JOHN HORSMAN 1934-2020
Apr 23, 2020
4 minutes
GARY WATKINS
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OBITUARY
He was the engineering brains behind the three Le Mans 24 Hours victories notched up by the JW Automotive squad in 1968, 1969 and 1975. But John Horsman, who has died aged 85, will probably be best remembered for the part he played in taming the Porsche 917, turning an unstable machine that few wanted to drive into the defining sportscar of its era.
Horsman was present at the Osterreichring for a Porsche test in October 1969 on a fact-finding mission, at a time when JWA, run by John Wyer, was in negotiation to become one of
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