Joest Racing

The Badger · 31 Oct 2005, 19:32 (Ref:1448670)

Joest Racing won Le Mans 7 times

(1) 1984 Porsche 956
(2) 1985 Porsche 956
(3) 1996 TWR Porsche
(4) 1997 TWR Porsche
(5) 2000 Audi R8R
(6) 2001 Audi R8R
(7) 2002 Audi R8R

But he also ran the winning Bentley in 2003 , and I think he was also involved in the Dauer 962GT as well . Im trying to find out if there are any other Le Mans success stories that involved Joest behind the scenes ?

I hope they will be back soon . Sportscar racing just aint the same without the biggest name in the business .

jhansen · 31 Oct 2005, 19:34 (Ref:1448672)

It's especially not fun watching their performance in DTM these past two seasons.

ger80 · 31 Oct 2005, 19:42 (Ref:1448682)

Old cars this season. ABT build the TTs on there own in the past, so they have much more knowlege about DTM cars.
Also hope they are back @real racing soon.
DTM is nothing more then german Nascar

( i am from germany)

tblincoe · 31 Oct 2005, 19:48 (Ref:1448689)

Are you sure Joest ran the Bentleys in 2003?

paul-collins · 31 Oct 2005, 20:16 (Ref:1448718)

Lots of German-speaking crew in green in 2003...

Mad-Dog-mk2 · 31 Oct 2005, 20:25 (Ref:1448723)

One car had RTN mechanics the other had Joest I've heard.

The Badger · 31 Oct 2005, 20:29 (Ref:1448727)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tblincoe

Are you sure Joest ran the Bentleys in 2003?

He ran the number 7 car only Kristensen-Capello-Smith .

The Badger · 31 Oct 2005, 20:30 (Ref:1448732)

What involvement did he have with the Dauer 962GT ? Did Joest run those too ? I have heard it said that he was spotted in the gagage .

Dauer 962 · 31 Oct 2005, 20:32 (Ref:1448734)

Quote:

Originally Posted by tblincoe

Are you sure Joest ran the Bentleys in 2003?

Teammanager of Team Bentley was Ralf Jüttner.

And he is known as long time manager of Joest Racing.

Dauer 962 · 31 Oct 2005, 20:35 (Ref:1448737)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

What involvement did he have with the Dauer 962GT ? Did Joest run those too ? I have heard it said that he was spotted in the gagage .

In 1994 Porsche had no Worksteam, so Joest does all the business. Dauer himself so had no race team, he closed his in 1991, so complete staff including team management was Joest.

The Badger · 31 Oct 2005, 20:45 (Ref:1448750)

So in effect you could say Joest won Le mans 9 times ? 7 with his team name and once for Bentley and Dauer too .

**Bentley03** · 31 Oct 2005, 21:03 (Ref:1448768)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

So in effect you could say Joest won Le mans 9 times ? 7 with his team name and once for Bentley and Dauer too .

Easy there mate!! Let's not give Joest too much credit for the Bentley victory!! All testing and development was done by RTN.

The Joest boys simply won the toss when they were deciding who got which battery at Le Mans.........

The Badger · 31 Oct 2005, 21:37 (Ref:1448798)

How many times did Joest win Sebring ? And what years were those ? Has anyone got any pics of the Joest Sebring winners please ?

They won also with a 935 but I cant find a pic of that either ..... help .

I want to build a collection of Joest winners from Le Mans , Sebring and Daytona ..... Im just short a couple of cars and pics .

Thanks

Joest got the Duracell's for Le Mans then Bentley03 !!!

**Bentley03** · 31 Oct 2005, 22:10 (Ref:1448837)

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Badger

Joest got the Duracell's for Le Mans then Bentley03 !!!

..........and RTN the nEVER READY!!

**skycafe** · 1 Nov 2005, 01:11 (Ref:1448961)

1984 Sebring-Heyer, DeNavaez and Johannson (car came off display in a museum

)
1980 Daytona 24 Hour-Merl, Stommelen and Joest himself

both 935's.

I don't know where to get photos, mine suffered fire and water (not at the same time), but maybe Hugewally who visits here can point to them?

robert

JoeF · 1 Nov 2005, 18:10 (Ref:1449608)

There are a few shots of the 1980 Daytona winner on the net.

1980 Daytona Winner
http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-02-03-002.jpg
http://www.fredlewisphotos.com/grafi...stommelen2.JPG

As for the 1984 Sebring winner wasn't able to find any but here is the same car at the 1985 Sebring. The car was #48 in 1984 and did not carry the Red Lobster sponsorship

http://www.racingsportscars.com/phot...-03-23-043.jpg

The Badger · 2 Nov 2005, 00:22 (Ref:1449970)

I reckon i will have to forget about building the Joest Sebring winners cuz they didnt make those kits and the decals would be a real pain . But his 24 hour winners I can do !!

Thank you guys for all your help

JoeF · 2 Nov 2005, 02:06 (Ref:1450010)

You may want to try contacting these guys at:
http://mascalemodels.mind2k.com/index.html

They have quite a few rarer models and may have access to the decals for the 1984 Sebring car.

**skycafe** · 2 Nov 2005, 03:35 (Ref:1450044)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JoeF

You may want to try contacting these guys at:
http://mascalemodels.mind2k.com/index.html

They have quite a few rarer models and may have access to the decals for the 1984 Sebring car.

Oh boy, they have some really cool stuff!

ger80 · 2 Nov 2005, 16:30 (Ref:1450564)

rumors about Joest in Rally next year in "motorsport aktuell". but there is a little hope, they are sometimes wrong
Skoda WRC
Please not

Dauer 962 · 2 Nov 2005, 16:39 (Ref:1450569)

Why not doing some rally also beside sportscar / touring car racing ?

If you look at Oreca, it works.

The Badger · 2 Nov 2005, 17:33 (Ref:1450644)

Quote:

Originally Posted by ger80

rumors about Joest in Rally next year in "motorsport aktuell". but there is a little hope, they are sometimes wrong
Skoda WRC
Please not

Oh god , nooooo !!!

Still within the group , but they need to be back in frontline sportscar racing ..... thats their stomping ground for years .

archibold · 3 Nov 2005, 16:04 (Ref:1451371)

Audi certainly learnt a lot from their rallying when it came to designing the R8's modular approach to components...

ger80 · 3 Nov 2005, 16:12 (Ref:1451374)

but the skoda wrc doesnt learned winning from the R8

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