Charles Slater

Charles Slater (born August 22, 1956 in Tallahassee ) is an American entrepreneur and former racing driver .

Entrepreneur

Charles Slater founded several companies manufacturing medical endoscopic devices in the 1980s . Together with two partners, he sold one of these companies, Symbiosis Corporation , for 175 million US dollars in the early 1990s .

Racing career

Charles Slater started motorsport in 1985. He had one of his first races at the Sebring 12-hour race this year . Slater had almost no racing experience and lap times were so slow in the race that the race management was forced to take him out of the race. In the following years, however, he became an experienced GT and sports car racing driver who was able to achieve some success. His considerable fortune enabled Slater to buy into established racing teams.

In the 1990s he drove in the IMSA GTP series and then in the American Le Mans Series . He competed four times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans , where his best place in the final classification was 14th in 2000 . He achieved his best result in Sebring in 1995 when he finished 12th. This was also the victory in the GTS-2 class.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Franz Konrad	Peter Kitchak	failure
2000	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Jürgen von Gartzen	Thomas Kendall	Rank 14
2001	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Toni Seiler	Walter Brun	failure	accident
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7R	Rodney Mall	Walter Brun	failure	fuel pump

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1985	Wonzer Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR	John Hofstra	Mick Robinson		failure	malfunction
1986	Wonzer Racing	Porsche 911	John Hofstra	Mick Robinson		Rank 23
1987	S Squared Engineering	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Dave Duttinger	Rudy Bartling		Rank 31st
1989	Charles Slater	Porsche 911	Kenneth Brady	Norm Dupont		failure	Engine failure
1993	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911	Butch Hamlet	Bill Ferran		Rank 18
1994	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911	Peter Uria	Joe Cogbill		Rank 13
1995	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911	Bill Auberlen	Joe Cogbill		Rank 12 and class win
1996	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911	Ron Finger	John Rutherford		Rank 26
1997	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jeff Purner	Terry Lingner	Robbie Groff	Rank 23
1998	Alex Job Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Cort Wagner	Darryl Havens		Rank 13
1999	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Peter Kitchak	Mike Hezemans		Rank 16
2000	Konrad Motorsport	Porsche 911 GT2	Franz Konrad	John Paul Junior		Rank 12
2002	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Walter Brun	Gavin Pickering		failure	Disqualified

Web links

• Charles Slater at the Driver Database
• Charles Slater at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Slater and the Symbiosis Corporation