Augie Pabst

August Uihlein Pabst Jr. (November 25, 1933 – October 9, 2024) was an American sports car driver from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

He was a paternal great-grandson of two Milwaukee beer magnates: Pabst Brewing Company founder Frederick Pabst, and Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company owner and Uihlein family patriarch August Uihlein.

[1] Pabst moved up to a Ferrari TR in 1958 and won his first national SCCA race at the Milwaukee Mile.

[1] He continued in the Ferrari until he received a call from Harry Heuer to drive a Scarab on his Meister Brauser Team, sponsored by Peter Hand Brewing Company.

[1] He took wins at Meadowdale, Road America, Watkins Glen International, Ascarate Park Raceway (El Paso, Texas), and the Daytona International Speedway en route to winning the B Modified national championship.

[1] Pabst was pressured to stop racing for a competing brewery, after a newspaper embarrassed his sponsor by making a play on his last name.

This took Pabst out of racing for several months, as he suffered 3rd degree friction burns all over his body and multiple broken bones.

[1] Pabst competed in one NASCAR Grand National (now Cup Series) race at Riverside International Raceway on November 3, 1963.