Dick Thompson (racing driver)

Richard Knight Thompson, Jr. (July 9, 1920 – September 14, 2014) was an American racecar driver.

He won numerous Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) championships and was inducted into the Corvette Hall of Fame.

[1] Active from the late 1950s until the 1970s, Thompson raced for several notable racers, including the factory Corvette team for John Fitch and Briggs Cunningham.

In 1967, Thompson won the 1000km of Spa with Jacky Ickx in the Gulf-liveried JW Automotive Mirage M1.

[2] On September 14, 2014, he died of pneumonia at a hospice in West Palm Beach, Florida.