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STEVE GOLDIN COLLECTION


LOT S 113

1986 Porsche 962


1986 Sebring Winner At Charlotte in May of 1985, Bob Akin’s first 962, Chassis 102, was destroyed in an accident with John Paul Jr’s March, leaving Akin in need of a new car. Fortunately he was able to secure this factory Porsche 962, chassis number 113. The 962-113 had an excellent IMSA career, first showing up at the Watkins Glen 3-hour race in July of 1985 where in the capable hands of Akin, Hans Stuck and Jim Mullen the car qualified 2nd and finished the race 12th , an 3


excellent showing for a brand new 962 coming into a season in full swing. The Akin team competed in seven IMSA races in 1985, scoring a couple of top 5 finishes and a 6th at the Daytona Finale. Akin had Stuck and superstar Austrian driver Jo Gartner share the driving duties for the 1986 season opener at Daytona. An excellent qualifying effort and drive was all for naught when 113 was involved in a minor accident that sidelined it for the balance 4


of the race. Akin stepped aside once again at the following race at Miami, where Stuck and Gartner brought the car home to its first podium finish. The highlight for this 962 was the outright win at Sebring. Even with partially stripped threads on a rear hub that caused 113 to lose more than one

wheel during the race, Akin, Stuck and Gartner not only won the 12 hour affair, they set race records for distance covered and average miles per hour for the Sebring 12 Hour that still stand to this day. 962-113 finished the 1986 season with eleven top 10 finishes. For 1987 chassis 113 sported a new livery, with

Yokohama stepping up as a main sponsor with Coca-Cola. The familiar Red, White and Silver Coca-Cola livery gave way to the equally distinctive paint scheme with Black front fenders and center section, blending toward the back of the car into the familiar Coke colors. 5


Chassis 962-113 started the 1987 season with strong 6th overall finishes at both the Daytona 24 Hour race and the Sebring 12 Hours - the last IMSA race for chassis 113, which stayed in the original owner’s hands until 2000 and then competed in a few HSR and vintage events Chassis 962-113 has been meticulously maintained, including an engine rebuild by Porsche Motorsports 6

in 2002; the car has fewer than 20 hours running time since then and recently underwent a cosmetic restoration. Some of the finest drivers of the era piloted 113 with Bob Akin. Legends such as Hans-Joachim Stuck, Austrian Jo Gartner, James Weaver, Kees Nierop, Vern Schuppan and Price Cobb. This car has a major win at arguably the most dif-

ficult endurance race in the world, the Sebring 12 Hours, and will remain in the Sebring record books as the two records set were never broken before the track configuration was changed. A factory Porsche chassis raced by one of the most beloved figures in IMSA history with an internationally famous livery, this is the most successful Bob Akin/Coca-Cola 962 ever campaigned.


CHASSIS NUMBER 962-113 RACING HISTORY

Participated in some HSR and vintage events 2002

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LOT S 114

1973 Porsche 9 1 1S

911-3301276

Al Holbert’s Personal Street Car This 1973 Porsche 911S coupe was originally owned by 5-time IMSA Camel GT series champion and 3-time Le Mans winner, the late Al Holbert. The Blue coupe was used by Holbert as his daily driver to commute to Holbert Porsche Audi in Warrington, PA. He later sold it to longtime IMSA photographer Hal Crocker, who owned it for many years before selling it to James Roller, who sold it to its present owner. It has been fully restored by IMSA Porsche engine builder Graham Everitt, who also restored the engine with a correct unstamped replacement crankcase. This rare and very desirable 911S comes with complete owner history and documentation. 9


LOT S 115

1977 Porsche 935


Factory Built Customer Car This Porsche 935, Chassis 930 770 0911, was one of thirteen factory built cars in 1977 for Porsche racing customers. The original owner was Georg Loos, team owner of the famed Gelo Racing “white door� Porsches. A unique 935 that carries both its factory chassis number and a Kremer chassis number, 009 0005, it was converted for the 1980 season by the Kremer Brothers to full K3 specs including the famed K3 bodywork, a twin turbo engine and upside-down gear box. Industrialist Georg Loos was the fiercest of the Porsche customer team owners in Europe. He had an ongoing rivalry with the other main customer team headed by the Kremer Brothers. One of three Loos team 935s competing in 1977 and a later addition to the team, it started its long and successful career in May 1977 at a DRM race (Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft or German Racing Championship) at the Nurburgring, finishing 4th with highly respected Tim Schenken driving. The car also ran at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, unfortunately retiring after 269 laps. Had the car been running at the finish that lap count would have been good enough for second place podium in the Group 5 class. The car had many podiums in 1977 with Schenken at the wheel, also winning the DRM Nurburgring Supersprints piloted by German ace Rolf Stommelen. In 1978 the car was first raced by Mario Casoni, who drove it in two 6-hour 11


