John Fitzpatrick

John Fitzpatrick (born 9 June 1943) is a British former racing driver known for his achievements in touring cars, GT racing and endurance racing. After his early years racing Minis, he won the British Saloon Car Championship in 1966 in a Broadspeed Ford Anglia.

In the early 1970s, he focused much of his career on racing Porsches. In 1972, he won the European GT Championship in a Kremer Racing Porsche 911 S and also claimed the Porsche Cup. He repeated both successes in 1974, this time in a Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. During the second half of the decade, he regularly raced Porsche 934s and 935s for teams such as Kremer and Gelo Racing. In 1980, driving a Porsche 935 K3 for Dick Barbour Racing, he won the IMSA GT championship, secured a class victory at Le Mans and claimed the Porsche Cup for the third time. In 1981, he founded John Fitzpatrick Racing, the team with which he continued racing Porsche 935s and 956s.