#093 American Porsche GT teams

published July 31, 2025 | last update July 31, 2025 | 30 models online

The USA is kind of a second home country for Porsche. The German brand has a strong fanbase on the other side of the ocean and the factory supports many American teams with factory cars and drivers. The most famous of all American Porsche teams is of course Brumos that has a collection here of its own.
Other famous teams are Penske, Holbert, Interscope, Dick Barbour, Bob Akin and many more that can compete with the best German teams such as Kremer and Joest.

Toad Hall

1972 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 911 S/T. With support from the American Porsche distributor, Toad Hall Racing entered this 2.5 liter Porsche 911 S/T at Le mans 1972. Drivers were Michael Keyser (who also was famous for his book about Steve McQueen making the Le Mans movie) and Porsche engineer Jürgen Barth. A fully restored car was presented at the Techno Classica show in Essen in 2016.
#41 Michael Keyser (USA) / Jürgen Barth (D) / Sylvain Garant (F) – 13th overall / 1st in class.
Toad Hall Racing Porsche 911 S/T – 2.5 liter Porsche 911/70 flat-6 injection, approx. 250 hp. Firestone tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 230 0538

SPARK Porsche Classic WAX 020 200 33 – limited 500 pcs (resin)

Penske Porsche

1973 Daytona 24h, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. Penske was supported by the Porsche factory in 1973 and het was among the first teams that used the Porsche 911 Carrrera RSR. The overall win in the Daytona 24-hour race by the Brumos car is one of the greatest achievements. This Penske Racing Porsche failed to finish.
#6 Mark Donohue (USA) / George Follmer (USA) – DNF
Penske Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – 2.8 liter Porsche 911/72 flat-6 – approx. 300 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 820 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 360 0307 R3

MINICHAMPS MC430 736906 (diecast)

1973 Watkins Glen 6h, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. The factory Porsche team tested a long-tail version in Zeltweg on their Martini car. The Penske team entered this extreme wide body version with its massive rear spoiler in the Watkins Glen 6-hour race. It had to run in the sports car category as these changes were not allowed for GT.
#6 Mark Donohue (USA) / George Follmer (USA) – 6th
Penske Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – 3.0 liter Porsche 911/72 flat-6 – approx. 330 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 820 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 360 0307 R3

SPARK S3426 (resin)

Holbert

1973 TransAm championship, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. The evolution version of the Porsche 911, the 2.7 liter Carrera RSR was the most succesful GT of its time. Al Holbert drove this Penske car in the TransAm championship, finishing second behind Peter Gregg in the Brumos car.
#14 Al Holbert (USA) – 2nd
Penske / Holbert Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – 2.8 liter Porsche 911/72 flat-6 – approx. 300 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 820 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 360 0307 R3

MINICHAMPS MC 430 736914 (diecast)

1974 TransAm championship, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. In 1974 the RSR’s had taken over the American TransAm Championship. Holbert won at Road Atlanta and finished 4th in the championship. He battled all season with famous names as Peter Gregg, Michael Keyser and Hurley Haywood all in similar cars. Well, not entirely similar … Holbert’s car was originally a 1970 Porsche 911 T that was converted to a new 3.0 liter RSR.
#14 Al Holbert (USA) – 4th
Holbert Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – 3.0 liter Porsche 911/72 flat-6 – approx. 330 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 820 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 T (1970)

MINICHAMPS MC 430 746914 (diecast)

Ecurie Escargot

1977 Daytona 24h, Porsche 911 Carrera RSR. Hurley Haywood competed in Daytona with a normally aspirated Porsche 911 Carrera RSR from Ecurie Escargot, the French name for snail. A good name, the Inaltera prototypes and new Porsche 935 turbo’s were at least 10 seconds a lap faster. But Daytona always produces some surprises and this snail was one of them. Haywood had won the race already in 1973 and 1975 for Brumos and did also in 1977.
#43 Hurley Haywood (USA) / John Graves (USA) / Dave Helmick (USA) – 1st
Ecurie Escargot Porsche 911 Carrera RSR – 3.0 liter Porsche flat-6, approx. 340 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 911 560 9112

