13 Facts About Joest Racing

Joest Racing is a sports car racing team that was established in 1978 by former Porsche works racer Reinhold Joest.

Joest Racing then switched to Porsche 935s, winning the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1980.

In 1986,1988, and 1989 Joest Racing won the ADAC Supercup title for teams and Wollek winning the drivers cup in 1989.

Joest Racing managed to score the car's last IMSA victory at the Road America 500, due to Toyota's absence.

In late 1995, Tom Walkinshaw Joest Racing were commissioned by Porsche to produce a WSC car to compete in the 1996 Daytona 24-hour race.

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For 1996 the concept was revived and Joest Racing were chosen to run the WSC-95s at Le Mans as backup for Porsche's own team of works 911 GT1s.

Joest Racing won the race with Davy Jones, Manuel Reuter, and Alexander Wurz.

Audi and Joest Racing went back to develop the highly successful R8, winning its maiden race at the 2000 12 Hours of Sebring, and going on the win at Le Mans.

In 2006, Joest began racing the new diesel-powered Audi R10 sports car.

Audi Sport Team Joest Racing entered a pair of Audi R8 LMS GT3's in the 2011 Bathurst 12 Hour held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, Australia on 6 February.

The Joest Racing R8's finished one lap in front of the VIP Pet Foods Racing Porsche 997 GT3 Cup R of Craig Baird and father and son pairing Tony and Klark Quinn.

Joest Racing drove the 25 laps required and wrapped up the inaugural ALMS Drivers' title as a result.

On 18 July 2017 it was announced that Joest Racing would take over the operation of the Mazda RT24-P Daytona Prototype International entry in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for the 2018 season.