Remembering Bob Snodgrass September 25, 1942- April 24, 2007
Bob Snodgrass was one of those individuals who you always thought would
always be around and could be counted on to have an opinion along with a smile.
He was clever with his words, one could totally disagree with him and some how
even if you had him on the ropes, he was able to sway one with his personality.
Bob Snodgrass was in many ways the personality of Porsche in the U.S. He was
instrumental in the organization of the Porsche Rennsport Reunions of which the
third edition will take place at Daytona this November. He liked to win and in his
thinking, the only thing that was important to the Brumos team was competing for
the overall victory. When the Grand Am came in to being, Bob Snodgrass and his
Brumos team were the backbone of that first season however, the title eluded the
long time Porsche entrant.
What made Bob Snodgrass a special person though was his enthusiasm, for his
cars, for his business and for the sport.
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North American sports car racing lost one of its strongest supports with the death
of longtime Brumos Porsche executive Bob Snodgrass who passed away
suddenly at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, the last week of April. Snodgrass,
who has joined Brumos in the early 1970’s, was CEO of Brumos Motor Cars, and
head of Brumos Porsche at the time died.
A member of the Brumos Race team during the era of the late Peter Gregg,
Snodgrass was a major factor in building the behind the scenes organization that
contributed to so much of the successes by Gregg and Hurley Haywood, who
together won the 24 Hours of Daytona twice, in both 1973 and again in 1975. The
1973 triumph was particularly significant since it was achieved on the debut of
Porsche’s new Carrera RSR, and marked the first time that a 911 of any type had
won an FIA World Manufacturers event outright.
In recent years Snodgrass and Brumos have been closely associated with the
Grand American Road Racing Association’s Rolex Sports Car series, fielding a
two=car Daytona Prototype team with Haywood as the lead driver. In addition to his
duties as Team Manager, Snodgrass himself had close connections to the Grand
Am, serving on its Board of Directors. The 64-year-old is survived by his wife
Susan and two sons, Robert and Harris.
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