August Uihlein Pabst III is a former racing driver and current team owner of

Pabst Racing August Uihlein Pabst III is a former racing driver and current team owner of Pabst Racing. He is also the great-great grandson of Frederick Pabst, founder of the Pabst Brewing Company, and the great-great grandson of August Uihlein of Joseph Sc ...

. He is also the great-great grandson of

Frederick Pabst Johann Gottlieb Friedrich "Frederick" Pabst (March 28, 1836 – January 1, 1904) was a German-American brewer for whom the Pabst Brewing Company was named. Biography Early life Pabst was born on March 28, 1836, in the village of Nikolausrieth, ...

, founder of the

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, and the great-great grandson of August Uihlein of

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Racing career

Augie was born into a racing family. His father, Augie Pabst, won the

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in the B Modified class in 1960. Pabst started his auto racing career in

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in 1991. After racing in

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Pabst started in th
Shelby Can-Am
class. The driver from

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won the 1995 Cen-Div Division National championship in the amateur

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class. and placed second in the Dodge Pro Series. The following year Pabst competed in the

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class placing nineteenth in the Cen-Div National championship. In 1997 Pabst competed his last season in th
United States Formula Ford 2000 National Championship
. Racing a

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chassis Pabst scored various top ten finishes placing thirteenth in the championship standings.

Racing management

In 1998 Pabst took ove
Pabst Racing Services
expanding the race team. Pabst focused on the servicing of a variety of race cars for clients. The team was most dedicated to their

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entry.

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was one of the drivers successful for the Pabst team winning races in the series. In 2005 Pabst was the crew chief for Kasemets in the

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. Kasemets entered his own team, Team Tonis, which was technically supported by Pabst Racing Services. Pabst Racing is a four-time U.S. F2000 National Championship team champion (2017-19, 2022), and fields teams at the USF2000 and USF Pro 2000 levels.

Racing record

SCCA National Championship Runoffs

American Open-Wheel racing results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in ''italics'' indicate fastest race lap)

Complete USF2000 National Championship results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pabst, Augie SCCA National Championship Runoffs participants Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Barber Pro Series drivers U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers Uihlein Family