Jack Nethercutt II

Nethercutt was born on December 22, 1936, the son to entrepreneur J.B. Nethercutt and Dorothy Sykes in Los Angeles, California. He attended the Harvard-Westlake School.[3][4] Nethercutt would later graduate from the University of Southern California in 1958.[5]

Nethercutt entered auto racing in the late 1950s, notably finishing 3rd at the 1960 12 Hours of Sebring with Pete Lovely and 3rd at the 1960 USAC Road Racing Championship, behind Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles.[6] He competed a wide variety of races, earning several victories in 1960, 1961, and 1962, mostly with his Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa.[7] He competed in the Sports Car Club of America and achieved dozens of top 5 finishes, including a victory at the 1962 SCCA Divisional.[8] Nethercutt also competed in the United States Grand Prix.[9]

Nethercutt used a wide variety of vehicles and numbers, most notably using 102. In 1965, Nethercutt himself would build his custom racecar, The "Mirage". The car was known for its strikingly beautiful but late design. Experts agree if the Mirage was built just a couple of years earlier, it would have been internationally competitive.[10][11] The Mirage was test driven by British racer and Motorsports Hall of Fame of America inductee Ken Miles.[12]

12 Hours of Sebring results

Jack and J.B. Nethercutt

Year	Class	No	Car	Co-Drivers	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1960	S3.0	8	Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 Ferrari V12 2996	Pete Lovely	186	3rd	1st
1961	S3.0	9	Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa 59 Ferrari V12 2996	Pete Lovely	1	DNF Oil Pump

Overall results

Jack Nethercutt[7]
Vehicle	Number(s)	Years Active	Win(s)	Top 5
Lotus Eleven	102	1957-1958	0	11
Ferrari 500	102	1958-1960	0	5
Ferrari 250 TR	8, 9, 102	1960-1961	3	10
Lotus 19	102	1961-1964	1	5
Mirage	102	1965	0	0
Total			4	31

Nethercutt was the Vice president of Merle Norman Cosmetics Inc. under his father. In the 1980s He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and owned a restaurant overlooking the Las Vegas Strip called Boison's.[15] In 2004 after the death of J.B. Nethercutt, he took over the Nethercutt Collection and Merle Norman Cosmetics, becoming Chairman and President of each.[16]

In 2007 Merle Norman was the highest ranked cosmetic franchise at No. 21 on the Entrepreneur magazine Franchise 500.[17]

In 2004 his father passed the Nethercutt Collection to him. Under his tenure, Nethercutt would nationally compete in several prestigious concours d'Elegance competitions, winning dozens of awards, notably including several best of class at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance and at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance a record 5 best of show victories in 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, and 2016, more than any other competitor.[1][18]