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.

Racing career

Augie was born into a racing family. His grandfather, , won the SCCA National Sports Car Championship in the B Modified class in 1960. His father, , 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 class. The driver from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin won the 1995 Cen-Div Division National championship in the amateur Shelby Can-Am class. 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.
In 1997 Pabst competed his last season in the . Racing a Van Diemen chassis Pabst scored various top ten finishes placing thirteenth in the championship standings.

Racing management

In 1998 Pabst took over 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

Complete USF2000 National Championship results