Price Cobb

Price Cobb (center) at the 1997 Le Mans 24-hour race

John Nielsen and Price Cobb's Jaguar XJR-9 before the start of the 1989 Miami 3-hour race

Price Cobb (born December 10, 1954 in Dallas ) is a retired American racing driver .

Career in motorsport

Price Cobb began his career in North American single-seater -Nachwuchsserien. In 1976 he was second behind Gilles Villeneuve in the IMSA Formula Atlantic Series , a racing series that he finished in 1978 behind Howdy Holmes and Keke Rosberg as third overall. He was also runner-up in the US Formula Super Vau Championship in 1983 .

The American achieved his greatest successes in sports car racing. From 1984 he drove regularly in the IMSA GTP series . In 1985 he won his first sports car race with the 500 km race in Columbus . His racing partner in the Porsche 962 was Drake Olson . In 1986 he finished the championship after victories in Riverside (with Rob Dyson ), Charlotte (with Olson) and Sears Point (with Dyson) and five other podium finishes behind Al Holbert in second place. Also in 1987 he finished the championship in this position. In 1988 he finished third in the championship and also finished third in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship .

He competed six times in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and won the race in 1990 together with Martin Brundle and John Nielsen in a Jaguar XJR-12 LM . Cobb was active as a driver until 2007 and also led an Indy Racing League team for which Roberto Guerrero and Jim Guthrie competed in 1998 and 1999 .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1986	Liqui Moly Equipe	Porsche 956B	Mauro Baldi	Rob Dyson	Rank 9
1987	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C	James Weaver	Jonathan Palmer	failure	accident
1988	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Davy Jones	Danny Sullivan	Rank 16
1989	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9LM	Andy Wallace	John Nielsen	failure	Cylinder head
1990	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-12 LM	Martin Brundle	John Nielsen	Overall victory
1996	Canaska Southwind Motorsport	Chrysler Viper GTS-R	Shawn Hendricks	Mark Dismore	Rank 10
1997	Saleen-Allen Speedlab	Saleen Mustang RRR	Steve Saleen	Carlos Palau	failure	Tire damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1987	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	Vern Schuppan		failure	accident
1988	Dyson Racing	Porsche 962	James Weaver		Rank 3
1989	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-9D	John Nielsen		Rank 2
1990	Castrol Jaguar Racing	Jaguar XJR-12D	John Nielsen		failure	Engine failure
1991	Mazda	Mazda RX-7	John O'Steen	Brian Redman	Rank 12
1994	Brix Racing	Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme	Scott Pruett	Tommy Riggins	failure	mechanics
1996	Canaska Southwind Motorsports	Dodge Viper GTS-R	Trevor Seibert	Mark Dismore	Rank 30
1997	Saleen Allen Speedlab	Ford Saleen Mustang	Phil Andrews		failure	Clutch damage

Individual results in the sports car world championship

season	team	race car	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11
1986	Lloyd Racing	Porsche 956	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	JER	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
					9
1987	Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962	JAR	JER	MON	SIL	LEM	NOW	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ
							DNF
1988	Jaguar Porsche	Jaguar XJR-9 Porsche 962	JER	JAR	MON	SIL	LEM	BRÜ	BRH	ONLY	SPA	FUJ	SAN
							16					2

Web links

Commons : Price Cobb  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Price Cobb at the Driver Database
• Price Cobb at Racing Sports Cars
• Image: Price Cobb

Individual evidence

1. ^ IMSA Formula Atlantic Series 1976
2. ↑ Labatt Formula Atlantic Series 1978
3. ^ 1985 Columbus 500 km race
4. ↑ 1986 Riverside 6 Hours
5. ^ 1986 Charlotte 500 km race
6. Jump up ↑ 1986 Sears Point 300km race