races at Mugello and Dijon. It was then turned over to Mario Facetti after an accident in June at Misano left his 935 damaged. Facetti changed the engine to twin turbo configuration and the car raced under the famed Jolly Club banner for the rest of 1978, with wins in the Companato d’Italiano Silhouettes Group 5 and a 5th place finish at the Vallelunga 6 Hours. In 1979 Chassis 930 770 0911 hit North America for the first time and announced its presence with authority with a scorching qualifying effort by Facetti that landed the Jolly Club Sportwagen-sponsored 12

car on the pole for the Daytona 24 Hours. In the hands of drivers Carlo Facetti, Martino Finotto and the late Gianpiero Moretti, the Jolly Club entrant led the 24-hour event for a 164 laps when a mechanical failure unfortunately sidelined the car. Facetti and Finotto returned to Europe to finish on the podium at the 6 hour race at Mugello before returning to North America. Now owned by Charles Mendez, the car would once again announce its presence with authority by winning the Paul Revere 250 on Independence Day at Daytona with Mendez and the great Hurley Haywood sharing driving

duties. Mendez had two more podium finishes, at Road America and in the finale at Daytona with Brian Redman sharing the driver’s seat. The car got the full Kremer Brothers treatment for the 1980 season with the new K3 bodywork and upside down gear box. Sponsored by Coca-Cola and Style Auto and driven by the popular and highly regarded Bob Akin, the newly configured 935 debuted at the Daytona 24 Hours with co-drivers Akin, Roy Woods and Bobby Rahal, scoring a DNF through mechanical failure. Sebring proved to be a more fortuitous outing with the newly badged 009 0005


finishing 5th overall. The car returned once again to Europe for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, now as Kremer 0005. Akin would share driving duties with Paul Miller and Ralph Kent-Cooke, but unfortunately an axle issue sidelined the car after 237 laps. Roy Woods and Ralph Kent-Cooke campaigned the car in 1981 as one half of a two-car team, wearing number 90, its Style Auto livery of Blue with bright gold and chrome stripes replacing the popular Coca-Cola Red and White scheme. The car started the season strong with a 2nd overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring and a podium finish for driver Rahal at

Road Atlanta. The 1981 season finished up strong at Riverside with Bob Garretson joining the team for a 4th overall. In 1982 Cooke-Woods Racing took two K3 935s to the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Chassis 009 0005, now painted black, had an all-French drivers lineup of Dany Snobeck, Francois Servanin and Rene Metge. The trio performed brilliantly, finishing 5th overall and 2nd in the IMSA class. The only other race for 1982 was the Fuji 6 Hours Japan World Endurance Championship event, where Ralph Kent-Cooke and Jim Adams finished 7th.

This historically important 935 has since become a popular entrant in Vintage and HSR Thundersport events over the years. A restoration by at Renngruppe Motorsports returned the car to its Coca-Cola Red and White colors, after which it was awarded Best in Show at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.

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CHASSIS NUMBER 930-770-0911 RACING HISTORY

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LOT S 116

1974 Porsche 9 1 1 RSR IROC

The Emerson Fittipaldi Car This 1974 RSR is one of 15 cars built by the Porsche factory for the inaugural International Race of Champions (IROC) competition. It is one of the most original and highly documented IROC cars in existence, retaining its original chassis, drive train and roll cage and its original bill of sale signed by Roger Penske on October 31st, 1973 to North Lake Porsche Audi in Tucker, Georgia. That same bill of sale has the second assignment from North Lake Porsche Audi to T&C Racing, Inc. in Sarasota, Florida, who ran the car in the IMSA series. The incomparable Emerson Fittipaldi put this IROC on pole at the very first race of the very first season of the International Race of Champions at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California on October 27, 1973. Unfortunately Fittipaldi was 5 minutes late to the drivers meeting so he was penalized to 11th spot on the grid. While upset about the decision, Fittipaldi put it behind him when the flag dropped and got down 17


