John Bowe (racing driver)
| John Bowe | |
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
16 April 1954 Devonport, Tasmania |
| Touring Car Masters career | |
| Debut season | 2008 |
| Current team | John Bowe Racing |
| Car no. | 18 |
| Former teams | Sunliner RV |
| Starts | 39 |
| Wins | 13 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015 & 2016 |
| Previous series | |
| 1978–85 1979–81 1986–87 1986–2007 1996–1998, 2001 2002–03 2007–08, 2011 |
Australian Drivers' Champ. Australian Formula 2 Aust. Sports Car Champ V8 Supercars Aust. GT Production Nations Cup Aust. GT Champ |
| Championship titles | |
| 1971 1972 1984 1985 1986 1989 1994 1995 |
Tasmania F.Vee Tasmania F.Ford Australian Drivers' Champ. Australian Drivers' Champ. Aust. Sports Car Champ Bathurst 1000 Bathurst 1000 Aust. Touring Car Champ |
| Supercars Record | |
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| Series championships | 1 (1995) |
| Races | 225 |
| Race wins | 15 |
| Podium finishes | 51 |
John Bowe (born 16 April 1954 in Devonport, Tasmania) is an Australian racing driver, presently racing a 1969 Ford Mustang in the historic series, Touring Car Masters.
Bowe is a multiple Australian Champion, having twice won the Australian Drivers' Championship during the Formula Mondial era and the Australian Sports Car Championship, before winning the Australian Touring Car Championship in 1995. He has also won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 touring car endurance race twice, in 1989 and 1994. Both times as co-driver with longtime friend and teammate Dick Johnson driving for iconic Ford team Dick Johnson Racing.
Bowe began racing at the age of sixteen in Formula Vee Elfin 500 in 1971, winning the Tasmanian state title on debut. The following year, he also won the Tasmanian Formula Ford title.
After graduating from domestic Formula Ford racing Bowe moved into the Australian Drivers Championship in the late 1970s, racing Elfin Formula 5000s for the most prestigious team of the era, the factory Ansett Team Elfin run by Elfin Sports Cars founder and chief designer Garrie Cooper. The pinnacle of his Formula 5000 career was finishing runner up in the 1979 Australian Grand Prix driving one of Cooper's Chevrolet V8 powered Elfin MR8s. In the same year he also came second in the Australian Formula 2 Championship.
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