John Heinricy

John Heinricy is a U.S. automotive engineer and noted racecar driver.

Heinricy has had a long and distinguished career at General Motors, serving as assistant chief engineer for the Corvette and as Director of the GM Performance Division. John retired from GM in October 2008.

He also campaigns a variety of GM products in SCCA competition, winning the annual SCCA National Championship Runoffs in Corvettes and Camaros, Firebirds and a Chevrolet Cobalt.

Heinricy presently holds the second most Runoffs titles, tied with Duane Davis (13) and second only to Jerry Hansen (27), with the most recent a B-Spec win in a Chevrolet Sonic.

Heinricy set a lap time on the Nürburgring of 7 minutes 56 seconds in a 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Z06.

John also has a sub 8 minute time in a 2009 Cadillac CTS-V around the Nürburgring.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1991Road AtlantaChevrolet CamaroChevroletShowroom Stock GT23Running
1993Road AtlantaChevrolet CorvetteChevroletGT111Running
2001Mid-OhioChevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 112Running
2002Mid-OhioChevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 111Running
2003Mid-OhioChevrolet CamaroChevroletAmerican Sedan12Running
Chevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 111Running
2004Mid-OhioPontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan12Running
Chevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 111Running
2005Mid-OhioPontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan11Running
Chevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 112Running
2006Heartland ParkChevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 148Running
Chevrolet Cobalt SSChevroletShowroom Stock C253Retired
Pontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan19Running
2007Heartland ParkChevrolet CobaltChevroletTouring 31Disqualified
Pontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan144Retired
Chevrolet Cobalt SSChevroletShowroom Stock C12Running
2008Heartland ParkPontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan21Running
2010Road AmericaChevrolet CorvetteChevroletTouring 1102Retired
2011Road AmericaPontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan23Running
2012Road AmericaPontiac FirebirdPontiacAmerican Sedan234Retired
2020Road AmericaChevrolet CamaroChevroletAmerican Sedan69Running
Toyota 86ToyotaTouring 431Running


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