Jos Menten
Petrus Josephus Maria Lisa "Jos" Menten Jr. is a Dutch racing driver who last raced in the Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup for Scherer Sport PHX.
A mainstay in international sportscar races in the second half of the 2000s, Menten is an ADAC GT Masters and FIA GT1 World Championship race winner, as well as having won the 24 Hours of Spa overall in 2009.
Career
Menten made his single-seater debut in 1999, racing in Formula Arcobaleno Netherlands. Spending two seasons in the series, Menten won the Junior championship in 2000, before switching to Formula Renault 2.0 Germany for the following two years, whilst also entering the sportscar scene with a podium at the 2002 Zolder 10 Hours.Switching to sportscars full-time in 2003, Menten made his debut at the Spa 24 Hours that year for AD Sport, finishing second in the G2 class. The following year, Menten joined Marcos Racing International to race in the Supercar Challenge, scoring three wins as he won the GT class title alongside Cor Euser. Menten then joined PSI Motorsport for the 2005 Belcar Series alongside Fred Bouvy, taking a win at Brands Hatch and ending the year third in the GTA standings. During 2005, Menten also raced at the Spa 24 Hours for Selleslagh Racing Team, finishing seventh in the GT1 class.
Joining PSI Experience to race in the Le Mans Series the following year, Menten scored a lone podium at Spa and ended the year 13th in the GT1 standings. During 2006, Menten also competed part-time in the GT1 class of the FIA GT Championship, in which he most notably finished second at Le Castellet.
In 2007, Menten joined All-Inkl.com Racing to race full-time in the FIA GT Championship alongside Peter Kox. After racing with the team through the first five races, Menten switched to Reiter Engineering to complete the season, as well as a part-time schedule in ADAC GT Masters, winning both races at Zolder and race one at Sachsenring. During 2007, Menten also raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Team Modena, finishing tenth in the GT1 class.
The following year, Menten primarily raced in BRL V6, as well as racing part-time in the FIA GT Championship, and returning to the GT1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans with Team Modena, finishing eighth in class in his second appearance at the event. In 2009, Menten only partook in two races, driving for DKR Engineering at the Silverstone round of the FIA GT Championship season, before teaming up with Mad-Croc Racing to race at the 24 Hours of Spa, which he won alongside Kurt Mollekens, Mike Hezemans and Anthony Kumpen. Once again racing on a part-time basis for 2010, Menten made his debut at the 24 Hours of Daytona for Matt Connolly Motorsports, as well as making select appearances in the FIA GT1 World Championship, most notably winning the qualifying race at Spa.
In the following three seasons, Menten made various one-off appearances in the Blancpain Endurance Series with Blancpain Reiter, most notably finishing sixth in the Pro-Am class at the 2012 24 Hours of Spa and ninth in the Pro class at Navarra the same year. Menten then primarily raced in Benelux across the next four years, most notably winning the New Year's Race of the 2016–17 Dutch Winter Endurance Series season.
Returning to PG Motorsport for 2018, Menten began the year in the Dutch Winter Endurance Series, in which he scored a class win at Zandvoort in January, ahead of return to the Belcar Endurance Championship. Racing in all but one rounds, Menten scored a lone podium at Spa as he ended the year fifth in the Belcar 1 standings. Following that, Menten made a one-off appearance in the 2019 24H GT Series for PG Motorsport, before spending the next four seasons racing part-time in the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie. In 2023, Menten also returned to Belcar Endurance Championship, winning the Porsche Endurance Trophy Belgium alongside Koen Wauters.
Personal life
Menten is the CEO of Jos Menten Metaalrecycling, a company founded by his grandfather in 1937.Racing record
Racing career summary
† As Menten was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.Complete FIA GT Championship results
Complete Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Rank | Points |
| 2006 | PSI Experience | GT1 | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 7.0L V8 | IST Ret | SPA 3 | NUR Ret | DON 4 | JAR 4 | 13th | 16 |
Complete ADAC GT Masters results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | DC | Points |
| 2007 | Reiter Lamborghini | Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 | NÜR 1 | NÜR 2 | OSC 1 WD | OSC 2 WD | LAU 1 | LAU 2 | ZOL 1 1 | ZOL 2 1 | SAC 1 1 | SAC 2 Ret | HOC 1 6 | HOC 2 Ret | 7th | 30 |