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Le Mans legends: Bob Wollek

25. Aug 2023 
by Ziv Knoll
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Bob Wollek (1943-2001) brilliance in endurance racing was such that he easily deserves to stand in my ‘Le Mans legends’, even though he never succeeded to win the legendary race.

Picture above: Bob Wollek in the works Porsche 936 he shared with American Hurley Haywood in 1979. They were forced to retire.

In 30 participations, he many times was running at the front, but luck was not on his side and Bob finished 4 times runner-up. Nevertheless, he scored four class victories for Porsche.

Wollek won a total of 76 races in his career, 71 of which on Porsche cars. His Le Mans record: second overall in 1978, 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1st in his class : 1977, 1992, 1995, 1996.

Picture below: Bob Wollek, Thierry Boutsen and Hans-Joachim Stuck win their class in their Porsche 911 GT1, Le Mans 1996.

Source: DR

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