The winning RSR and its turbocharged competitors, SPARK Porsche Museum Collection MAP 020 277 14 (resin)

Interscope

1977 Daytona 24h, Porsche 911 RSR Turbo. Interscope bought one of the 1974 works RSR turbo’s for the Daytona 24 hour race in 1977, as replacement for their Porsche 934. Danny Ongais qualified 6th but retired early in the race. Later that year, team Vasek Polak would use the car in an IMSA race.
#00 Ted Field (USA) / Danny Ongais (USA) / George Follmer (USA) – DNF
Interscope Porsche 911 RSR Turbo – 2.1 liter Porsche 911/76 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 500 hp. Weight 900 kg. Goodyear tires. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 911 460 9102 (Porsche R13)

EBBRO 44019 (diecast)

1978 Daytona 250 miles, Porsche 935/77A. Interscope Racing, from entrepreneur Ted Field, raced the Porsche 935 in the 1978 season as a replacement of the RSR turbo. Usually they use #0 but sometimes a 2nd car is entered with #00, such as this one driven to 2nd place in the 250 mile race at Daytona by Danny Ongais. Winner was Peter Gregg in the Brumos 935.
#00 Danny Ongais (USA) – 2nd
Interscope Porsche 935/77A – 2.8 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 890 0019

EBBRO 44133

1979 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935/79. Interscope Racing, used the Porsche 935 for the first time in the 1978 season. At Daytona 1979 Ted Field drove a new 1979 version car together with his favorite racer Danny Ongais and the experienced Hurley Haywood. The three of them won the 24 hour race.
#0 Ted Field (USA) / Danny Ongais (USA) / Hurley Haywood (USA) – 1st
Interscope Porsche 935/79 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 890 0029

SPARK 43DA79 (resin)

1982 IMSA Porsche 935 K4. Interscope won the Daytona 24-hour race in 1979 using a works-built 935/79, in the next two seasons he switched to the Kremer K3 as many other teams did. Ted Field ordered this K4-02 for the 1982 season, a similar car already used by John Fitzpatrick. He only used it in tests, Interscope kept on racing the K3 until he switched to the GTP Lola T600.
#00 Ted Field (USA) / Danny Ongais (USA) – test
Interscope Kremer Porsche K4 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 640 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 950 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. K4 #02

TRUE SCALE MINIATURES TSM 114302 (resin)

Dick Barbour

Chassis 930 009 0030 was one of the last 935’s built by the Porsche factory in 1979 and delivered to Dick Barbour Racing. It would have a long and successful career in many different appearances.

1979 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935/79. Dick Barbour entered no less than three Porsche 935’s for this year’s Le Mans 24-hour race. The red #70 is the most famous of all. Dick drove it together with Rolf Stommelen and movie star Paul Newman (who was a far more successful racing driver than Steve McQueen). They finished second overall and won the IMSA-GTX category. Also a lot of publicity was generated because of the Hawaiian Tropic sponsorship and the sexy girls that were their promotion team.
#70 Dick Barbour (USA) / Paul Newman (USA) / Rolf Stommelen (D) – 2nd / 1st GTX
Barbour Porsche 935/79 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 009 0030

TOP MODEL COLLECTION Gold 013 (resin)

1979 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935/77A. The other two Dick Barbour Porsches were built according to the 1977 specs. The #71 with Bob Akin didn’t finish the race because of a blown head gasket, the #72 with Bob Garretson behind the wheel finished in 8th position, 3rd in IMSA GTX.
#71 Bob Akin (USA) / Roy Woods (USA) / Rob McFarlin (USA) – DNF
#72 Bob Garretson (USA) / Ed Abate (USA) / Skeeter McKitterick (USA) – 8th
Barbour Porsche 935/77A – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 600 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 890 0024 (#71) and 930 770 0810 (#72)

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1980 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 K3/80. The Porsche 935/79 with chassis number 930 009 0030, that finished in 2nd last year was converted to a Kremer K3/80 version and raced in the colors of a new computer company ‘apple’. Unfortunately it blew a piston and retired.
#71 Bobby Rahal (USA) / Bob Garretson (USA) / Allan Moffat (AUS) – DNF
Barbour Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 700 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 009 0030

