Bob Garretson
Template:Short description 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
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| 1978 | Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing | Template:Flagicon Bob Akin Template:Flagicon Steve Earle |
Porsche 935/77 | IMSA GTX | 159 | DNF | DNF |
| 1979 | Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing | Template:Flagicon Edwin Abate Template:Flagicon Skeeter McKitterick |
Porsche 935/78 | IMSA GTX | 283 | 8th | 3rd |
| 1980 | Template:Flagicon Dick Barbour Racing | Template:Flagicon Allan Moffat Template:Flagicon Bobby Rahal |
Porsche 935 K3 | IMSA | 134 | DNF | DNF |
| 1981 | Template:Flagicon Cooke-Woods Racing | Template:Flagicon Ralph Kent-Cooke Template:Flagicon Anny-Charlotte Verney |
Porsche 935 K3 | IMSA GTX | 328 | 6th | 2nd |
| 1982 | Template:Flagicon Garretson Developments | Template:Flagicon Ray Ratcliff Template:Flagicon Anny-Charlotte Verney |
Porsche 935 K3 | IMSA GTX | 299 | 11th | 5th |
References
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- ↑ Miller, Susann. An Inside Championship by Wayne Baker, Porsche Year 1983-1984, M&M Publishing Co.
- ↑ Bob Garretson: 1933-2025
- ↑ Bob Garretson
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