Bob Garretson

Bob Garretson (April 8, 1933 – April 13, 2025) was an American racing driver.

Biography

Garretson was the owner-driver of a Porsche 935 sports car team named Garretson Enterprises in the early 1980s that competed part-time in both the World Sportscar Championship and IMSA GT Championship. During 1978 he won the Sebring 12 hours. In 1981 along with veteran Brian Redman and Bobby Rahal Garretson won the 24 Hours of Daytona. Despite not winning another race that season, Garretson won the 1981 World Endurance Championship for Drivers title which was the first awarded. He sold the team and retired from racing shortly thereafter.Miller, Susann. [http://waynelbakerracing.com/Team.php An Inside Championship by Wayne Baker], Porsche Year 1983-1984, M&M Publishing Co.

In 2019, he was elected to the FIA Hall of Fame for his accomplishment as part of the FIA Hall of Fame's sportscar wing. WEC season-long champions are inducted into the FIA Hall.

Garretson died on April 13, 2025, at the age of 92.[https://www.dailysportscar.com/2025/04/16/bob-garretson-1933-2025.html Bob Garretson: 1933-2025][https://www.loveforporsche.com/bob-garretson/ Bob Garretson]

Racing results

=24 Hours of Le Mans results=

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Year ! Team ! Co-Driver(s) ! Car ! Class ! Laps ! {{Tooltip\|Pos.\|Overall Position}} ! {{Tooltip\|Class Pos.\|Class Position}}
1978 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Barbour Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Bob Akin {{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Earle \|align="left"\| Porsche 935/77 \| IMSA GTX \| 159 \| DNF \| DNF
1979 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Barbour Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Edwin Abate {{flagicon\|USA}} Skeeter McKitterick \|align="left"\| Porsche 935/78 \| IMSA GTX \| 283 \| 8th \|style="background:#FFDF9F;"\| 3rd
1980 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Dick Barbour Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} Allan Moffat {{flagicon\|USA}} Bobby Rahal \|align="left"\| Porsche 935 K3 \| IMSA \| 134 \| DNF \| DNF
1981 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Cooke-Woods Racing \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ralph Kent-Cooke {{flagicon\|FRA}} Anny-Charlotte Verney \|align="left"\| Porsche 935 K3 \| IMSA GTX \| 328 \| 6th \|style="background:#DFDFDF;"\| 2nd
1982 \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Garretson Developments \|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|USA}} Ray Ratcliff {{flagicon\|FRA}} Anny-Charlotte Verney \|align="left"\| Porsche 935 K3 \| IMSA GTX \| 299 \| 11th \| 5th

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1978

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Dick Barbour Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|USA}} Bob Akin
{{flagicon|USA}} Steve Earle