John campbell, hall of fame harness racing driver and. Watch world champion laag cause the first accident, setting off the chain reaction, then john campbell s horse, who runs without driver, flips over the hub rail. John campbell was, instead, approaching the final drive of his. May 31, 2011 paula campbell, the wife of hall of fame driver john campbell, told tuesday morning that her husband suffered a broken shoulder and broken knee as a result of an accident in the ninth race, a division of the pennsylvania stallion series for 3yearold. Seasons spanning over two years for example 2014 championships have their race results accounted for in the year the championship ends. It was his final trip to the meadowlands racetrack winners circle. Mar 07, 2020 malcolm campbell, british automobileracing driver who set world speed records on land and on water. John campbell racing career profile driver database. Arca menards series statistics 1979present only click on the year to see the standings for that year.
Legendary harness racing driver john campbell retiring at. He had been increasingly frail but was able to celebrate his 90th birthday with a party in january. John campbell, a dominant force at the meadowlands since 1978, is calling it quits. John campbell, most successful harness racing driver and canadian sports hall of fame inductee. In 1935 he became the first driver to officially exceed 300 miles per hour in a land vehicle. Bill shakes hands with the leading moneywinning harness driver of all time, john campbell. The use of 12 horses makes a much more interesting game. Mar 24, 2020 john campbell jones born 21 jan 1930 leatherhead, surrey. Campbell was driving tritech in the ninth race, trailing somedancer hanover and driver david miller. Just the revenue standpoint from the owners and trainers and drivers. Jun 29, 2017 legendary harness racing driver john campbell retiring at meadowlands after 39 years.
Arguably the greatest driver in harness racing history, campbell won his final two races, capping his evening by guiding heavily favored muscle. Arguably the greatest driver in harness racing history, campbell won. He participated in two world championship grands prix, debuting on 17 june 1962. While hannah didnt manage to beat john campbell home she did finish fifth with a couple of hall of famers in her wake. John campbell, harness racings greatest driver hangs up the lines. Legendary harness racing driver campbell retiring after 39. This surrey car dealer indulged his hobby in lesser formula 1 races during the early 1960s and twice raced in the world championship. John campbell breaks shoulder, knee harness racing.
View f1 statistics and a f1 career summary of john campbell jones, including career stats, yearly summary, stats per grands prix and circuits, and more. John campbell, the winningest harness racing driver of all time, retired in 2017 after 39 years at the meadowlands racetrack. Midway through the friday evening program at the meadowlands, the onemile harness racing venue in new jersey that he helped transform into the sports mecca in the 1980s and 1990s, hall of fame driver john campbell will climb into the bike for the final time of his legendary career in a parimutuel race. Hall of fame driver john campbells harness racing roots are so deep in southwestern ontario that they go back to his teenage years with another of the sports legends from the region. John duncan campbell born april 8, 1955 in ailsa craig, ontario is a hall of fame harness racing driver.
Campbell, born april 8, 1955, ailsa craig, ontario, canada, canadian harness racing driver who was north americas leading money. Michael john churchill campbelljones 21 january 1930 24 march 2020 was a formula one driver from england. Dunc had two sons ray and jack campbell with his family near london, ontario. John campbelljones born 21 jan 1930 leatherhead, surrey. John campbell is a hall of fame driver not rider that holds many of the sports records. John campbell, hall of fame harness racing driver and leading driver in the history of the sport more information find this pin and more on meadowlands racetrack by meadowlands racetrack. Learn more about campbells life and career, including his other titles. Arguably the greatest driver in harness racing history, campbell. With 12 horses the movement robbing mechanisms can not be totally avoided. He has led all north american drivers in earnings 16 times and has won every major race in the sport including a record six hambletonians at least once. John campbell elected president of the hambletonian society. Profile for racing driver john campbelljones from britain. Campbell racing campbell racing has turned into quite the family affair taking on the coolest races the offroad industry has to offer. John campbell jones rip posted in the nostalgia forum.
Jun 30, 2017 john campbell didnt mind a slow pace friday night june 30. It only seemed fitting that john campbell, the greatest driver in harness racing history, would end his hall of fame career with a win. John campbelljones raced a lotus 11 sports car in british club events from 1957 before he tried his luck in formula 2 and f1. Campbell, born april 8, 1955, ailsa craig, ontario, canada, canadian harness racing driver who was north americas leading money winner and a sixtime champion at the hambletonian 1987, 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998, and 2006, the top race for threeyearold trotters. Legendary harness racing driver john campbell retiring at meadowlands after 39 years. Campbell, canadian harness racing driver who was north americas leading money winner and a sixtime champion of the hambletonian, the top race for threeyearold trotters. John campbell, hall of fame harness racing driver and leading. Howard and brent kaeding pose for a picture at a past race.
