John Hindhaugh

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John Hindhaugh (born 1962)

Sunderland, England. He resides in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom with his wife Eve Hewitt, the managing director of Radio Show Limited, the production company of Radio Le Mans
and IMSA radio, a company they own together.

Hindhaugh is most closely associated with

Need For Speed: Pro Street. Hindhaugh was also part of the very first online live stream for the Race of Champions alongside Bruce Jones.[3]

Hindhaugh was also part of the commentary team for

IMSA radio.[4]

Midway through the 2014 World Endurance Championship Hindhaugh was appointed part of the TV commentary team for the broadcast of the World Endurance Championship to all English speaking countries receiving the world feed. Hindhaugh was joined by Graham Goodwin, editor of dailysportscar.com[5]

Hindhaugh was also featured in the 2008 documentary Truth in 24[6] about the Audi Le Mans team as it prepared and raced throughout the 2008 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Hindhaugh has also been involved with GT Academy[7] as a judge and also as the commentator of the show down race, which aired at 8:00pm, on Monday 25 February 2013 on ITV4.[8]

Hindhaugh has also commentated on RC car racing, as he provided the commentary for the 3rd leg of the 2009 IFMAR 1/10 Scale World Championships A Final.

He has previously worked for the BBC and commentated on sports as diverse as ice hockey, basketball, cycling, equestrianism and football.

Racing

Hindhaugh made his

Team LNT run car, at Rockingham Motor Speedway[9] Hindhaugh competed in round 21 and round 22
in the Supercar GT Championship.

Hindhaugh also entered the 360 Motor Racing Club in 2013 and 2014 (results) at Donington Park in aid of the Stroke Association in 2013 and cancer research in 2014.

He raced for Aston Martin Lagonda in the 2017 COTA 24 Hours with Andy Palmer, Peter Cate and Paul Hollywood. They finished second in the SP3 class and twentieth overall.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Who am I? John Hindhaugh". 24hseries.com. Creventic. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  2. ^ Tromans, Phill (11 January 2014). "John Hindhaugh. The voice of endurance racing". Crank and Piston. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Watch the Race of Champions live". Autosport. Haymarket. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ "IMSA | TUDOR United SportsCar Championship | Putting the Band Back Together: Creamer, Hindhaugh, Shaw to Lead IMSA Radio". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
  5. ^ "Second Half of 2014 FIA WEC Sees Changes To TV and Radio". Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ^ "John Hindhaugh - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Introduction - GT Academy". gran-turismo.com. Archived from the original on 25 April 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Episode 4 | GT Academy - ITV Player". Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
  9. ^ Paice, Simon (September 2014). "Three Supercup Newcomers For Rockingham". theCheckeredFlag.co.uk. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Championships | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 2024-01-13.