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.^[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.

Garretson died on April 13, 2025, at the age of 92.^[2][3]

Racing results

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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