John Kennedy

John Kennedy (December 25, 1939 – November 23, 2015) was a former NASCAR and ARCA driver from Villa Park, Illinois. He competed in 18 NASCAR Cup Series races, 5 ARCA Menards Series races, and 1 NASCAR West Series race in his career. Racing career Kennedy started in 1969, he ran eight races in his own car. He debuted at North Carolina Speedway, where he started 43rd in the forty-three car field and finished there following an early engine failure. Kennedy would struggle for the rest of the year, only earning two top-twenties. The better of them was a 14th at Atlanta and then a 15th at Charlotte. With five DNFs in eight starts, Kennedy had to settle for 49th in points. Kennedy returned for one race in 1977, running his own car at Michigan. After starting 31st in the race, Kennedy would fall to 33rd after an engine failure. He also ran 1 race at Phoenix in 1977 in what was then known as the NASCAR Winston West Series.