Augie Pabst was a former member of the board of directors for Road America.
23 Facts About Augie Pabst
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Augie Pabst began racing in May 1956 on the infield road course of the Milwaukee Mile.
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Augie Pabst's first race car was a Triumph TR3 ; he switched to a AC Ace-Bristol for 1957.
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Augie Pabst moved up to a Ferrari TR in 1958 and won his first national SCCA race at the Milwaukee Mile.
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Augie Pabst continued in the Ferrari until he received a call from Harry Heuer to drive a Scarab on his Meister Brauser Team, sponsored by Peter Hand Brewing Company.
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Augie Pabst soon won races at Meadowdale International Raceway and Vaca Valley Raceway in his new ride.
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Augie Pabst raced for the 1960 SCCA National Sports Car Championship.
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Augie Pabst took wins at Meadowdale, Road America, Watkins Glen International, Ascarate Park Raceway, and the Daytona International Speedway en route to winning the B Modified national championship.
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Augie Pabst was pressured to stop racing for a competing brewery, after a newspaper embarrassed his sponsor by making a play on his last name.
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Augie Pabst began racing for Briggs Cunningham in 1961 and continued until 1962 in a Maserati T-63.
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Augie Pabst won the Road American 500 and took fourth overall at the 1961 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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At the 1962 3 Hours of Daytona, the engine blew causing the car to do an end-over-end roll and Augie Pabst to be ejected from the car.
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Augie Pabst returned in 1963 racing for the Mecom Racing Team.
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Augie Pabst had another win at the Continental Divide Raceways race that year, along with another win at the Road America 500.
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Augie Pabst competed in one NASCAR Grand National race at Riverside International Raceway on November 3,1963.
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Augie Pabst started 18th and finished 35th in the one-off event.
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In 1964, Augie Pabst won another Road America 500 but had lots of mechanical failures throughout the rest of the season.
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Augie Pabst decided to drive for himself in 1965 and ordered a McLaren.
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Augie Pabst became an executive for Augie Pabst Brewing Company, on the condition that he sell his dealership and quit racing.
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Augie Pabst was a member of the board of directors for Road America.
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Augie Pabst died in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, on October 9,2024, at the age of 90.
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Augie Pabst was inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 2011.
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Augie Pabst was inducted in the Sports Car Club of America.