- John Buffum
John Buffum (born
October 4 ,1943 , inWallingford, Connecticut ) is the most successful U.S.rally racing driver ever, winning 11 national titles and 117 national championship events.From 1977 to 1980, when British Leyland dropped out of U.S. racing, he won both the
SCCA ProRally series and theNorth America Rally Championship s. In 1981, he competed with anAudi 80 andPeugeot 504 , but they were not competitive compared toRod Millen 's factoryMazda RX-7 rally cars. [ [http://www.rallyracingnews.com/teams/bio-jb.html Biography John Buffum, Rally Racing News ] ]In addition to his North American schedule, John Buffum cherry-picked rallies in Europe, where he became the first and still the only American to win a European Championship event, taking the 1983 Sachs Rally in West Germany and the 1984 ERC Rally in Cyprus, both with Audi Quattro.
He also helped re-start the
Mount Washington Hillclimb Auto Race in 1990. [ [http://www.rallyracingnews.com/scca/pr-mtwashington02.html Press Release 2/12/02, Mt. Washington Hillclimb, Rally Racing News ] ]References
Rally Racing News. [http://www.rallyracingnews.com/teams/bio-jb.html John Buffum Biography] . Retrieved Dec 31, 2004.
External links
* [http://www.libraracing.com Libra Racing, John Buffum's company.]
* [http://www.johnbuffum.com JohnBuffum.com - John Buffum's homepage.]
* [http://www.johnbuffum.com/order.htm In Like a Lamb...Out Like a Lion.] Champion co-driver and former National PRO Rally Manager, Tom Grimshaw, tells John Buffum's story and the course of rally racing in the United States.
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