Bob Garretson (born April 8, 1933) is a former American racing driver.

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.[1]

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.

Racing results

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24 Hours of Le Mans results

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Year Team Co-Driver(s) Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1978   Dick Barbour Racing   Bob Akin
  Steve Earle
Porsche 935/77 IMSA GTX 159 DNF DNF
1979   Dick Barbour Racing   Edwin Abate
  Skeeter McKitterick
Porsche 935/78 IMSA GTX 283 8th 3rd
1980   Dick Barbour Racing   Allan Moffat
  Bobby Rahal
Porsche 935 K3 IMSA 134 DNF DNF
1981   Cooke-Woods Racing   Ralph Kent-Cooke
  Anny-Charlotte Verney
Porsche 935 K3 IMSA GTX 328 6th 2nd
1982   Garretson Developments   Ray Ratcliff
  Anny-Charlotte Verney
Porsche 935 K3 IMSA GTX 299 11th 5th

References

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  1. ^ Miller, Susann. An Inside Championship by Wayne Baker, Porsche Year 1983-1984, M&M Publishing Co.
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