“I was kind of driving my parents crazy; I built the engines in the basement or the den and then carried them up through the house,” he recalled. While Taylor never quite catches back up with the pack he started the race aiming to take down, he does negotiate traffic quite deftly. From there, it’s a masterclass in playing catch-up. Sales of C4, C5, C6 Corvette aerobody kits.
One day, his wife came across an ad in the grocery store for a parking lot autocross competition and dared Greenwood to enter. Just as the musclecar era of the ’60s seemed to be reaching its pinnacle at the turn of the decade, a confluence of government emissions mandates, insurance premiums, and skyrocketing fuel prices quickly changed the performance landscape in dramatic fashion.
However, Greenwood’s introduction to wheel to wheel racing didn’t go as swimmingly as one might have expected. “I was one of the first to fit one of the early 427s. SEMA 2020: Tuning Your Late-Model Muscle With SCT, SEMA 2020: Turn One Introduces Type II Steering Pump, 2020 Product Showcase: Strange Engineering’s Stainless Steel, PRI 2019: FIC’s New 1440cc With USCAR Plug/Injector Size, PRI 2019: CP-Carrillo Debuts Two New Connecting Rod, Josh Stahl’s Reviva Renews A Resurgence Of LS Swap, HUNTERS: A New Film On Driver David Pintaric And The Trans Am, World War “V”: A History Of Cadillac’s V-Series, At Speed With The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray And The New, Vengeance Racing And Huron Speed Team Up For An Epic ZL1, Powerful Pontiacs: Chuck and Daniella Stefanski’s Boosted Trans, High-Performance Racing Fasteners: How ARP Fasteners Are, Schwartz Performance Talks G-Machine Chassis, Engine Pulleys — Old-School Tradition Meets New-School, The Answers: Isky’s Nolan Jamora Sounds Off On Cam & Valvetrain, Needle Bearings Versus Trunnion Bushings with the Chevy, Corvette Chronicles: The Corvette’s Introduction In, C8 Corvettes: Who Are They Building These Cars For, figures approaching half a million dollars in recent auctions, SEMA 2020: SCAT Offers LS S-Series Crankshafts, SEMA 2020: Tuning Your Late-Model Muscle With SCT Performance, SEMA 2020: Turn One Introduces Type II Steering Pump Upgrade, SEMA 2020: Chevrolet Performance Adds More LS Crate Engines, Video: Drifty C7 Grand Sport Passes Ferrari 488 Challenge At 140 MPH, FuelTech Tunes Twin-Turbo C8 Corvette With 750 Horsepower, Redline Motorsports Puts Corvette C8 ARH Headers To The Test. All rights reserved. A few years later when the C3 debuted, John was immediately enamored and picked up a T-top coupe. Like many other performance icons of the era, the Corvette suffered tremendously from these changes, seeing a shift from big-blocks dishing out well in excess of 400 horsepower to anemic 350s barely able to doll out 165 hp as standard issue just five years later. All rights reserved. John Greenwood was a guy who liked going fast.
Like many other performance icons of the era, the Corvette suffered tremendously from these changes, seeing a shift from big-blocks dishing out well in excess of 400 horsepower to anemic 350s barely able to doll out 165 hp as standard issue just five years later. We'll send you the most interesting LSX Magazine articles, news, car features, and videos every week. “I switched over to Corvettes fairly early, when I bought a silver 1964 – I was about 18 or 20 at that time,” Greenwood said in an interview posted on the Greenwood website. Was at Monterey with it this past weekend.
So did some big-name sponsors, and when the Greenwood team inked a deal with BF Goodrich it gave them a chance to compete on the world stage in the FIA’s endurance racing classes. His return to the track for 1969 would prove to be a very different story than that of the previous year, and he would take home the SCCA A-Production National championships back-to-back for the next two seasons. After stints in the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring, the team would take on Le Mans in 1972 and again in 1973. We'll send you the most interesting Street Muscle articles, news, car features, and videos every week. If you think you’ve got the constitution to lay eyes upon such a savage beast, step right up and gaze in wonder. After a disappointing 1968 season, Greenwood went back into the garage and focused on setting up the car around his driving style.
After a disappointing 1968 season, Greenwood went back into the garage and focused on setting up the car around his driving style. But it’s a damn good thing they keep those race cars on the other side of the fence from normal people. Jalopnik contributor with a love for everything sketchy and eclectic.