Johnny Claes

Johnny Claes

Octave John "Johnny" Claes (11 August 1916 in London – 3 February 1956 in Brussels) was a racing driver from Belgium. Before his fame as a racing driver, Claes was also a jazz trumpeter and successful bandleader in Britain.

Read more about Johnny Claes:  Early Life and Jazz Career, Racing Career, Complete World Championship Formula One Results

Famous quotes containing the word johnny:

    Wha lies here?
    I, Johnny Doo.
    Hoo, Johnny, is that you?
    Ay, man, but a’m dead noo.
    —Anonymous. “Johnny Doo,” from Geoffrey Grigson’s Faber Book of Epigrams and Epitaphs, Faber & Faber (1977)