Legends of Riverside
John Fitzpatrick
John Fitzpatrick is a former British racing driver, winning many titles throughout his career. He still works within motorsport as a consultant doing corporate events and driver management. He still does some historic races. Racing career. He first entered the British Saloon Car Championship (now known as the British Touring Car Championship) in 1964 driving a works Mini Cooper, finishing the season in second place overall behind Jim Clark. In 1966 he won the Championship driving a Broadspeed Ford Anglia.
In 1971 Fitzpatrick won the Jarama 4 Hours in a works Ford Escort RS2000 along with many other races in both the UK and Europe. Iin 1972 he won the 6 Hours of the Nurburgring for the renowned BMW Schnitzer Team along with Rolf Stommelen. He won the European GT Championship and the coveted Porsche Cup in 1972 and 1974 driving for both Kremer and Georg Loos Teams. In 1976 he won the Bathurst Hardie Ferodo 1000 in a Holden Torana with Bobby Morris driving for the Ron Hodgson Team. He also won the Silverstone 1000 km in the Hermetite BMW driving with Tom Walkinshaw, a race which he again won in 1978 drving a Porsche 935 for the Georg Loos Team.
His next title came in 1980 with a Porsche 935 K3 in the IMSA Championship and Porsche Cup. More titles came in the 80's driving Porsches for his own team. These included the Los Angeles Times Grand Prix in 1980, '81 and '83 and in 1983 The Brands Hatch 1000 km with Derek Warwick and The Elkhart Lake Can-Am in his Porsche 956.