Augie Pabst III

Augie Pabst III is a former racing driver and current team owner of Pabst Racing Services. He is also the great-great-great grandson of Frederick Pabst, founder of the Pabst Brewing Company.

Augie Pabst III
BornAugust Uihlein Pabst III

Racing career

Augie was born into a racing family. His grandfather, Augie Pabst, won the SCCA National Sports Car Championship in the B Modified class in 1960. His father, Augie Pabst Jr., raced in the 24 Hours of Le Mans among other races.

Pabst started his auto racing career in Sports Car Club of America in 1991. After racing in Formula Ford Pabst started in the Shelby Can-Am class. The driver from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin won the 1995 Cen-Div Division National championship in the amateur Shelby Can-Am class.[1] and placed second in the Dodge Pro Series. The following year Pabst competed in the Formula Continental class placing nineteenth in the Cen-Div National championship.[2]

In 1997 Pabst competed his last season in the United States Formula Ford 2000 National Championship. Racing a Van Diemen chassis Pabst scored various top ten finishes placing thirteenth in the championship standings.[3]

Racing management

In 1998 Pabst took over Pabst Racing Services expanding the race team. Pabst focused on the servicing of a variety of race cars for clients. The team was most dedicated to their USF2000 entry. Tõnis Kasemets was one of the drivers successful for the Pabst team winning races in the series. In 2005 Pabst was the crewchief for Kasemets in the Atlantic Championship. Kasemets entered his own team, Team Tonis, which was technically supported by Pabst Racing Services.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs
YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1992Road AtlantaShelby Can-AmDodgeShelby Can-Am123Retired
1992Mid-OhioShelby Can-AmDodgeShelby Can-Am22Running

American Open-Wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Complete USF2000 National Championship results
Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Points
1996 WDW
23		 STP
7		 PIR
22		 DSC1
37		 MOS
42		 IRP
22		 RIR WGI1
14		 WGI2
13		 MDO
19		 NHS LVS
31		 ??? ???
1997 Pabst Racing Services WDW
21 		STP
6		 PIR
17		 DSC1
7		 DSC2
14		 SAV
13		 PPI
27		 CHA1
13		 CHA2
7		 MDO
14		 WGI
12		 WGI
10		 13th 98

References
  1. "1995 National Points for SCA" (PDF). Cen Div SCCA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2006. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  2. "1996 National Points for FC" (PDF). Cen Div SCCA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  3. "1997 Points Standings". US FF2000. Archived from the original on April 21, 2001. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
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