John Goss (race driver)
| John Goss | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 Australian
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| Born |
2 May 1943 Glen Iris, Victoria |
| Retired | 1995 |
| Australian Touring Car Championship | |
| Years active | 1972–78 |
| Teams | McLeod Ford John Goss Racing |
| Wins | 0 |
| Best finish | 11th in 1972 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 1972 1974 1976 1985 |
South Pacific Touring Series Bathurst 1000 Australian Grand Prix Bathurst 1000 |
John Goss (born 2 May 1943, Glen Iris, Victoria) is an Australian retired motor racing driver who competed in his home country during the 1960s, 1970's and 1980's. He is the only driver to have won Australia's two most prestigious races, the Bathurst 1000 (1974 and 1985), and the Australian Grand Prix (1976).
During his career, John Goss gained a reputation for long acceptance speeches, with many joking that his victory speech on the Bathurst podium following his 1974 win took almost as long as the race itself (the race, the first to be run in wet conditions, lasted 7 hours, 51 minutes and 43 seconds, though in reality Goss' victory speech took significantly less time).
Having moved from Victoria to Tasmania as a child, Goss began racing in his adopted state in Holden FJs and Ford Customlines. He then built his own sports car, the Tornado Ford, which he took to the mainland with some success, scoring points in the Australian Sports Car Championship in both 1969 and 1970. He also raced Ford Falcon GTHOs in production car racing from 1969 and stayed loyal to Ford for much of his career.
Goss debuted at the Bathurst 500 in 1969 driving a McLeod Ford (with its distinctive yellow/black chequer windscreen strip) sponsored Ford Falcon GTHO, but Goss's co-driver Dennis Cribbin crashed the Falcon at Forrest Elbow. In 1970 John Goss posted the fastest lap during the Bathurst 500 in his XW Falcon GTHO Phase II. The following year Goss won two rounds of the Toby Lee Series at Oran Park against such opposition as Colin Bond and Fred Gibson.
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