From: Dave Shaeffer [shaeff_d@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 10:33 AM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Re: Porsche factory racing 928

Yo Constantine,
Very interesting post, and it confirms what I'd suspected all along. If
Porsche had thought that the 928 would have been practical to develop as a
race platform, they would have used it. They seldom (if ever) miss an
opportunity to develop/field a production based race car, whether as an
"official" factory effort, or a privateer. Good job in digging up the info.

Best always,
Dave
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|And now the rest of the story.  I talked with non other than Bob Snodgrass
|of Brumos today to find out more about the Daytona 24 hour 928.  He said
|that 928 came from the factory with an aluminum chassis (!) for the
|Daytona race.  He said that they changed the front brakes twice, the rear
|brakes once and topped it with oil every other pit stop.  The car ran
|without incident and he gave the same finishing figures as the ones below.
| A credit to his memory.  He also said that the drivers were within a
|tenth of a second from each other which meant that it was a "slow" car.
|He said that it just weighed too much and that was why the 928 does not
|make a good race car.  He went on to say that same 928 was shipped back to
|Germany where it raced in a pro race circuit for awhile before being
|crashed and totaled.  He said that it no longer exists.
|
|Of other interest to Mark Kibort, he said that he has the second Al
|Holbert 928 that was used as an FIA safety car in his collection.  He said
|that it is red in color and the one that Mark K. has was damaged on a race
|track when it was also an FIA safety car.  Mr. Snodgrass was truly a
|pleasure to talk to and very gracious in answering my questions since I
|just called out of the blue to ask about the Daytona 928.
|
|Best regards,
|Constantine
|1989 928S4, AT
|1986.5 928S, AT
|Rennlist member
|928 Forum subscriber
|
|> H everybody,
|>
|> Here's a message I've had from Hurley Haywood, regarding the 1984 24
Hours
|> race:
|> "The factory gave Brumos a light weight 928 to run the 1984 Daytona race.
|> The drivers were Howard Meister,Bob Hagstad,Vic Elford and Richard
Atwood.
|> Car started 72th overall, 30th in class and finished 15th overall and 4th
|> in class."
|>
|> I would like to find pictures of this car.
|> I've only have a very small one and need others to make a model of it.
|> I would also like to know where this car is now...
|>
|> Samuel