Price Cobb
American racecar driver (born 1954)
Price Daniel 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.
Price Cobb won the Porsche Cup, an annual award presented by Porsche AG to recognize the world's most successful privateer racing driver competing with Porsche machinery in a customer racing team, in 1994.
Cobb is retired from most recently working in Austin, Texas with Moorespeed as general manager.
01Racing record
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
| Year | Track | Car | Engine | Class | Finish | Start | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Road Atlanta | March 77B | Ford | Formula B | 2 | 3 | Running |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Liqui Moly Equipe | Mauro Baldi Rob Dyson |
Porsche 956 GTi | C1 | 318 | 9th | 7th |
| 1987 | Liqui Moly Equipe | Jonathan Palmer James Weaver |
Porsche 962C GTi | C1 | 112 | DNF | DNF |
| 1988 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Davy Jones Danny Sullivan |
Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 331 | 16th | 14th |
| 1989 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
John Nielsen Andy Wallace |
Jaguar XJR-9LM | C1 | 215 | DNF | DNF |
| 1990 | Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing |
Martin Brundle John Nielsen |
Jaguar XJR-12 | C1 | 359 | 1st | 1st |
| 1996 | Canaska Southwind Motorsport | Mark Dismore Shawn Hendricks |
Chrysler Viper GTS-R | LMGT1 | 320 | 10th | 8th |
| 1997 | Saleen/Allen Speedlab | Carlos Palau Steve Saleen |
Saleen Mustang SR | LMGT2 | 133 | DNF | DNF |
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Sources and credits
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