RACING DRIVER

Skip Barber

1936 - Today

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John "Skip" Barber III (born November 16, 1936) is an American retired racecar driver who is most famous for previously owning and founding the Skip Barber Racing Schools. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Skip Barber has received more than 135,096 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Skip Barber is the 562nd most popular racing driver (up from 756th in 2019), the 9,381st most popular biography from United States (up from 12,083rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Racing Driver.

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RACING DRIVERS

Among racing drivers, Skip Barber ranks 562 out of 1,080Before him are Armin Schwarz, Gilles Panizzi, Danny Sullivan, Enrico Bertaggia, Fabrizio Barbazza, and Loris Kessel. After him are Torsten Palm, Jim Hall, Frank Gardner, Henri Louveau, Bob Gerard, and Óscar González.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Skip Barber ranks 489Before him are Yoshihisa Yoshikawa, Volker Strassen, José Manuel Pesudo, Tunne Kelam, Gary Hart, and Manfred Stolpe. After him are Enric Gensana, Akwasi Afrifa, Carlos Mota Pinto, Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, Charlie Daniels, and Eugenio Bersellini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Skip Barber ranks 9,381 out of 20,380Before him are William Hood Simpson (1888), Julian Casablancas (1978), Rich Moore (1963), Catherine E. Coulson (1943), Hampton Fancher (1938), and David Dunlap (1910). After him are Hal Brown (1898), Alonzo Mourning (1970), Alma Bennett (1904), Thomas Ian Griffith (1962), Andy Devine (1905), and James H. Clark (1944).

Among RACING DRIVERS In United States

Among racing drivers born in United States, Skip Barber ranks 40Before him are A. J. Foyt (1935), Walt Ader (1913), Al Unser (1939), Lloyd Ruby (1928), Rodger Ward (1921), and Danny Sullivan (1950). After him are Jim Hall (1935), John Kocinski (1968), Red Amick (1929), George Amick (1924), Danny Ongais (1942), and Bill Holland (1907).