Randy Pobst

Randy Pobst
Born	(1957-06-26) June 26, 1957 Dayton, Ohio, United States
Debut season	1977

Randy Franklin Pobst also known as "RFP" or "The Rocket" is an American race car driver, born 26 June 1957, in Dayton, Ohio, United States.

Active in the SCCA World Challenge GT series and the Grand American series' GT class, Pobst was the 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 SCCA World Challenge GT champion, the 1996 North American Touring Car Championship title winner, and the 2005, 2006 and 2007 SCCA World Challenge TC vice-champion. He is also a two-time class winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, in 2001 and 2006.

Randy Pobst has more than 90 pro wins. He is currently a Mazda, Volvo, Audi and Porsche factory supported driver.

2004-2007

From 2004-2007, he drove for Tri-Point Mazda in the SCCA World Challenge Touring Car series, finishing second in 2007. In 2007 and 2008, he won the SCCA World Challenge GT Championship with K-Pax/3R Racing in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Car. He repeated the feat in 2010 in a K-Pax Racing Volvo S60.

2008

In 2008 he raced a Volkswagen GTI for APR Motorsport in the KONI Challenge Series and for Stevenson Motorsport at the 24 Hours of Daytona in a Pontiac GXP.

2009

Randy returned to K-Pax/3R Racing to defend his two Speed World Challenge GT Class championships, but in a Volvo Touring Car instead of a Porsche GT3 (K-Pax/3R switched to Volvo for this season). Additionally, Randy raced for Gotham Racing at the 2009 24 Hours of Daytona in a Porsche GT.

2010

World Challenge GT Champion

2014

He drove on the track for Motor Trend magazine.

2015

Randy drives for PPR in a 700 hp Nissan GT-R in preparation for the 2016 Pikes Peak race in Colorado.

SportsCar Magazine

Randy wrote a column titled "Pobst Position" in SCCA's monthly automobile publication, "SportsCar Magazine," to present his thoughts and opinions on professional and amateur racing. The article discusses everything from his personal career challenges to proper competitor behavior at the wheel of a race car.

Personal life

Randy is represented by motorsports agent Michael Stahlschmidt. Randy is a vegetarian.

Motorsports career results

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

Year	Track	Car	Engine	Class	Finish	Start	Status
1991	Road Atlanta	Honda Civic Si	Honda	Showroom Stock C	2	1	Running
1992	Road Atlanta	Mazda Miata	Mazda	Showroom Stock C	1	1	Running
1993	Road Atlanta	Mazda Miata	Mazda	Showroom Stock C		2	Disqualified
1994	Road Atlanta	Mazda Miata	Mazda	Showroom Stock C	2	2	Running
1995	Road Atlanta	Mazda Miata	Mazda	Showroom Stock B	2	6	Running
		BMW M3	BMW	Showroom Stock A	1	1	Running

North American Touring Car Championship

(key)

North American Touring Car Championship results
Season	Team	No.	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	NATCC	Pts
1996	TC Kline Racing	12	Honda Accord	LRP 2	LRP 3	DET 6	DET 2	PIR 1*	PIR 1*	TOR 1	TOR 2	TRV 3	TRV 1	MOH 10	MOH 3	VAN 2	VAN 4	LS 1	LS 2			1st	282
1997	TC Kline Racing	1	BMW 320i	LBH 3	LBH 2	SAV 6	SAV 9	DET 9	DET 9	PIR 3	PIR 6	CLE 2	CLE 4	TOR 7	TOR 7	MOH 8	MOH 9	VAN 6	VAN 2	LS 5	LS 4	5th	188

External links

• Official website
• Randy Pobst driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Randy Pobst Interview on The Road Racers Podcast

Sporting positions
Preceded by Inaugural	North American Touring Car Championship Champion 1996	Succeeded by David Donohue