections to the Swedish carmaker Saab also enabled the establishment of its own racing series - the Barber Dodge Pro series .

statistics

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	Skip Barber	Lotus 23	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
																						DNF
1971	Baker Motor	Lola T212	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
													DNF
1974	Bob Hagestad	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
									DNF

literature

• Steve Small, Grand Prix Who's Who 3rd Edition, 2000 Travel Publishing, ISBN 1-902007-46-8

Web links

Commons : Skip Barber Racing School  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Skip Barber Racing School
• Skip Barber at Racing Sports Cars