Few, professional drivers can lay claim to having active racing careers that span 40 years. One of the only drivers to be able to make this claim is the quiet and affable John Morton. Starting in the early ’60s with Carroll Shelby and the prototype Cobra, Morton has raced everything imaginable: from sports racers to Indy cars, Datsun sedans to GT Prototypes. Throughout those years, Morton has won countless races and numerous championships, all the while remaining a down-to-earth, approachable person off track. Recently, Casey Annis sat down with him in his El Segundo, California, home to discuss what has to be one of the longest, uninterrupted racing careers of all time.
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