John campbell goes out a winner at the meadowlands sports. Hall of fame driver john campbell bids farewell on friday. John campbell april 8, 1955 born in london, ontario john is currently harness racings all time leading catch driver in money won with 1. John campbell, harness racing legend, takes final drive saturday. Absolutely lovely man and i will treasure my time spent with him. Hall of fame driver campbell closes career with wins in final.
Hall of fame driver campbell closes career with wins in. He also participated in numerous nonchampionship formula one races. John campbell, the winningest harness racing driverin the sports. Malcolm campbell, british automobileracing driver who set world speed records on land and on water. Hall of fame driver john campbell suffered a broken wrist as a result of an accident during a 2yearold baby race friday morning at the meadowlands. The following numbers are a summary of the more detailed information available in the career details further below on the page. For the record the other drivers in last years hall of fame invitational trot were john campbell, david miller, jimmy takter, bill odonnell, wally hennessey and ron waples. Jul 31, 2017 1967 shelby gt500 barn find and appraisal that buyer uses to pay widow price revealed duration. Millers horse made a break and fell, resulting in an. John andretti carved out his own niche in one of the worlds most successful racing families. John campbell, harness racings alltime leading driver will step out of the sulky and take the reins at the hambletonian society. John also raced a cooper in formula 2 events in 1960 before a few grand prix races in 1962. John campbell was, instead, approaching the final drive of his career. Campbell, who has earned more than any driver in harness racing history, will retire from driving at the end of june to become president and ceo of the.
Learn more about campbells life and career, including. The race is then determined by the movement number combined with the start and stretch chance cards. Jan 16, 2019 john campbell, harness racings alltime leading driver will step out of the sulky and take the reins at the hambletonian society. Miller has driven against legend john campbell harnesslink. He has been inducted into the harness racing hall of fame, the canadian horse racing hall of fame and canadas sports hall of fame. Jul 26, 2017 john campbell to end hall of fame harness racing career in clinton. John was a car dealer and owned a restaurant and had property interests as well. I cant say it was a dream run because i never dreamed that big. John duncan campbell is a retired canadian harness racing driver. Oct 02, 2017 john campbell, harness racings greatest driver hangs up the lines on a glorious bluesky sunday afternoon, in the shadow of a majestic red barn that stands sentinel over clinton raceway in rural ontario, the worlds most successful harness driver was having anything but second thoughts. John campbell, harness racing legend, takes final drive. John campbell breaks wrist in meadowlands baby race. John campbelljones racing career profile driver database. Harness racings greatest driver, john campbell, hangs up the lines.
John campbell harness racing wikipedia republished wiki 2. John campbell goes out a winner at the meadowlands. Click on the number of races to see individual races for that year. He succeeds tom charters who steps down from the hambletonian.
Thoughts are with his daughters vicky and emma and his other family and. John campbell, the winningest harness racing driver in the sports history, will compete for the final time at the meadowlands. Driver brian campbell career statistics racingreference. John also worked for a while as a stunt driver in hollywood movies in the 1970s to help put a budget together for racing.
John duncan campbell born april 8, 1955 in ailsa craig, ontario is a retired canadian harness racing driver. Learn more about campbells life and career, including his other records. View f1 statistics and a f1 career summary of john campbelljones, including career stats, yearly summary, stats per grands prix and circuits, and more. John campbell is completely at ease with the idea of retirement. Sadly died in 2020 after a period of fraility, although he did manage to celebrate his 90th birthday in early 2020. Ap hall of famer john campbell is getting behind the sulky one last time in new jersey after arguably the greatest driving career in harness racing history. He has been inducted into the harness racing hall of fame, the canadian horse racing. Dunc campbell and his father before him were standardbred horsemen. With great regret, it is to tell you that john campbell jones died on tuesday at his home in camden.
Dec 25, 2010 harness racing driver john campbell gets dumped over the hub rail at blue bonnets raceway when a horse and driver avoid one accident, and in the process, become the cause of another. John campbell injured in accident standardbred canada. John campbell goes out a winner at the meadowlands usa today. The hoof beats magazine crew was with campbell for the. Nov 23, 2019 john worked for many years as an engineer for shelby to earn money to race. He raced in national f1 races in 1963 before becoming the last person to race a brp in a competitive car at his last race at oulton park. Jul 28, 2017 john campbell, harness racing legend, takes final drive saturday. No active driver or jockey has amassed more purse money than john campbell. Ap hall of fame driver john campbell went out a winner in his last day of racing at the meadowlands. John campbell didnt mind a slow pace friday night june 30. But since hes john campbell, he did one better and won the. John campbell to end hall of fame harness racing career in.
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