John Crosthwaite, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

John Crosthwaite

English race car designer and chassis engineer.

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1925

Place of Birth: Thornaby-on-Tees, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 05-Sep-2010

Profession: engineer, car designer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

John Crosthwaite (1925–2010) was an English race car designer and engineer, active in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Crosthwaite worked with Cooper Cars, Colin Chapman at Team Lotus and Mickey Thompson as well as drivers Graham Hill, Dan Gurney and Jackie Stewart.
He designed and built cars for Formula Junior and the 1962 and 1963 Indianapolis 500.
A chassis specialist, he worked at Formula 1 team BRM and later drew up chassis for the Intermeccanica Italia and Reliant Scimitar GTE road cars.