Augie Pabst

The Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB by Ed Hugus and Augie Pabst fourth overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1960 were

August Wilhelm "Augie" Pabst (born November 25, 1933 ) is a former American racing driver .

Career

Augie Pabst was active as a sports car driver in the late 1950s and early 1960s and celebrated overall and class victories in the major US sports car races. Pabst was a works driver for the North American Racing Team and Briggs Cunningham . In 1960 he came to Europe with Luigi Chinetti to take part in the 24 Hours of Le Mans . As a partner of Ed Hugus , he was seventh overall. His best finish was fourth overall a year later in Briggs Cunningham's Maserati Tipo 63 .

In the USA, Pabst was involved in Lance Reventlow's Scarab project , with whose monoposto racing car he contested several races. He later bought the emergency car from 1958 and still competes with it at events for historic racing vehicles.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1960	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ed Hugus	Rank 7
1961	Briggs Cunningham	Maserati Tipo 63	Dick Thompson	Rank 4
1963	Briggs Cunningham	Jaguar E-Type Lightweight	Walt Hansgen	failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1958	Jim Jeffords	Chevrolet Corvette SR-2	Jim Jeffords		failure	Front axle
1959	James Johnston	Ferrari 250TR58	Ed Lunken	Gaston Andrey	Rank 7
1960	North American Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GT SWB	Ed Hugus		Rank 4
1961	Porsche Car Import	Porsche 718 RS 60	Bill Wuesthoff		failure	Main seal leak
1963	Mecom Racing Team	Ferrari 250 GTO	Roger Penske		Rank 4
1964	Mecom Racing Team	Lola Mk6 GT	Walt Hansgen		failure	Engine failure
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Ford GT40	Masts Gregory		failure	Engine failure

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	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd
1958	Jim Jeffords	Chevrolet Corvette	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
				DNF
1959	James Johnston	Ferrari 250TR	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	RTT
			7th
1960	NART Briggs Cunningham	Ferrari 250 GT	BUA	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM
				4th			7th
1961	Porsche Car Import Briggs Cunningham	Porsche 718 RS Maserati Tipo 63	SEB	TAR	ONLY	LEM	PES
			DNF			4th
1962	Briggs Cunningham	Maserati Tipo 151	DAY	SEB	SEB	MAY	TAR	BER	ONLY	LEM	TAV	CCA	RTT	ONLY	BRI	BRI	PAR
																DNF
1963	Briggs Cunningham Mecom Racing Team	Jaguar E-Type Ferrari 250 GTO	DAY	SEB	SEB	TAR	SPA	MAY	ONLY	CON	ROS	LEM	MON	WIS	TAV	FRE	CCE	RTT	OVI	ONLY	MON	MON	TDF	BRI
			10		4th							DNF
1964	Chuck Cassel Mecom Racing Team	Porsche 356 Lola Mk6 Ferrari 250LM	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
			DNF	DNF																	DNF
1966	Essex Wire Corporation	Ford GT40	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
				DNF

Web links

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