to work, passing cars wholesale and moving quickly up through the field until an aggressive pass attempt took him off track. Though the car at first appeared undamaged, in fact the plastic fuel cell had been punctured and the Brazilian ace was forced to retire. Since there were three back up cars and the three initial races where held over that weekend, 0100 was replaced in the next race. Since only six of the 12 drivers would advance to the finale at Daytona, the other cars were eventually sold and 911 #460 0100 was went to North Lake Porsche Audi on October 31, 1973, only four days after the first IROC race at Riverside. The car remained at North Lake for seven months until John Tunstall stepped up to purchase it on June 21, 1974. The original assignment signed by Roger Penske to North Lake also had a spot for the second assignment; that was in turn signed by North Lake, giving ownership to Tunstall’s T&C Racing Inc. in Sarasota, Florida. Tunstall wasted no time and less than two weeks after purchasing the RSR he teamed up with legendary driver Charlie Kemp for his first race with 911 460 0100 at the Mid- Ohio 5 Hour race on June 30, 1974. Kemp and Tunstall finished 9th in a 50-car field packed with other competition Porsches. It is believed that Kemp used this car for additional races; Mr. Kemp has agreed to review detailed records he kept on all his races and will verify if there were in fact other races in which he piloted the car. Tunstall continued to race the IROC RSR and competed in the Sebring 12 Hour races in 1975, 1976 and 1977. Tunstall’s last outing in the car was the 1978 Daytona 24 Hour race, after which Tunstall sold it through Konrad Racing to its new owner, a Columbian named Pablo Escobar, who campaigned it in South and Central America before it eventually went to now Miami resident Sergio Garcia. Garcia raced the car in South America in races such as the Esso 300 Millas and the Bogotá Six Hours Doria in Colombia in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The car then sat unmolested for many years, fortunately still retaining its original chassis, roll cage and drive train. This IROC has just completed a top notch ground up restoration with all original parts and lightweight glass and is absolutely stunning in every detail. 18


CHASSIS NUMBER 911-460-0100 RACING HISTORY

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LOT S 12 0

1987 Porsche 962

Bob Akin’s Last 962 This is the last car the very popular Bob Akin campaigned in the IMSA series. Akin’s Coca-Cola sponsored team had already been winding down when he took delivery of this air-cooled IMSA 962 in late 1987; it was the last car campaigned by Akin, who for the first time in his IMSA career did not drive his team car in a race. Once the 1987 season was finished this 962 would be retired unscathed from IMSA competition after only three races, and Bob Akin would retire from professional racing. Until then, this Chapman chassis C04 carried on with authority, wearing the beautiful Black and Red color scheme with sponsors Yokohama, Paradyne and Akin’s own Hudson Wire Company, finishing 5th in its maiden outing at the Road America 500 in the hands of legendary drivers James Weaver and Vern Schuppan. This was followed up with an effort in the hands of the man who has one every major road racing endurance race, Hurley Haywood, teaming up with Weaver at Columbus for an 8th place finish. The third and last race for C04 was the Del Mar 2-hour with James Weaver the sole driver. Campaigned in the Historic Sportscar Racing series with great success, this 962 is in excellent condition and is race ready in its stunning Yokohama/Paradyne Black and Red livery.

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CHASSIS NUMBER 962-CO4 RACING HISTORY

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LOT S 12 2

1977 Porsche 934 1/2

1 of 10 Factory Built Cars This is one of the initial 10 Porsche 934.5’s built in 1977 for IMSA racing. Porsche asked that Porsche Audi dealer Bob Hagestad take delivery of the car and campaign it in IMSA and Trans-Am races for the 1977 season. Porsche teamed Hagestad up with Hurley Haywood and though according to Bob he never paid Hurley to drive it was suspected that Porsche was taking care of Haywood for his driving duties in 0957. The first race for this 934.5 was Road Atlanta, where a 3rd place qualifying effort was rewarded with a DNF. Its fortunes improved when 0957 finished 7th at its next outing at Laguna Seca, followed by back to back podium finishes at the Mid-America and Lime Rock 100 mile races. All told, 930 770 0957 finished the 1977 season with 10 podiums over 15 races, with Hagestad and Haywood scoring individual victories and a class win together at the Mid-Ohio 3 Hours. The 1978 season was a short one; Bob Hagestad took a break from competition after the April race at Talladega. The car ran two more times 25


