Mark Donahue

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mark Donahue
Occupation	Driver
Date Of Birth	Mar 18, 1937(1937-03-18)
Age	87
Date Of Death	August 19, 1975, Graz, Austria
Birthplace	Summit
Country	United States
Birth City	New Jersey
Horoscope	Pisces

Mark Donahue Biography

Mark Donahue is one of the most popular and richest Driver who was born on March 18, 1937 in Summit, New Jersey, United States.

Born in Haddon Township, New Jersey, Donohue grew up in Summit, graduated from the Pingry School in Hillside, and entered Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. At the age of twenty-two, while a senior at Brown, Donohue began racing his 1957 Corvette. He won the first event he entered, a hillclimb in Belknap County, New Hampshire. He graduated from Brown in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

Donohue was considered a leading Trans-Am driver of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Had there been a Drivers’ Championship in place at the time, he would have won three of them (his last in 1971) while driving Camaros in 1968 and 1969, and an AMC Javelin in 1971, all for Roger Penske Racing.

Mark Donahue Net Worth

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

Mark Neary Donohue Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975), nicknamed “Captain Nice,” and later “Dark Monohue,” was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car as well as driving it to victories.

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During their enormous success in Trans-Am, Penske and Donohue would begin to experiment with their Camaros. They discovered that dipping a car in an acid bath would eat away small amounts of metal, which in turn made the car incrementally lighter, and allowed it to be driven faster. The 1967 Z-28 won its last race by lapping the entire field of cars, causing suspicion throughout the paddock.

Facts & Trivia

Marta Ranked on the list of most popular Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mark Donahue celebrates birthday on March 18 of every year.

In 1967, Penske contacted Donohue about driving Penske’s brand new Lola T70 spyder in the United States Road Racing Championship. Donohue dominated the 1967 race, driving a Lola T70 MkIII Chevrolet for Penske. Donohue raced in seven of the eight races that year, winning six (at Las Vegas, Riverside, Bridgehampton, Watkins Glen, Pacific Raceways, and Mid-Ohio) and finishing third at the Laguna Seca Raceway round behind Lothar Motschenbacher and Mike Goth.