Porsche intends to continue its Indy car project in 1989 despite the death of team leader Al Holbert in the crash of his private plane nine days ago. But many questions must be answered in the weeks ...
The famed No. 14 Lowenbrau Special Porsche, which belonged to the late Al Holbert, was retired Saturday during prerace ceremonies at Daytona International Speedway. As Holbert’s father, Bob, took the ...
For the Holbert team, the 24 Hours of Daytona was a total knockout. In the end, it was defending champ Al Holbert who came in punching while the A.J. Foyt team was out cold. After an 18-hour duel for ...
Al Holbert is the most successful road-racing driver in history, yet a virtual unknown to even the people who surround him weekly at courses around the country. When his competitors talk about Holbert ...
The boss finally showed up Tuesday, and with him a little sliver of sunshine. Maybe it was just coincidence that Teo Fabi finally got our Quaker State Porsche over the 200-mile-an-hour mark with Al ...
It was too late for second-guessing and too early to know if he should, but the thought must have crossed Al Holbert’s mind. Entering the longest, darkest stretch of the 24 Hours of Daytona Saturday ...
Al Holbert won his third consecutive Eastern 3 Hours of Daytona Sunday, averaging 105.077 mph for 89 laps of the 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway course. An estimated crowd of 20,000 watched ...
Al Holbert enjoyed a twist of fate Sunday in taking a come-from-behind victory in the SunBank 24 Hours of Daytona. Holbert, driving a Porsche 962 with Derek Bell and Al Unser Jr., overcame a 35-lap ...
He has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times and the 24 Hours of Daytona twice. Members of the winning three-driver teams at Le Mans are accorded the same celebrity status in Europe as are Super ...
It has been 18 months since Hurley Haywood won a race — at Road Atlanta in April 1985 — but his favorite track could cure that problem. Haywood, who finished second to Al Holbert the past two years in ...
Mario and Michael Andretti will be returning to Daytona International Speedway for the SunBank 24 on Feb. 4-5 for the first time since 1984. Mario Andretti debuted the Porsche 962 GTP car that year by ...