QUARTZO Q3011 (diecast)

1980 IMSA Championship, Porsche 935 K3/80. Dick Barbour was one of the client teams that purchased a Kremer K3 Porsche to compete in the IMSA Series. Together with John Fitzpatrick he won at Sebring and Riverside. Fitzpatrick won 3 shorter events solo and at Mosport together with Brian Redman. The 3 of them also took 5th at Le Mans.
#6 Dick Barbour (USA) / John Fitzpatrick (GB) – 1st championship
Barbour Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 660 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 009 0023

EBBRO 44304 (diecast)

Garretson

1981 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935 K3/80. In 1981, the famous Porsche 935 K3 won another 24 hours race. This time the Daytona race, because no prototypes showed up for this opener of the world championship. It was the former 935/79 Porsche that was converted to K3 and was raced by Dick Barbour in the previous year at Le Mans.
#9 Bob Garretson (USA) / Bobby Rahal (USA) / Brian Redman (GB) – 1st
Garretson Enterprises Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 660 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 009 0030

SPARK S1924 (resin)

Cooke-Woods Racing

1981 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 K3/80. Cooke-Woods Racing entered the chassisnr. 930 009 0030 Porsche 935 K3/80 that was prepared by Garretson. They finished 6th overall and 2nd in the IMSA GTX category, behind the Pozzi Ferrari 512 BB which was a surprise class winner.
#42 Anny-Charlotte Verney (F) / Ralph Kent-Cooke (USA) / Bob Garretson (USA) – 6th / 2nd GTX
Cooke / Garretson Enterprises Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approximately. 660 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 009 0030

ALTAYA (diecast)

1982 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 K3. In 1982 all attention went to the new group C, but most of them weren’t reliable yet (except the Porsche 956). So the GT’s made some nice results like this Porsche 935 K3 that finished 5th overall and 2nd in IMSA GTX behind the Moby Dick replica from Fitzpatrick. A great result for Cooke Racing that saw their Lola retire early in the race.
#78 Dany Snobeck (F) / Francois Servanin (F) / René Metge (F) – 5th overall / 2nd GTX
Kremer Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/79 flat-6, approx. 700 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. Kremer #000 00013

QUARTZO Q3003 (diecast)

Bob Akin

1980 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935. Bob Akin’s Racing Associates entered three Porsche 935’s for this year’s Daytona 24-hour race, two K3-versions and a ‘normal’ one. The K3 version of the Porsche 935 was a fantastic car. After Ludwig won the DRM and Le Mans in 1979, the Kremer brothers sold lots of K3’s. Bob Akin entered two for the Daytona 24-hour race of 1980. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, all three retired.
#05 Porsche 935 K3 – Bob Akin (USA) / Roy Woods (USA) / Bobby Rahal (USA) – DNF
Bob Akin Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 009 0005

TRUE SCALE MINIATURES TSM 10431 (resin)

#55 Porsche 935 – Ralph Kent Cooke (USA) / Claude Ballot-Léna (F) / Gérard Bleynie (F) – DNF
Bob Akin Porsche 935/79 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo – approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 990 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 770 0957

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1980 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 K3/80. Both Kremer K3’s that Akin raced in the IMSA championship were entered for the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1980. This one had sponsorship from Hawaiian Tropic, but crashed early in the race, probably the driver was still thinking about the Hawaiian Tropic Girls.
#68 Skeeter McKitterick (USA) / Charles Mendez (USA) / Leon Walger (USA) – DNF
Bob Akin Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. Kremer #009 00016

QUARTZO Q3005 (diecast)

1981 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 K3/79. In 1981 GT’s were a majority on the grid. This Akin Motorsport car retired after 320 laps.
#43 Bob Akin (USA) / Craig Siebert (USA) / Paul Miller (USA) – DNF
Bob Akin Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 009 0013

QUARTZO Q3014 (diecast)

