Jo Gartner

Josef Gartner, better known as Jo (24 January 1954 – 1 June 1986) was a Formula One and sports car endurance driver from Austria.

After a Le Mans debut performance of fourth in 1985, Gartner was killed during the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans. Gartner's Porsche 962 suffered a mechanical failure at 2:10 am on the Sunday morning, and turned hard left into the barriers on the Mulsanne Straight at 160 mph (260 km/h). The car somersaulted down the track, hit a telephone pole and caught fire resting on the barriers on the opposite side of the track. Gartner suffered a broken neck and died at the age of 32.