| John Campbell was born on April 8, 1955 in London, | | | | Fame at the age of 35 in 1990. He has won most of |
| Ontario. He idolized harness racing drivers from the | | | | the major harness races multiple times, including |
| time he was very small. Beginning his racing career in | | | | winning the prestigious Hambletonian six times: in 1987 |
| 1972 at Windsor Raceway in Ontario. He eventually | | | | driving Mack Lobell; in 1988 driving Armbro Goal; in 1990 |
| became a catch-driver. This is a driver who is hired on | | | | driving Harmonious; in 1995 driving Tagliabue; in 1998 |
| a freelance basis to drive a horse in a race. In 1975, he | | | | driving Muscles Yankee; and in 2006 driving |
| moved to the Meadowlands in New Jersey. This | | | | Glidemaster. He has also won the Sweetheart eight |
| proved to be a good move, as he made more in | | | | times, the Little Brown Jug three times, and the |
| winnings that year than in the previous three years | | | | Mistletoe Shalee five times, among many other wins. |
| combined. In 1979, he had his first big win year. He was | | | | In 2000, he was awarded the Meritorious Service |
| the top money winner for 12 out of the next 17 years. | | | | Medal from his home country of Canada in honor of |
| In 1982, he went on to win his first million dollar race | | | | his having performed in a highly professional manner. In |
| driving Hilarion in the Meadowlands Pace. In 1983, John | | | | 2000, Campbell reached an unprecedented $100 million |
| Campbell won seven races in one day for the first | | | | in career earnings at the Meadowlands track. This |
| time in his career. He would go on to do this four more | | | | was the first time a driver had won so much at a |
| times. In 1997, he won his 5,000th career victory at | | | | single track. He won the Meadowlands Pace seven |
| Meadowlands and took two more Breeders' Crown | | | | times and took the track driving title fifteen times. In |
| victories with the Mares Open and the Open Trot. | | | | 2003, John Campbell suffered a broken right elbow |
| He has gone on to win Driver of the Year 4 times: in | | | | and damage to his hand. For the first time in 24 years, |
| 1983, 1988, 1990 and 2006. He was the youngest | | | | he did not finish first or second in driver standings. He |
| member to be inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of | | | | was still back at work in 88 days after the accident. |