Dennis Aase

Dennis Aase (born February 23, 1944 ) is a former American automobile racing driver and racing team owner.

Career

Dennis Aase began his racing career in the early 1970s. His first races were in the US SCCA sports car championship and in the Can-Am series , which he finished in 1974 as eighth of the championship. In the 1980s, Aase was a regular starter in the IMSA GT and IMSA GTP series , where he won several championship races. In 1983 he became a works driver at Toyota and drove the Toyota Celica used by Dan Gurney's All-American Racers Team in series. His best place in the 12-hour race at Sebring was fifth overall in 1981 , which equated to victory in the GTO class. Aase also took part in the Le Mans 24-hour race once . In 1977 he reached 20th place overall.

In 1994 he and his brother Dave founded a racing team that had been involved in US sports car races for many years with Porsche and Toyota vehicles . Among other things, the team also prepared the safety cars for the CART series races in the 1990s.

As a driver, he celebrated eight overall and twelve class wins in his career, which lasted until 2000.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977	Wynn's International	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Robert Kirby	John Hotchkis	Rank 20

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1977		Porsche 911S	Jim Borsos			failure	accident
1978	Wynn's International	Porsche 911S	Robert Kirby	John Hotchkis		failure	mechanics
1979	Koll Motor Sports	Porsche 914/6	Bill Koll	Jim Cook		Rank 22
1981	Charles Kendall	Porsche Carrera RSR	Chuck Kendall	Pete Smith		5th place and class win
1982	Kendall Racing	BMW M1	Chuck Kendall	John Hotchkis		failure	accident
1986	All American Racers	Toyota Celica Turbo	Chris Cord			failure	Gearbox damage
1988	All American Racers	Toyota Celica Turbo	Chris Cord			failure	Engine failure
1993	Kevin Jeannette	Gunnar 996	Jay Cochran	Chip Hanauer	Bobby Carradine	failure	accident
1995	Jorge Trejos	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Jorge Trejos	Martin Snow		Rank 14
1996	Martin Snow	Porsche 911 GT2	Jorge Trejos	Martin Snow		Rank 8
1997	Jorge Trejos	Porsche 911 GT2	Jorge Trejos	Joe Varde		Rank 19

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
1974	Aase Brothers	Porsche 908/02	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
									DNF
1976	Dennis Aase	Porsche 908/02	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
													16
1977	Kirby Hitchcock Racing	Porsche 914/6	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			52
1978	Wynn's International	Porsche 911S	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			58	DNF		DNF
1979	Koll Motor Sports Dennis Aase	Porsche 914/6 Porsche 911S	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
				22nd				DNF									4th
1980	Racing Beat Alan Johnson Racing	Mazda RX-7 Porsche 911	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			62					DNF								9
1981	Kendall Racing	Porsche Carrera RSR BMW M1	DAY	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	BRH
				5			DNF									9

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

• Dennis Aase at historicracing.com
• Dennis Aase at Racing Sports Cars