Bob Garretson

Bob Garretson (April 8, 1933 – April 13, 2025) was an American racing driver.

Biography

Garretson was the owner-driver of a Porsche 935 sports car team named Garretson Enterprises in the early 1980s that competed part-time in both the World Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship. During 1978 he won the Sebring 12 hours. In 1981 along with veteran Brian Redman and Bobby Rahal Garretson won the 24 Hours of Daytona. Despite not winning another race that season, Garretson won the 1981 World Endurance Championship for Drivers title which was the first awarded. He sold the team and retired from racing shortly thereafter.[1]

In 2019, he was elected to the FIA Hall of Fame for his accomplishment as part of the FIA Hall of Fame's sportscar wing. WEC season-long champions are inducted into the FIA Hall.

Garretson died on April 13, 2025, at the age of 92.[2][3]

Racing results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Driver(s) Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1978 Dick Barbour Racing Bob Akin
Steve Earle 		Porsche 935/77 IMSA GTX 159 DNF DNF
1979 Dick Barbour Racing Edwin Abate
Skeeter McKitterick 		Porsche 935/78 IMSA GTX 283 8th 3rd
1980 Dick Barbour Racing Allan Moffat
Bobby Rahal 		Porsche 935 K3 IMSA 134 DNF DNF
1981 Cooke-Woods Racing Ralph Kent-Cooke
Anny-Charlotte Verney 		Porsche 935 K3 IMSA GTX 328 6th 2nd
1982 Garretson Developments Ray Ratcliff
Anny-Charlotte Verney 		Porsche 935 K3 IMSA GTX 299 11th 5th

References

  1. ^ Miller, Susann. An Inside Championship by Wayne Baker, Porsche Year 1983-1984, M&M Publishing Co.
  2. ^ Bob Garretson: 1933-2025
  3. ^ Bob Garretson


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.