Johnny Mowlem

January 8, 2024
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Johnny Mowlem
Full Name Johnny Mowlem
Occupation Driver
Date Of Birth Feb 12, 1969(1969-02-12)
Age 55
Birthplace London
Country United Kingdom
Birth City England
Horoscope Aquarius

Johnny Mowlem Biography

Name Johnny Mowlem
Birthday Feb 12
Birth Year 1969
Place Of Birth London
Home Town England
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Aquarius
Spouse Fiona McLean

Johnny Mowlem is one of the most popular and richest Driver who was born on February 12, 1969 in London, England, United Kingdom. Johnny Mowlem (born 12 February 1969) is a professional British racing driver. Mowlem is believed to be one of the top sports car drivers. He has been in every category of the world championship of sporting car races.

In 1998, Johnny Mowlem along with co-driver David Murry competed in the GT class of the ALMS placed second at the top of the GT class at Laguna Seca Raceway.

Mowlem partnered with Randy Pobst to finish second in the GT class at Le Mans in 2002. He partnered with international stars Tony Stewart and Jan Lammers to drive a factory Crawford race car in the Daytona Prototype category at Daytona. An engine failure stopped the trio after 15 hours.

In 2003 Mowlem continued to compete in the United States, earning a second place in GT and second overall at the Daytona 24 Hours and Sebring 12 Hours, as well as victory at the ALMS round held at Road America.

Mowlem began his career with single seaters racing until Formula 3 level and got his breakthrough when he was personally selected by the triple Formula One World Champion Jackie Stewart to be part of the “staircase of “talent” team in the junior single seater formula with drivers of the calibre that include Dario Franchitti Allan McNish and Gil de Ferran. Mowlem switched to sportscars in 1996 and won his class 1 title from the British Porsche Cup and later received international recognition the following year , when Mowlem won each of 17 events in the British Porsche Cup to be the British champion. The championship launched his career as a professional driver with World Sportscars. In later years of his career, he received more international attention for his role as the driver for the hybrid Ginetta Zytek prototype racer in the ALMS in 2008 and 2009. In 2010 Mowlem was an Lotus Racing factory driver, taking part in for the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) as well as the International GT Open Series for sports automobiles in Europe. His most recent driving championship was from the European Le Mans Series in 2013. Mowlem competed within the ALMS series each year that the racing was sanctioned by the body. Mowlem also runs his own driving school and works with business clients and drivers looking to pursue a career in racing.

Johnny Mowlem Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Driver
House Living in own house.

Johnny Mowlem is one of the richest Driver from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Johnny Mowlem 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mowlem began race racing in the year 1990 aged 19 when he raced at the age of 19 in Formula Ford 1600 at Brands Hatch. He raced with Jackie Stewart’s Staircase of Talent team in the British Formula Vauxhall Lotus class before moving to compete in the British Formula 3 championship in 1995. He won four times.

Mowlem later switched into sports car racing in the year 1996. He competed at the Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain in 1996 and 1997. He also won the championship for class I in the year 1996 before gaining his first significant media spotlight in 1997 after winning all 17 races and becoming British champion for the third time. He won the first place in fourteen of 17 races. In winning the championship, he remained unbeaten throughout the entire season, earned him international recognition as well as an award called the Gregor Grant Award for outstanding accomplishment in motorsports in the International Autosport Awards.

Mowlem also finished second in the GT class in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in

  1. That same year, Mowlem and with co-driver David Murry competed in the GT class in the ALMS finished first in the GT class at Laguna Seca Raceway, setting the fastest GT lap of the race with a new track record. The 2000 season included second place class finishes in the 12 Hours of Sebring and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. By then Mowlem was a full-time competitor in the North American-based ALMS while living in the UK. In 2001, Mowlem continued his ALMS career. He drove with a number of co-drivers in the GT and GT1 class. At Sebring, Mowlem was teamed with Petersen Motorsports but the team withdrew the car following the death of co-driver Bob Wollek following a non-racing incident in the Sebring area. Mowlem posted the fastest lap by a GT1 car during the Le Mans race.

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Who is Johnny Mowlem Dating?

According to our records, Johnny Mowlem married to Fiona McLean. As of December 1, 2023, Johnny Mowlem’s is not dating anyone.

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Mowlem joined Corsa Motorsports for the 2008 ALMS season, racing a Ferrari in the GT2 class. Late in the season, the team started a new venture in conjunction with Zytek. Mowlem’s continuing association with the Zytek team resulted in a joint effort to race a hybrid-powered car in the P1 class in ALMS. The Ginetta-Zytek GZ09HS hybrid car debuted in 2009. The car, was powered by a hybrid power plant. It combined an internal combustion engine and an electric motor. The effort made history when Mowlem qualified the car third and finished third in the P1 class in a race at Lime Rock Park. Mowlem did much of the test driving during the extensive development process conducted by Zytek.

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Johnny Ranked on the list of most popular Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Johnny Mowlem celebrates birthday on February 12 of every year.

In 2010 the hybrid program was put on hold but Mowlem has continued his career in ALMS securing drives in the LMPC at Long Beach and Laguna Seca and at Road America and Mosport in a LMP1 Lola driving for AutoCon. Mowlem put the PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports car on the LMP Challenge class pole with a new track record lap averaging 103.558 mph. This LMPC track record in the American Le Mans Series still stands today.[3]

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