Joe Flynn

Joe Flynn (born 8 December 1917 in Dalkey, County Dublin, died January 1985) was an Irish racing driver.

Flynn was one of the top handicap racers in Ireland during the 1950s, winning the Sexton Trophy three times in 1952, 1957 and 1960. He competed mainly in MGs at home, but also tried his hand at international events such as the 1955 Le Mans race where his teammate Dick Jacobs crashed the car before Flynn got to drive. In 1956, Flynn was signed by the Irish Racing Cars team to take part in the Irish and Scottish Grands Prix - from which he retired on both occasions.

Flynn returned to take part in the Irish and British Grands Prix in 1957 - taking a extremely popular sixth place in his home race. Flynn's performance attracted the attention of Escuderia Hernandez for the German Grand Prix but an administrative error saw his entry be withdrawn.

BRM picked up Flynn for the 1958 Monaco Grand Prix but he failed to qualify.

Racing became a family pastime, with Flynn's wife Evelyn, son Johnny, and daughter Francine all also taking up the sport. A championship series for classic MGs is also named in his honour.

Complete Alternate Formula One results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	WDC	Pts.
1956	Irish Racing Cars	Lancia D50	Lancia DS50 2.5 V8	MON	FRA	BEL	GER	GDR	IRL Ret	SCO Ret	GBR	ITA	THA		NC	0
1957	Irish Racing Cars	IRC Mk1	O.S.C.A. 1557 1.5 L4s	MAR	MON	FRA	BEL	NED	IRL 6	GBR Ret					22nd	1
	Escuderia Hernandez	B.C.M.A. C-01	Gordini G258/A 2.5 L8								GER WD	ITA	ESP	USA
1958	British Racing Motors	BRM P25	BRM P26 2.5 L4	AUS	MON DNQ	FRA	NED	BEL	GER	GBR	POR	ITA	MAR	USA	NC	0

* denotes season still in progress