Mark Donohue

Mark Donohue Jr. Biography

Mark Donohue Jr. trademark was his versatility. He raced and won in sports cars, Indy Cars, stock cars; on both oval tracks and road courses. He was a two-time USRRC Champion, a three-time SCCA Trans-Am Champion, a Can-Am Champion, winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, the Indianapolis 500 and a NASCAR Winston Cup race at Riverside, California.

Donohue was born on March 18th, 1937 in Haddon Township, New Jersey, one of three children to a prosperous family. Mark’s father was a lawyer who married Mark’s mother, Hazel Wright in 1934. The family moved to Summit, New Jersey where Mark grew up.