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In an interview with Avants magazine, Dieter Inzenhofer, one of Springer’s partners, recalled, “When race day came, the Andial team would run up and down the pits attending to all their customer cars. December to January was always hectic due to the 24 Hours of Daytona” recalls Dieter. “We had our
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962 cars, RSRs, 935s, and even 2.5-liter
cars all racing.” With 962 engine services ranging from $15 to $40,000, it was feast or famine. “Some teams didn’t have sponsorships lined up until late December or early January, so they pushed us out to the last minute because they finally had money to pay for it!”
In a five-year period from 1984, Holbert and others driving Porsche’s 962 GTP car won 50 IMSA races, 48 races with engines tuned by Andial. The shop had been moved to nearby Santa Ana and employed over 25 people by the late 80s. Then, in late 1988, Al Holbert died in a plane crash. His death was a big
Last year’s top 917 driver, Milt Minter, switched to an Alfa Romeo (#33) for the 1973 season but fell prey to Mark Donohue (background #6) as did everyone else that year. Bob Nagel is in a Lola T260 #17 on the right. (Vintage Racing Motors)
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