Petrus Josephus Maria Lisa "Jos" Menten Jr. (born 22 May 1981) 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 Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1999 Formula Arcobaleno Netherlands Har Vaessen Racing 4 0 0 0 0 25 11th2000 Formula Arcobaleno Netherlands Har Vaessen Racing 8 1 1 0 3 87 5th Formula Lista Junior 2 0 0 0 1 22 13th2001 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany GM Motorsport 8 0 0 0 0 51 15th Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 1 0 0 0 0 0 63rd2002 Formula Renault 2.0 Germany MA-con Racing 14 0 0 0 0 71 18th Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC2003 Zolder Touring Cup AD Sport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC Spa 24 Hours – G2 1 0 0 0 1 2nd2004 Supercar Challenge – GT Marcos Racing International 6 3 0 0 4 ??1st Belcar Endurance AD Sport 7 0 0 0 1 ?? 20th Spa 24 Hours – G2 PSI Motorsport 0 0 0 0 0 DNS 2004–05 Dutch Winter Endurance Series 1 0 0 0 0 1 159th2005 Belcar Series – GTA PSI Motorsport 8 1 0 0 4 ??3rd FIA GT Championship – GT1 Renstal Excelsior 1 0 0 0 0 8 21st Belcar Endurance Cup AD Sport 1 1 0 0 1 0 NC2006 Le Mans Series – GT1 PSI Experience 5 0 0 0 1 16 13th FIA GT Championship – GT1 2 0 0 0 114.515th Zakspeed Racing 1 0 0 0 0 Belcar Endurance Cup Selleslagh Racing Team 1 1 1 0 1 0 NC2007 FIA GT Championship – GT1 All-Inkl.com Racing 5 0 0 0 01115th Reiter Lamborghini 4 0 0 0 0 ADAC GT Masters 6 3 2 0 3 30 7th 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 Team Modena 1 0 0 0 0 10th2008 FIA GT Championship – GT1 Team Rbimmo / B-Racing 3 0 0 0 00NC Phoenix Carsport Racing 1 0 0 0 0 24 Hours of Le Mans – GT1 Team Modena 1 0 0 0 0 8th BRL-V6 Kuijpers Racing 12 0 0 0 0 31 15th2009 FIA GT Championship – GT1 DKR Engineering 1 0 0 0 01211th PekaRacing nv 1 1 0 0 12010 Rolex Sports Car Series – GT Matt Connolly Motorsports 1 0 0 0 0 16 56th FIA GT1 World Championship Reiter 4 0 0 0 12722nd Mad-Croc Racing 6 1 0 0 1 24 Hours of Spa – GT3 Prospeed Competition 1 0 0 0 0 7th2011 Blancpain Endurance Series – GT3 Pro-Am Blancpain Reiter 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Belcar – GT3 Reiter 1 0 0 0 0 1 26th2012 Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro Blancpain Reiter 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 21 20th2013 Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro Blancpain Racing 0 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain Endurance Series – Pro-Am 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 24 Hours of Nürburgring – SP7 Raceunion Teichmann Racing 1 0 0 0 1 3rd 2014–15 Dutch Winter Endurance Series Heezen Racing Team 8 58th 2015 BMW M235i Cup Belgium Dreszer Motorsport 1 1 0 0 1 75 14th 2016 Supercar Challenge – GTB Power Race Products 2 0 0 0 1 28 13th 2017–18 Dutch Winter Endurance Series – Division 1 PG Motorsport 3 1 0 0 2 4 7th 2018 Belcar Endurance Championship – Belcar 1 PG Motorsport 5 0 0 0 1 57 5th 2019 24H GT Series – 991 PG Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 12 NC 2020 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – V4 rent2drive-FAMILIA-racing 1 0 0 0 0 6.94 40th2021 Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – V4 TM-Racing by PLUSLINE AG 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie – Cup X Teichmann Racing GT4 2 0 0 0 2 7.5 8th 2023 Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring – Cup2 Mühlner Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 23.5 31st 2024 Porsche Endurance Trophy Nürburgring Cup – Cup2 Pro Scherer Sport PHX 3 0 0 0 0 0 NCSources:

† As Menten was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

Complete FIA GT Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pts 2005 Renstal Excelsior Chevrolet Corvette C5-R GT1 MNZ MAG SIL IMO BRN SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H OSC IST ZHU DUB BHR 21st 82006 PSI Experience Chevrolet Corvette C6.RGT1 SIL BRN OSC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H LEC DIJ MUG HUN ADR15th14.5 Zakspeed Racing Saleen S7-R DUB 2007 All-Inkl.com Racing Lamborghini Murcélago R-GTGT1 ZHU SIL BUC MNZ OSC15th11 Reiter Lamborghini SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H ADR BRN NOG ZOL2008 Team Rbimmo / B-Racing Saleen S7-RGT1 SIL MNZ ADR OSCNC0 Phoenix Carsport Racing Chevrolet Corvette C6.R SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H BUC1 BUC2 BRN NOG ZOL SAN2009 DKR Engineering Corvette C6.RGT1 SIL ADR OSC11th12 PekaRacing nv SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H BUD ALG LEC ZOL

Complete Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) 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 SPA NUR DON JAR 13th 16

Complete ADAC GT Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 DC Points 2007 Reiter Lamborghini Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 NÜR1 NÜR2OSC1OSC2 LAU1 LAU2ZOL1ZOL2SAC1SAC2HOC1HOC2 7th 30

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2007 Team Modena Antonio García Christian Fittipaldi Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 318 17th 10th 2008 Team Modena Terry Borcheller Christian Fittipaldi Aston Martin DBR9 GT1 302 30th 8th

Complete GT1 World Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pos Points2010 Reiter Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670 R-SVABUQRABUCR SILQR SILCRBRNQRBRNCRPRIQRPRICR ALGQR ALGCR NAVQR NAVCR INTQR INTCR SANQR SANCR22nd27 Mad-Croc Racing Corvette C6.R SPAQR SPACR NÜRQR NÜRCR

Complete GT World Challenge Europe results GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Pos. Points 2011 Blancpain Reiter Lamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 GT3 Pro-Am MNZ NAV SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H MAG SIL NC 02012Blancpain ReiterLamborghini Gallardo LP600 GT3 Pro-Am MNZ SIL LEC SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR 20th 21 Pro NAV 20th 212013Blancpain Racing Lamborghini LP 600 FL2 Pro MNZ SIL LEC NC 0 Lamborghini LP 560–4 Pro-Am SPA6H SPA12H SPA24H NÜR NC 0

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