Dick Barbour

The Porsche 935K3 / 80 by John Fitzpatrick , Axel Plankenhorn and Dick Barbour second overall in the 1000 km race at the Nurburgring in 1980 reached

Richard "Dick" Barbour (born July 3, 1940 ) is a motorsport team owner, entrepreneur, and former American racing driver .

Career

Dick Barbour grew up in La Jolla near San Diego and took an early interest in motor racing. Therefore, he founded a car accessories business and a repair and tuning workshop for Porsche vehicles. At the same time, he got into automobile racing.

Barbour contested his first races in 1968 with a Lola T70 Mk II Spyder in a few races in the Can-Am . In 1969 he switched to a Porsche 904 and drove this year and the following in non-championship races organized by the SCCA. With the 1971 season he started in two Can-Am races with a Porsche 908/02 Spyder before interrupting his racing career for a few years.

From 1977 Barbour drove again and started together with Tony Adamowicz and John Cannon in a Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Competizione his first endurance race at the 24-hour race of Daytona that they had to end prematurely. With a Porsche 934/5 he started in the GTO class of the IMSA GT Championship and achieved several top ten placements.

For the 1978 and 1979 racing seasons, he acquired a Porsche 935 / 77A , with which he competed in the IMSA GT Championship, the FIA ​​Endurance Championship and the World Sports Car Championship. At the 1978 Daytona 24-hour race , he and Manfred Schurti and Johnny Rutherford finished second in the overall standings. The 24-hour race at Le Mans he finished, Brian Redman and John Paul with fifth place and the IMSA class win. A year later he and his team were able to repeat last year's success at Le Mans with a second overall place and the IMSA class win. Barbour achieved his greatest success as a racing driver in 1980 with overall victories in the three endurance races at Sebring , Riverside and Mosport with a Porsche 935 K3 / 80.

He drove his last race in the 1980 Road America 500-mile IMSA GT Championship, which he finished in second place.

In 2000 he got back into motorsport with his racing team Dick Barbour Racing . In the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), Dirk Müller in a Porsche 911 GT3 R (Type 996 ) secured the GT class victory in the driver, team and manufacturer championship with nine wins in twelve races. A year later, the racing team fielded Reynard 01Q racing cars in the ALMS LMP 675 class and won the team classification and, with Didier de Radiguès , the drivers' championship.

In 2004 Barbour became a partner of the Lamborghini Murciélago manufacturer team in the USA. The Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT used by Krohn-Barbour Racing was not successful in the ALMS and so Barbour got out after just one season.

It was not until 2008 that Barbour returned to motorsport. With his partner David Robertson, he drives Ford GT racing cars in the ALMS. At the 24 Hours of Le Mans 2011 , the Robertson Racing LLC team started with a Ford GT-R Mk VII in the LMGTE Am class and came in 26th overall and third in the class classification.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Brian Redman	John Paul	5th place and class win
1979	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Rolf Stommelen	Paul Newman	Rank 2 and class win
1980	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935K3 / 80	Brian Redman	John Fitzpatrick	5th place and class win

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1978	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Rolf Stommelen	Manfred Schurti	failure	suspension
1979	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Rolf Stommelen	Rick Mears	Rank 4
1980	Dick Barbour Racing	Porsche 935 K3 / 80	John Fitzpatrick		Overall victory

1000 km race on the Nürburgring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1979	Dick Barbour Racing	Ford Escort RS	Bob Akin	Helmut Gall	failure
1980	Sachs-Sporting-Dick-Barbour-Team	Porsche 935K3 / 80	John Fitzpatrick	Axel Plankenhorn	Rank 2 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	Ramsey Ferrari Barbour Performance	Ferrari 365 GTB / 4 Porsche 934	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			30th								4th
1978	Barbour Racing Amos Johnson	Porsche 935 AMC Pacer	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			2	DNF		3				5		5	2		10
1979	Barbour Racing Amos Johnson	Porsche 935 AMC Spirit Ford Escort	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			26th	4th		15th		6th		DNF	2		6th	2			DNF
1980	Barbour Racing Downing Maffucci	Porsche 935 Mazda RX-3	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			29		1			1		2	5	7th				2

Web links

Commons : Dick Barbour  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Race results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racing Reference - Internet site: Dick Barbour. From: racing-reference.info , accessed June 30, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} DickBarbourPerformance - website: Biography. From: www.dickbarbourperformance.com , accessed June 30, 2018 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Racing Sports Cars - Internet site: Complete Archive of Dick Barbour. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed July 1, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Classicscars - Internet site: Race results of the Sports Car World Championship 1977. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Classicscars - Internet site: Racing results from the 1978 World Sports Car Championship. At: www.classicscars.com , accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Classicscars - Website: Race results of the 24-hour race of Le Mans 1978. From : www.classicscars.com , accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Classicscars - website: Race results of the 24-hour race of Le Mans 1979. From : www.classicscars.com , accessed on July 1, 2018 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Racing Sports Cars - Internet site: Complete Archive of Dick Barbour (page 2). From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed July 1, 2018 .