John Morton (born February 17, 1942) is an American racing driver from Waukegan, Illinois. After his father took him to a race at Road America in 1957, Morton became an avid racing fan.

Mar 28, 2018 · John Morton has raced for BRE's Peter Brock, Carroll Shelby, and lifted the Datsun 510 to cult status with his successful professional career.

Currently most of John's competition is in vintage races driving a variety of cars, which include Cobra coupes, Corvettes, Porsches, a Sunbeam Tiger and his favorite race car: the Scarab that he saw race at Road America while still a teenager.

Jan 18, 2023 · John Morton (born 17 Feb 1942 Chicago, Illinois). Still involved in racing, as he competes occasionally in historic events. Best known as a sportscar racer, he now lives in Utah. Likes to restore vintage scooters and flies planes, but formerly owned a garage.

Aug 25, 2017 · When you take a detailed look at his career, John Morton has to be counted as one of the most versatile drivers in racing history. With rides ranging from 427 Cobras to Can-Am, Formula 5000, Indy cars and IMSA GTP, Morton had a career most pro racers only dream about.

The ageless Morton first made headlines in the early 1970s as lead driver for inductee Peter Brock’s BRE Datsuns, winning consecutive SCCA C Production national championships (1970, 1971) in the outfit’s 240Zs and consecutive Trans-Am Under 2.5 titles (1971, 1972) in BRE 510s, winning 12 of 19 starts.

Aug 22, 2013 · John Morton is a nine-time Le Mans driver among other series and was willing to give us a few minutes of his time fresh off the track. Morton started sports car racing in 1963 and is...

In the late 1950s, a young John Morton was transfixed with sports car racing. His dreams of competition eventually led him to enroll, in 1962, in the Shelby School of High Performance Driving. In a bold moment after the last class, Morton asked Shelby if he might come to work for the newly formed Shelby American.

John Morton (born February 17, 1942) is an American racing driver from Waukegan, Illinois. After his father took him to a race at Road America in 1957, Morton became an avid racing fan.

One of the only drivers to be able to make this claim is the quiet and affable John Morton. Starting in the early ’60s with Carroll Shelby and the prototype Cobra, Morton has raced everything imaginable: from sports racers to Indy cars, Datsun sedans to GT Prototypes.