John Bartlett (racing driver)

John Bartlett (born 19 January 1955 [1]) is best known as a former WSCC race driver and team owner in the 1980's.

In 1983 Bartlett began to establish his name as a sports car driver in the British Thundersports series and the BRDC Sportscar Championship before moving into the World Championship in 1984 and running his own Group C2 team at Le Mans 24 Hour in 1984,[2] 85 and 86.

He also had a brief foray into the IMSA GT Championship in the US racing a Spice and at the Snetterton Willhire 24 Hours in 1991 winning class A driving a Ford Sierra RS Cosworth with Dave Mercer.

In his final season in 1993, Bartlett raced the Lola T89 Buick Indy car for the Star Union Team in the German Interserie championship.

His second novel, Dark Horse (a prequel to Chequered Justice), was released in November 2012 by Amazing Journeys in print (ISBN 978-0-9569104-1-7) and as a Kindle eBook.