Price Cobb

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Carlos Palau with Steve Saleen and Price Cobb. 24 Hour of Le Mans 1997 Saleen LM 97.jpg
Carlos Palau with Steve Saleen and Price Cobb. 24 Hour of Le Mans 1997

Price Cobb (born December 10, 1954) is an American race car driver. He won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans together with John Nielsen and Martin Brundle in a Jaguar XJR-12. He also owned an Indy Racing League team in 1998 and 1999 for Roberto Guerrero and Jim Guthrie. He also has authored a number of books on auto racing.

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Price is retired from most recently working in Austin, Texas with Moorespeed [1] as general manager.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

YearTrackCarEngineClassFinishStartStatus
1977 Road Atlanta March 77B Ford Formula B 23Running

24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1986 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liqui Moly Equipe Flag of Italy.svg Mauro Baldi
Flag of the United States.svg Rob Dyson
Porsche 956 GTiC13189th7th
1987 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Liqui Moly Equipe Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonathan Palmer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James Weaver
Porsche 962C GTiC1112DNFDNF
1988 Flag of the United States.svg Silk Cut Jaguar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Davy Jones
Flag of the United States.svg Danny Sullivan
Jaguar XJR-9LMC133116th14th
1989 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silk Cut Jaguar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Wallace
Jaguar XJR-9LMC1215DNFDNF
1990 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Silk Cut Jaguar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tom Walkinshaw Racing
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Martin Brundle
Flag of Denmark.svg John Nielsen
Jaguar XJR-12 C13591st1st
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Canaska Southwind Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Mark Dismore
Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Hendricks
Chrysler Viper GTS-R LMGT132010th8th
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Saleen/Allen Speedlab Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Palau
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Saleen
Saleen Mustang SR LMGT2133DNFDNF
Sources: [2] [3]
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans
1990 with:
John Nielsen
Martin Brundle
Succeeded by

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References

  1. "Home - MOORESPEED".
  2. "Price Cobb". Automobile Club de l'Ouest . Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  3. "Price Cobb Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved August 7, 2023.