Peter Gregg

Porsche 911 Carrera RSR as it was driven by Peter Gregg in 1973.

Peter Holden Gregg (born May 4, 1940 in New York City , † December 15, 1980 in Ponte Vedra Beach ) was an American racing driver .

Career

Peter Gregg was the son of a marine engineer and studied English at Harvard University in the 1950s . Like his father, he went to the United States Navy and was stationed in Jacksonville as an intelligence officer.

Gregg had already competed as an amateur car racing driver while he was in the navy and began a professional racing career in 1965 after he left the Navy. In the 1960s he also built up a middle-class existence as a car dealer. He represented the brands Porsche , Mercedes-Benz , Fiat and MG . Together with his friend Hurley Haywood , with whom he achieved most of his sports car successes, he covered Florida with a profitable dealer network.

In the mid-1960s, he achieved his first successes in racing. In 1967 he secured the overall ranking of the SCCA Southeastern Division, a sports car racing series, in two classes. Other titles followed in the Trans-Am series (1973 and 1974) and the IMSA GTO championship (1971 and 1973). After his first triumph at the 1973 24-hour race in Daytona , together with Haywood in the Porsche 911 Carrera , he surprisingly retired from racing to take a job as a bank manager in Jacksonville. Peter Gregg stayed away from motorsport for only a year and returned to the racetracks in 1975.

The following years made him one of the most successful drivers in US sports car races. Four more times he won the overall ranking of the GTO class of the IMSA GTP series . He was victorious in the Daytona 24-hour race three more times, in 1975, 1976 and 1978. Only at the 24 Hours of Le Mans did he fail to achieve great success. Twice - he made his debut there in 1966 - he finished third overall on the podium of the top three. In 1980 he had an accident on the way to the racetrack at Le Mans and suffered minor head injuries.

On December 15, 1980, a few days after his wedding to Deborah Gregg , née Mars, Peter Gregg committed suicide. The reason for this act could never be fully clarified. One possible cause is said to have been the consequences of the road accident at Le Mans.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1966	Porsche System Engineering	Porsche 906	Sten Axelsson		failure	Engine failure
1973	Porsche Sonauto BP Racing	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	Guy Chasseuil		Rank 14
1976	BMW Motorsport GmbH	BMW 3.0 CSL	Brian Redman		failure	Defect in the oil pump
1977	JMS Racing Team	Porsche 935	Claude Ballot-Léna		3rd place and class win
1978	Martini Racing Porsche System	Porsche 936/77	Hurley Haywood	Reinhold Joest	Rank 3
1979	JMS Racing Charles Pozzi	Ferrari 512 BB LM	Claude Ballot-Léna	Michel Leclère	failure	accident

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1965	Peter Gregg	Porsche 904 GTS	George Barber		failure	Chassis broken
1966	Porsche Germany	Porsche 904 GTS	George Follmer		Rank 7 and class win
1967	Porsche car	Porsche 906	Joe Buzzetta		Rank 7
1969	Wilbur Pickett	Porsche 911	Wilbur Pickett		17th place and class win
1970	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	Porsche 911T	Pete Harrison		Rank 13 and class win
1971	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	Porsche 914/6	Hurley Haywood		Rank 14
1972	Brumos Porsche Audi Corp.	Porsche 911S	Hurley Haywood		5th place and class win
1973	Dr. Dave Helmick	Porsche Carrera RSR	Hurley Haywood	Dave Helmick	Overall victory
1975	Brumos Porsche-Audi	Porsche Carrera RSR	Hurley Haywood		failure	suspension
1976	BMW Motorsport North America	BMW 3.0 CSL	Hurley Haywood		Rank 7
1977	Brumos Racing	Porsche 934	Jim Busby		Rank 3
1978	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 935	Brad Frisselle		failure	accident
1979	Thunderbird Swap Shop	Porsche 935 / 77A	Hurley Haywood	Preston Henn	failure	Engine failure
1980	Bayside Disposal Racing	Porsche 935 / 77A	Hurley Haywood	Bruce Leven	Rank 10

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
1964	Peter Gregg	Triumph TR4	DAY	SEB	TAR	MON	SPA	CON	ONLY	ROS	LEM	REI	FRE	CCE	RTT	SIM	ONLY	MON	TDF	BRI	BRI	PAR
			22nd
1965	Peter Gregg	Porsche 904	DAY	SEB	BOL	MON	MON	RTT	TAR	SPA	ONLY	MUG	ROS	LEM	REI	BOZ	FRE	CCE	OVI	ONLY	BRI	BRI
			8th	DNF
1966	Brumos Porsche Porsche	Porsche 904 Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	MUG	CCE	HOK	SIM	ONLY	ZEL
			10	7th					DNF
1967	NART Porsche	Ferrari 365P2 Porsche 906	DAY	SEB	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	HOK	MUG	BRH	CCE	ZEL	OVI	ONLY
			DNF	7th
1968	Brumos Porsche Sten Axelsson Racing	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	ONLY	SPA	WAT	ZEL	LEM
			9					27		8th
1969	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
			DNF	17th							8th
1970	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 911	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	TAR	SPA	ONLY	LEM	WAT	ZEL
				13
1971	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 914	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				DNF	13								6th
1972	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 911	BUA	DAY	SEB	BRH	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
				6th	5								DNF
1973	Brumo's Porsche Porsche Sonauto	Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	VAL	DIJ	MON	SPA	TAR	ONLY	LEM	ZEL	WAT
			1							14th		7th
1974	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche Carrera RSR	MON	SPA	ONLY	IMO	LEM	ZEL	WAT	LEC	BRH	KYA
									3
1975	Brumos Porsche Holbert Porsche	Porsche 911 Porsche Carrera RSR	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SPA	BY	ONLY	ZEL	WAT
			1								7th
1976	Brumos Kendall	BMW 3.5 CSL	MUG	VAL	ONLY	MON	SIL	IMO	ONLY	ZEL	BY	WAT	MOS	DIJ	DIJ	SAL
												4th
1977	Brumos Racing	Porsche 934	DAY	MUG	DIJ	MON	SIL	ONLY	VAL	BY	WAT	EST	LEC	MOS	IMO	SAL	BRH	HOK	VAL
			10								6th			DNF
1978	Brumos Porsche Porsche Gelo Racing Gene Felton	Porsche 935 Porsche 936 Datsun 210 Buick Skyhawk	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	SIL	ONLY	LEM	MIS	DAY	WAT	VAL	ROD
			1	DNF		1				3		3	1		DNF
1979	Gelo Racing Thunderbird Brumos Porsche Charles Pozzi	Porsche 935 Ferrari 512 BB	DAY	SEB	MUG	VALLEY	DIJ	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	BY	DAY	WAT	SPA	BRH	ROA	VAL	ELS
			32	DNF				5			DNF			DNF			DNF
1980	Brumo's Porsche	Porsche 935	DAY	BRH	SEB	MUG	MON	RIV	SIL	ONLY	LEM	DAY	WAT	SPA	MOS	ROA	VAL	DIJ
			11		10			DNF

Web links

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• Peter Gregg at Racing Sports Cars
• Peter Gregg at Motorsport Magazine