John Holman (NASCAR owner)

John Holman (November 9, 1918 – December 28, 1975) was an American NASCAR owner. He is most famous for his co-ownership of two time NASCAR championship team Holman-Moody with Ralph Moody.

Early career

He was born in

Ralph Moody was the mechanic, manager, and star driver of 1925 Indianapolis 500 winner Pete DePaolo's Ford factory-sponsored stockcar racing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The drivers formed a partnership after the American Manufacturers' Association banned Ford's factory partication in stockcar racing in June 1957. The move unemployed both men. They decided to pool their resources, and formed Holman-Moody. The team became one of the winningest teams in NASCAR history, after racking up 92 wins and two championships before Moody sold his interests to Holman.

Ironically, Holman-Moody invested in the Bill Stroppe organization in 1965 and the Long Beach facility at 2190 Temple Avenue became Holman-Moody-Stroppe.

Holman died of a heart attack in 1975 while testing a new intercooler. ^[1]

Career awards

• Motorsports Hall of Fame of America^[2] (2005)

References

• Holman Moody NASCAR owner's statistics
• Holman Moody at the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America
• "The John Holman Story of the GT40 at LeMans" www.autoquarterly.com/gt40.html ^{[dead link]}