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Jim Clark
Jim Clark (1936–1968), Scottish Formula 1 driver for Lotus; world champion 1963 and 1965, 25 Grand Prix wins (then a record), 1965 Indianapolis 500 winner; killed in an F2 crash at Hockenheim.
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson, American NASCAR Cup Series driver and Hall of Famer, seven-time champion (tied with Petty and Earnhardt) with 83 wins in the No. 48 Hendrick car; final start set for the 2027 Daytona 500.
Jimmy McRae
Jimmy McRae, Scottish rally driver, five-time British Rally Champion (1980s record) and Irish Tarmac champion; father of Colin (1995 WRC champion) and Alister McRae.
Jiri Daler
Jiri Daler (Jiří Daler), born 8 March 1940 in Brno, Czechoslovak track cyclist, first Czechoslovak Olympic cycling champion, winning the 4,000 m individual pursuit at Tokyo 1964, plus five world medals and 1967 world records.
Joan Llaneras
Joan Llaneras (Joan Llaneras Rosselló), Spanish track cyclist born 1969 in Porreres, Mallorca; two-time Olympic points race champion (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008) with four Olympic medals and seven world titles in the points race and Madison.
Joan Mir
Joan Mir Mayrata is a Spanish motorcycle racer, born in 1997 in Palma de Mallorca, who won the 2020 MotoGP World Championship with Suzuki after taking the 2017 Moto3 title.
Joanna Rowsell
Joanna Rowsell Shand (born 1988, Carshalton) is a retired British track cyclist, double Olympic team pursuit gold medallist at London 2012 and Rio 2016, five-time world champion, 2014 Commonwealth individual pursuit champion, and BOA Athletes' Commission chair.
Jochen Rindt
Jochen Rindt (Karl Jochen Rindt), 1942–1970, Austrian-licensed Formula One driver for Cooper, Brabham, and Lotus; 1965 Le Mans winner; 1970 World Champion, the sport's only posthumous champion, killed at Monza.
Jody Scheckter
Jody Scheckter, born 1950, South African racing driver, 1979 Formula One World Champion with Ferrari 312T4, the only African F1 champion; 10 wins in 113 Grands Prix; later firearms-simulator businessman and organic farmer.
Joe Gibbs Racing
Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), Huntersville, North Carolina NASCAR team founded 1992 by coach Joe Gibbs, racing Toyotas; 448 national series wins, five Cup titles (2000, 2002, 2005, 2015, 2019), four 2026 Cup teams.
Joey Browne
Joey Browne, full name Ian Sterry Browne (1931-2023), Australian track cyclist; won 2,000 m tandem sprint gold with Tony Marchant at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, plus Cardiff 1958 Commonwealth gold and ten national titles.
Joey Logano
Joey Logano (Joseph Thomas Logano) is an American NASCAR Cup Series driver who races the No. 22 Ford for Team Penske and won championships in 2018, 2022, and 2024.
Johann Zarco
Johann Zarco (born 1990, Cannes) is a French MotoGP rider for Castrol Honda LCR, number 5. Two-time Moto2 World Champion (2015, 2016), first to defend that title; MotoGP wins at Phillip Island 2023 and Le Mans 2025.
John Andretti
John Andretti (John Andrew Andretti) was an American racing driver from the Andretti family who won in Indy cars and NASCAR and died of colon cancer in 2020.
John Bennett (racing driver)
John Bennett (born 2003) is a British racing driver in the FIA Formula 2 Championship with Trident in 2026; first driver to graduate directly from GB3 to F2, with a maiden F2 sprint win at Spielberg in 2026. Not the American endurance racer Jon Bennett.
John Cobb (racing driver)
John Rhodes Cobb (1899-1952), English racing driver and fur broker, three-time world land speed record holder at Bonneville (350.2, 369.74, 394.19 mph), Brooklands lap record holder, killed 1952 on Loch Ness in the jet boat Crusader.
John Field Richards
John Field-Richards was a British motorboat racer, born in 1878, who won two Olympic gold medals at the 1908 London Games, one of only three athletes to hold two motorboating golds.
John Force
John Force (born 1949), NHRA Funny Car drag racer; 16-time champion and winningest driver in NHRA history with 157 wins; retired November 2025 after a 2024 Richmond crash; founder of John Force Racing.
John Surtees
John Surtees (1934-2017), English racer, the only person to win world championships on both two and four wheels: seven motorcycle titles with MV Agusta 1956-1960 and the 1964 Formula One title with Ferrari, later running his own F1 team.
Johnny Herbert
Johnny Herbert (born 1964, Romford, England), British F1 driver 1989-2000 for seven teams including Benetton, Stewart, Jaguar; 3 wins, 162 starts; 1991 Le Mans winner with Mazda; later Sky pundit and FIA steward until 2025.
Johnny Rutherford
Johnny Rutherford (Lone Star J.R.), American racing driver born 1938 in Coffeyville, Kansas; three-time Indianapolis 500 winner (1974, 1976, 1980), 1980 CART champion, 1965 USAC sprint champion, 1984 Michigan 215.189 mph qualifying record.
Joi Harris
Joi 'SJ' Harris (Sequana Joi Harris, 1976-2017), Brooklyn-born American motorcycle road racer, first licensed African-American woman professional road racer; killed in a Deadpool 2 motorcycle stunt crash in Vancouver.
Jolanda Neff
Jolanda Neff, born 1993 in St. Gallen, is a Swiss cyclist in cross-country, road, and cyclo-cross; she won Olympic gold at Tokyo 2020 and three World Cup overall titles.
Jolene Van Vugt
Jolene Van Vugt, "Nitro Girl" (born 1980, London, Ontario), Canadian motocross racer, first CMRC Women's Canadian Motocross National Champion, first woman to backflip a full-sized dirt bike, Guinness record holder, and Catwoman's Batpod stunt double in The Dark Knight Rises.
Jolyon Palmer
Jolyon Palmer (born 1991) is a British former racing driver, 2014 GP2 champion with DAMS, who raced in Formula 1 for Renault in 2016-2017 with 37 starts and 9 points, and is now an F1TV and BBC Radio analyst.
Jon Armstrong (rally driver)
Jon Armstrong (born 1994, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland) is a rally driver and 2018 WRC eSports World Champion; ERC3 champion 2023, Junior WRC runner-up 2021-2022, and M-Sport Ford Rally1 driver in the 2026 WRC.
Jonas Vingegaard
Jonas Vingegaard, Danish road cyclist for Visma-Lease a Bike, born 1996; two-time Tour de France winner (2022, 2023), 2025 Vuelta and 2026 Giro champion, and Tadej Pogačar's chief Tour rival; former fish-factory worker from Hanstholm.
Jonathan Milan
Jonathan Milan (b. 2000, Tolmezzo) is an Italian track and road cyclist for Lidl-Trek: Olympic team pursuit gold (Tokyo 2020), two-time individual pursuit world champion and world record holder (3:58.850), and a Tour de France green jersey and stage-winning sprinter.
Jordan Grand Prix
Jordan Grand Prix, Eddie Jordan's Irish F1 team (1991-2005), ran 250 races, won 4 (Belgium 1998 Hill, France and Italy 1999 Frentzen, Brazil 2003 Fisichella), finished 3rd in 1999, and became Midland, then Aston Martin's lineage.
Jorge Lorenzo
Jorge Lorenzo (born 1987, Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish five-time motorcycle world champion and MotoGP Legend, winning the premier class in 2010, 2012, and 2015 with Yamaha, later racing Ducati and Honda before retiring in 2019.