Ben Pon

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Life

His father, Ben Pon, Sr., was an importer of Volkswagen Beetles into the United States, and is considered to be the "father" of the Volkswagen Type 2 due to his initial interest and input into the project.[4]

Pon was a personal friend of Formula One driver Carel Godin de Beaufort. It was de Beaufort's own Ecurie Maarsbergen privateer team that provided a Porsche 787 for him to race at Zandvoort, in his home Grand Prix on 20 May 1962. He failed to finish the race due to an accident, which flipped his car over, throwing Pon out of the cockpit and into a shrubbery.[2] In response, Pon vowed never again to race single-seaters, and in the years that followed he remained true to his word, while achieving many successes in sports car racing also driving a Porsche. Pon retired from professional sports car racing in 1965, but came 7th in the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving with Vic Elford in a works Porsche 906.

After his retirement in the sports arena, Pon turned his attention to the wine trade. He was known for his Bernardus Winery in Carmel Valley, California, and owned the oldest wine negotiating business in the Netherlands.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

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1961 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Herbert Linge Porsche 356B Abarth GTL S 1.6 284 10th 1st
1962 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche 356B Abarth GT 1.6 35 DNF DNF
1963 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Heinz Schiller Porsche 356B 2000GS GT GT 2.0 115 DNF DNF
1964 Template:Flagicon Racing Team Holland Template:Flagicon Henk van Zalinge Porsche 904/4 GTS GT 2.0 319 8th 2nd
1965 Template:Flagicon Auguste Veuillet Template:Flagicon Robert Buchet Porsche 904/4 GTS GT 2.0 224 DNF DNF
1967 Template:Flagicon Porsche System Engineering Template:Flagicon Vic Elford Porsche 906K Carrera 6 S 2.0 327 7th 1st

Complete Formula One World Championship results

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1962 Ecurie Maarsbergen Porsche 787 Porsche 547/3 1.5 F4 NED
RetScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		MON BEL FRA GBR GER ITA USA RSA NC 0

References

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External links

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