Mauricio de Narváez

Mauricio de Narváez (born May 18, 1941 in Medellin ) is a former Colombian racing car driver and racing team owner.

Career

For many years, Mauricio de Narváez was Colombia's best-known and above all most successful car racing driver, only Juan Pablo Montoya overshadowed his successes. He competed almost exclusively in sports car races and made his first international appearance at the Sebring 12-hour race in 1975 . Twice he was able to win overall ratings. In 1981 he and Hurley Haywood won the 250-mile race in Daytona in a Porsche 935 , a race in the IMSA GTP series that year . His greatest success was winning the Sebring 12-hour race in 1984 , which he drove together with Hans Heyer and Stefan Johansson in a Porsche 935J that he had registered himself.

He competed four times as a driver for Joest Racing in the Le Mans 24-hour race . His best placement was fourth overall in 1983 . De Narváez ended his professional driving career in 1986 and has been President of the Colombian Automobile Club since 2013.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1981	Joest Racing	Porsche 935J	Günter Steckkönig	Kenper Miller	failure	Fire
1983	Sorga SA Joest Racing	Porsche 956	Clemens Schickentanz	Volkert Merl	Rank 4
1984	New-Man Joest Racing	Porsche 956	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Stefan Johansson	failure	Cylinder overheated
1985	New-Man Joest Racing	Porsche 956	Paul Belmondo	Kenper Miller	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1975	Delta Racing	Porsche 911S	Armando Ramirez	Camilo Mutiz	failure	accident
1976	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche Carrera	Albert Naon	John Freyre	Rank 6
1977	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Albert Naon		failure	malfunction
1978	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Albert Naon		failure	mechanics
1979	Mauricio de Narváez	Porsche Carrera RSR	Albert Naon		failure	malfunction
1980	de Narváez Enterprises	Porsche Carrera RSR	Ricardo Londoño		failure	malfunction
1981	Momo penthouse	Porsche 935J	Giampiero Moretti	Charles Mendez	Rank 6
1982	Garretson Development	March 82G	Bobby Rahal	Jim Trueman	Rank 2
1983	Red Lobster Racing	March 82G	Dave Cowart	Kenper Miller	failure	accident
1984	de Narváez Enterprises	Porsche 935J	Hans Heyer	Stefan Johansson	Overall victory
1985	de Narváez Enterprises	Porsche 935J	Dave Cowart	Kenper Miller	failure	Engine failure
1986	Latino Racing	Porsche 911	Luis Mendez		failure	Gearbox damage

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

• Mauricio de Narváez at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. Jump up ↑ 250 Mile Daytona Race in 1981