John Jon Higgins
Encyclopedia
John Jon Higgins is a racing driver (born February 6, 1970 in Chester
). He is the 2008 Legends Cars UK Champion.
Chester
Chester is a city in Cheshire, England. Lying on the River Dee, close to the border with Wales, it is home to 77,040 inhabitants, and is the largest and most populous settlement of the wider unitary authority area of Cheshire West and Chester, which had a population of 328,100 according to the...
). He is the 2008 Legends Cars UK Champion.
Family
John has a loving wife, and three children, Amy 14, Jordan 12 and John 10. They all live in Flintshire in Wales.Career
John mostly races pre-war American Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge coupes.- 1987– 1994 Stock Rod 1992 World Championship runner up
- 1997 – Legends Cars (1 race meeting)
- 1999 – Legends Cars (1 race meeting)
- 2000 - Legends Cars Runner up in the Semi-Pro World Finals 1 race win, 1 fastest lap (record at Mallory Park)
- 2001 – Legends Cars 3rd in the UK National Championship 7 race wins, 6 fastest laps
- 2002 – Legends Cars UK National Championship winner 26 wins, 24 fastest laps (records at Rockingham and AngleseyAngleseyAnglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales...
) Passed ASCAR Rookie test at Rockingham - 2003 – Legends Cars UK National Championship winner 22 race wins, 17 fastest laps (record at Brands HatchBrands HatchBrands Hatch is a motor racing circuit near West Kingsdown in Kent, England. First used as a dirt track motorcycle circuit on farmland, it hosted 12 runnings of the British Grand Prix between 1964 and 1986 and currently holds many British and international racing events...
) World Championship Pro category winner World Points Championship winner - 2004 - Days of Thunder championship - 17th
- 2005 - Legends Cars UK Championship - 3rd place
- 2006 - Legends Cars UK Championship - limited campaign
- 2007 - Legends Cars UK Championship - 2nd place; 16 race wins; 105 laps led
- 2008 - Legends Cars UK Championship - 1st place