John Woolfe | |||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||
Born | London, England | 23 March 1932||||||||||
Died | 14 June 1969 Le Mans, France | (aged 37)||||||||||
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John Woolfe (23 March 1932 – 14 June 1969) was a British racing driver from England, who specialised in sports car racing. He was killed as a result of crashing on the first lap of the 1969 24 Hours of Le Mans race, an event which caused the traditional "Le Mans start" to be abolished the following year.