During the last 25 years, Joest Racing has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans fifteen times.

Joest's driving career began in 1962 in a local hillclimb race in the Odenwald mountains.

Joest's first entry in the 24 Hours of Le Mans was in 1968, with a Ford GT40 co-driven by Helmut Kelleners and sponsored by a German car magazine.

Without any modern cars available, Joest borrowed an outdated 3.0 L Porsche 908/02 Langheck Coupé from the Jo Siffert Museum.

Despite never winning as a driver at Le Mans, Joest ended his driving career in style.