1982 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935 K3/80. In Europe the career of Porsches 935 ended with the disappearance of group 5. In the USA the cars fitted in the GTP regulations and were able to compete with the real prototypes. This Bob Akin 935 K3 finished 2nd in this year’s Daytona 24-hour race.
#5 Bob Akin (USA) / Craig Siebert (USA) / Derek Bell (GB) – 2nd overall
Bob Akin Porsche 935 K3/80 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 009 0005

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1982 Road Atlanta 500 miles, Porsche 935 LT1. In Europe the career of Porsche’s 935 ended with the disappearance of group 5. In the USA the cars fitted in the GTP regulations and were able to compete with the real prototypes. Bob Akin had this 935 LT1 developed with the aerodynamic nose of a Lola T600 sports car and improved monocoque. It finished 7th at Road Atlanta.
#5 Bob Akin (USA) / Derek Bell (GB) – 7th overall / 5th in GTP
Bob Akin Porsche 935 LT1 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Akin #935L-1

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1982 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 935 LT1. At Le Mans the LT1 ran in a somewhat different set-up with another rear spoiler and Red Lobster sponsorship. The car retired in its first stint when Akin ran out of fuel …
#76 Bob Akin (USA) / Dave Cowart (USA) / Kenper Miller (USA) – DNF
Bob Akin Porsche 935 LT1 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Akin #935L-1

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1983 Daytona 3h, Porsche 935/84. Bob Akin had this extreme 935/84 built by Fabcar for the 1984 season. It made its debut in the last round of the 1983 championship – the 3 hours of Daytona – with a fine 2nd place. Of course, it ran in the familiar red-white of sponsor Coca Cola.
#5 Bob Akin (USA) / John O’Steen (USA) – 2nd
Bob Akin Porsche 935/84 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 620 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Fabcar 935/84

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1985 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935/84. In Europe the career of Porsche’s 935 ended with the disappearing of group 5. In the USA the cars fitted in the GTP regulations and were able to compete with the real prototypes. Bob Akin had this extreme 935/84 built by Fabcar for the 1984 season. At Daytona 1985 the car raced in the silver and blue of Polo Ralph Lauren and finished 5th behind four Porsche 962s.
#7 Jim Mullen (USA) / Kees Nierop (CAN) / Ray McIntyre (USA) – 5th
Bob Akin Porsche 935/84 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 640 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Fabcar 935/84

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Personalized Autohaus

1983 Sebring 12h, Porsche 934. A record 84 cars started the Sebring 12 hour race in 1983. Among which a number of new prototypes such as Lola T600, March 83G and Jaguar XJR and some very fast space-frame Porsche 935’s. But a lot of them retired and in the end this GTO porsche 934 won the race in front of the Bob Akin Porsche 935. This 930 009 0030 chassis strikes again, but in the previous races it was still a 935 or 935 K3 …
#9 Wayne Baker (USA) / Jim Mullen (USA) / Kees Nierop (CAN) -1st
Personalized Autohaus Porsche 934 – 2.8 liter Porsche flat-6 turbo, approx. 500 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1050 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. 930 009 0030

SPARK S0934 (resin)

Andial

1983 Daytona 24h, Porsche 935 L. Porsche tuner Andial have built a ‘super 935’ in the style of the original Moby Dick from 1978 and the cars that Joest built for Gianpierro Moretti’s Momo Racing. Preston Henn entered it for the 1983 Daytona 24-hour race and put a lot of experience behind the wheel. The result was overall pole position, fastest lap and overall victory!
#6 Preston Henn (USA) / Bob Wollek (F) / Clause Ballot-Lena (F) / A.J. Foyt (USA) – 1st
Andial Porsche 935 L – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 640 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 935 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Andial 935 L

SPARK SPA 43DA83 (resin)

1983 Riverside 6h, Porsche 935 L. The 935 L won at Daytona and retires at Sebring. In the 3rd race of the 1983 championship, it was entered in PPG livery but sadly retired.
#09 A.J. Foyt (USA) / Mario Andretti (USA) / Bill Whittington (USA) – DNF
Andial Porsche 935 L – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/78 flat-6 turbo, approx. 640 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 935 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Andial 935 L