Brad Frisselle

Detail of the Datsun 240Z , with which Brad Frisselle contested sports car races in the USA in 1976

Bradley "Brad" Friselle (born July 21, 1948 in Midland ) is a former American car racing driver and racing team owner and the father of Burt and Brian Frisselle .

Career

Brad Frisselle has been active in North American sports car racing both as a driver and as a racing team owner . He started several times in the Daytona 24-hour race and the Sebring 12-hour race . He had his only appearance in Europe in 1978 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where he entered for Robert Kirby , John Hotchkis and a Chevrolet Monza . The car had to be parked after only 30 laps. The engine had become too hot due to insufficient cooling.

His greatest success in an individual race was winning the 12-hour race at Sebring in 1977 , together with George Dyer in a Porsche Carrera RSR. In 1978 he won the Talladega 6-hour race , a race in the World Sports Car Championship . Teammate in the Porsche 935 was Peter Gregg .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Brad Frisselle Racing	Chevrolet Monza	John Hotchkis	Robert Kirby	failure	Cylinder overheated

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	George Dyer Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	George Dyer		Overall victory
1978	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 935	Peter Gregg		failure	accident
1979	Sports Ltd. Racing	Mazda RX-7	Bob Bergstrom		failure	malfunction
1980	Mandeville Racing	Mazda RX-7	Roger Mandeville	Jim Downing	9th place and class win

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th
1977	Dyer Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			4th
1978	Brumos Porsche Frisselle Racing Team Hiball Hoerr	Porsche 935 Chevrolet Monza AMC Pacer Datsun 510	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			9	DNF		1				DNF		2			DNF
1979	Sports racing	Mazda RX-7	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			66	DNF				12
1980	Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			8th		9			9							11	DNF

literature

• Ken Breslauer: Sebring. The official History of America's Great Sports Car Race. David Bull, Cambridge MA 1995, ISBN 0-9649722-0-4 .
• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

Commons : Brad Frisselle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Brad Frisselle at Racing Sports Cars
• About Brad Frisselle
• About the brothers Burt and Brian Frisselle