John Paul Jr.

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Paul Jr.
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1960(1960-02-19)
Age	64
Country	United States
Birth City	Indiana
Horoscope	Aquarius

John Paul Jr. Biography

John Paul Jr. is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on February 19, 1960 in Indiana, United States. IndyCar as well as CART racer who took home only one event in both of the series. He won the Scott Brayton Trophy in 1997.

He placed second in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans when racing with his friend He finished second at the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans, while racing with partner Jean Rondeau..

Paul was lured into the drug trade at the age of 15 just to be with his father. His first legal troubles was on January 10, 1979, he and another accomplice were caught by customs agents loading equipment onto a pickup truck on the bank of a canal in the Louisiana bayous after dark. Following questioning, when one of them smelled marijuana on their clothing, his father was apprehended on his 42-foot boat named Lady Royale, where customs discovered marijuana residue and $10,000 on board. A rented truck was discovered nearby, which contained 1,565 pounds (710 kg) of marijuana. In court, all three pleaded guilty to marijuana possession charges, where each was placed on three years’ probation and fined $32,500.

After graduating from high school, Paul Jr. started working for his father’s team, JLP Racing, learning the ins and outs of what a racing organisation was. He became some kind of jack-of-all-trades within the team. As Paul Jr. started to learn about engines, his father decided his son needed to go a racing school. He was enrolled at the Skip Barber Racing School, but Paul Jr. was deemed to be hopeless. Despite this setback, Paul Sr. bought his son an old Formula Ford. In 1979, he took part in a few Formula Ford races, and made the SCCA National Championship Runoffs.

The father of his son, John Paul Sr was also a racer. they both took home in 1982 the 12 Hours of Sebring together.

John Paul Jr. Net Worth

John Paul Jr. is one of the richest Race Car Driver from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Paul Jr. 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was the youngest IMSA Champion in the history of racing in 1982.

His career was cut off after he was imprisoned for drug trafficking.

John Lee Paul Jr. (born February 19, 1960 in Muncie, Indiana) is a retired American racing driver. He competed in CART and the Indy Racing League competitions, but primarily in IMSA GT Championship, winning the title in 1982.

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Away from IMSA, he tried his hand at CART racing, winning the 1983 Norton Michigan 500 in only his fourth Indycar start. After leading 66 of the 250 laps aboard the VDS Associates’s Penske PC10, he passed Rick Mears on the last lap and took the checkered flag seconds later as Mears spun and crashed behind him. With a second place in the Caesars Palace Grand Prix (Las Vegas) and a further two third places, he would go on to finish 8th in points in 1983. Meanwhile, another new series, another victory first time out. This time in the Trans-Am series, he won for DeAtley Motorsports at Trois-Rivières.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. John Paul Jr. celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.

In 1984, Paul finished 2nd in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans with Jean Rondeau in a Preston Henn’s T-Bird Swap Shop Porsche 956. He also finished 2nd in the Six Hours of Watkins Glen, this time driving with Bruce Leven in his Bayside Disposal Racing Porsche 962. After this race, he was offered a seat alongside John Morton, by Conte Racing. Apart from an 8th place in Road America, Paul and Morton did not finish any races aboard the March-Chevrolet 84G. The CART scene did not fare much better. Although he entered nine of the sixteen races, this was for four different teams. The best result was a 3rd place in the Caesars Palace Grand Prix, for Provimi Veal Racing, in their March-Cosworth 84C.

What happened to John Paul Jr?

Professional racer John Paul Jr. died Tuesday at 60, after a long battle with Huntington’s disease. This profile of his life and his complex relationship with his father, John Paul Sr., originally appeared in the November 1997 issue of Car and Driver.

How old is John Paul Jr?

60 years (1960–2020)

Is John Paul Jr alive?

December 29, 2020

Is John Paul Sr still alive?

In 2001 he disappeared on his boat while being sought for questioning by officials regarding the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. As of 2022, Paul’s status is unknown.

What happened to the Whittington brothers?

Former IMSA and IndyCar racer Bill Whittington was killed when a plane he was piloting crashed in the Arizona desert , according to multiple reports. Whittington, along with brothers Don and Dale are the only three brothers to qualify for the same Indianapolis 500. Whittington was 71.