after that for a total of only five races in 1978, scoring 2nd at the Sebring 12 Hours and again at Laguna Seca under the Vasek Polak banner with Haywood at the wheel. The high cost of racing caused Bob Hagestad to take a break from IMSA and Trans-Am until 1983; in 1978 he sold 930 770 0957 to Charles Mendez of Florida, who prepared the car in the blue Busch colors for the 1979 Daytona 24 Hours, co-driving with Johnny Rutherford and Paul Miller to finish 15th. The driver line up changed for Sebring with Brian Redman joining Mendez and Miller for a 2nd place podium finish. For the 1979 season 0957 ran in 12 races, finishing in the top 10 nine times and scoring two podium finishes. While 0957 ran only two races in 1980, it proved to be a stellar performer in the hands of all who drove her. The car has done a few exhibition laps since a full restoration was completed. This Porsche has an excellent race history that includes such legendary drivers as Hurley Haywood, Brian Redman, Claude Ballot-Lena and Bob Akin.

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CHASSIS NUMBER 930-770-0957 RACING HISTORY


LOT S 118

1977 Porsche 935 Desperado Kearns was a privateer and was not able to keep up with the financial responsibility of running a full IMSA schedule. It is believed the car was leased out from late 1979 to early 1980 but this is yet to be confirmed. Marty Hinze however has confirmed that he did purchase the car from Kearns in 1980 and ran his first race in Group 5 at Watkins Glen in July co-driving with Dale Whittington. Hinze lost the gearbox in that race and at that point decided to upgrade the car to a full twin turbo 3.2-liter motor and transform the car to a full K3 specifications with upside down gearbox, titanium axles and 935 suspension and the large 935 racing brakes. In November of 1980 Hinze teamed up with well known IMSA driver Gary Belcher in the Daytona Finale and finished 5th over all. Hinze owned and raced this car for the rest of its IMSA history. Hinze had great success with a best at the 1981 Sebring 12 Hours where Hinze, Minter and Bill Whittington finished 3rd overall in the grueling 12-hour event. Hinze was also sponsored in a few races by well-known privateer Preston Henn so T-Bird Swap Shop is also a proper livery for this car.

Factory Built Racecar This car started life as a factory racecar , chassis number 930 770 0960, purchased from Vasek Polak by Ron Brown of Lake Oswego, Oregon for the Trans Am series. Brown ran the car in three Trans Am races in 1977 but the Porsche was thought to be too much car for Brown and he sold the car in June of 1977 to Clif Kearns. Kearns first appearance with “DESPERADO” was in the July of 1977 running of the IMSA series Paul Revere 250 at Daytona where Kearns teamed up for the driving duties with well known Driver and race promoter Charles Mendez. For 1977 through 1979 Kearns shared the seat with different drivers including Charles Mendez, Gianpiero Moretti (owner of MOMO) and Marty Hinze. However most races found the incomparable Milt Minter as the Kearns codriver. Kearns scored many top 10 finishes soloing the car in IMSA sprint races and a podium in the 1979 Portland Trans Am race. But Minter was an incredible driver and in his more than capable hands DESPERADO captured podiums in races at Daytona on two separate occasions, and Mid-Ohio. In July of 1979 Kearns was entered in the Mid-Ohio race but never showed up. 28

For the 1983 season true GTP car were on the scene in IMSA and the GTX class was done away with. The 935s were forced to run in the same GTP class with the lighter ground effect cars. Hinze made a deal with March for an 83G but would still bring the fast and reliable 935 to races just in case the March had problems. Hinze had some great qualifying efforts in the 935 but the March proved reliable and in most cases the 935 would be left in the trailer in-lieu of the pure GTP March. One time Factory Ferrari driver Mike Gammino owned this car for years and campaigned it successfully in the HSR Thundersports series winning the Thundersports Championship one year. Desperado has been fully restored with a new tub and currently has less than an hour’s race time since the completion of all work. Car is both show and race ready.


CHASSIS NUMBER 930-770-0960 RACING HISTORY

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CHASSIS NUMBER 930-770-0960 RACING HISTORY continued

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