About János Wimpffen
Born 1950. János Wimpffen is an American journalist.
János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz, Austria) is an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian origin who specialises in sportscar racing; he is best known for his 1999 debut book Time and Two Seats, which won multiple awards.
He is a personal historian of the car collection for Bruce McCaw of McCaw Cellular Communications.
He subsequently published a series of picture books to accompany Time and Two Seats, despite being by a different publisher. Wimpffen currently resides in Seattle.
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American motor racing historian
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). János Wimpffen. https://biography.guide/janos-wimpffen/
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