History of Albert Robert Broadfoot III
(Owner / Porsche Technician of Autosport of Florida and Broadfoot Racing)
Albert Broadfoot - PORSCHE Repair History:
1981 through 1990 - Porsche / Audi Technician at Brumos Porsche of Jacksonville, Florida
1988 Brumos Porsche "Employee of the Year" award
1990 through 1993 - Owner of Autobahn Motors (PORSCHE / Audi / BMW / Mercedes Repair)
1993 through 2000 - Owner of Technical Dimensions Porsche Repair of Jacksonville, Florida
2000 through 2004 - Owner of European Car of Jacksonville (PORSCHE Audi BMW repair)
2004 to Current - Owner of Autosport of Florida (PORSCHE only Service & Repair)
1993 to Current - Owner of Broadfoot Racing (PORSCHE Race Car Construction)
BROADFOOT RACING finished 2nd in overall (GTO class) Grand American Road Racing Championship points in year 2000 and was the first Team to ever finish the Rolex24 at Daytona using a Porsche 944 Turbo, and the last Team ever to race a 944 Turbo in a "Pro Series Race"!
Albert Broadfoot - Race History
1991 - 7th in Nation WKA (World Karting Association) 100cc International class in Kali Kart with Parilla TT36 rotory valve engine.
1996 - 23rd overall (IMSA) Rolex24 Hours of Daytona in 1995 993 RSR (Engine Builder, Car Preparation, and Crew Chief) for Freemanshaft Racing.
1996 - 13th overall (IMSA) 12 Hours of Sebring in 1995 993 RSR (Engine Builder, Car Preparation, and Crew Chief) for Freemanshaft Racing.
1997 - 18th overall (Professional Sportscar Racing) Rolex24 Hours of Daytona in 1995 993 RSR (Engine Builder, Car Preparation, and Crew Chef) for Freemanshaft Racing.
1997 - DNF at 7 hours due to Momo SP333 crashing into car, 12 Hours of Sebring in 1995 993 RSR (Engine Builder, Car Preparation, and Crew Chief) for Freemanshaft Racing.
1998 - 10th in GTO class (Professional Sportcar Racing) Rolex24 Hours of Daytona in a 2.5L 944 GTR Turbo
1999 - 13th in GT2 class (USRRC) Rolex24 Hours of Daytona in a 2.5L 944 GTR Turbo
2000- Entered two 3.0L 944 GTR Turbos in GTO class (Grand Am). Our fast time was 2:06. Not good enough for the to qualify against the super fast Factory Corvettes and Vipers.
2000- Ran complete Grand Am season with partner Wayne Press (Broadfoot / Press Racing) using two 3.0L 944 Turbos, we finish 2nd in overall GTO class Grand American Road Racing Championship points.
2001 - Entered and qualified with a 1:57 our Factory Porsche 996 GT3R in the (Grand - Am) Rolex24 Hours of Daytona. Car ran 11 hours before splitting a cylinder and retiring the car from the race. "Porsche Factory" built engine.
2001 - Entered, qualified and raced the (ALMS) 12 Hours of Sebring with our Factory Porsche 996 GT3R. CV joint broke after 3 hours of race time (New Axles and CV joints) as with many teams with this same problem.
2001 - Entered, qualified, and finished 5th in the (Grand Am) Trio Reveres (Three Rivers) Canada race with our Factory Porsche 996 GT3R.
2001 - Entered, qualified, and finished 6th in the (Grand Am) Watkins Glen race with our Factory Porsche 996 GT3R.
2001 - Entered, and ran practice - driver crash our car in practice. (ALMS) Petit Lemans with our Factory Porsche 996 GT3R.
2001 - Finished 1st in G5 class HSR (Historic Sportscar Racing) 3 Hour Enduro race at Sebring in our 1971 2.5L 914-6 GT. Car driven by Albert Broadfoot and Josh McGraw - President Clear Channel.
2001 - Finished 2nd in G5 class (in the rain) HSR 1.5 Hour Enduro race at Roebling Road in our 1971 2.5L 914-6 GT. Car driven by Albert Broadfoot and Josh McGraw
1991 - 2005 Albert Broadfoot has driven and participated in over 50 SCCA, PCA, and HSR races and has had many podium finishes.
We have also participated in the 24 Hours of Moroso race 4 times as shown below:
1997 - Finished 10th in SCCA ITS class in our 2.5L 944R.
1998 - Finished 6th in SCCA ITS class in our 2.5L 944R.
1999 - Qualified outside pole and finished 1st in SPO class with our 951 with 3.0L 16V engine.
1999 - Qualified 1st (10th overall) out of 70 cars in SCCA ITS class, finished 4th in class with our 2.5L 944R.
2001 - Entered 3 cars in the 24 Hours of Moroso- BMW 325e ITS class car, 944R ITS class car, and 951R SPO class car
We have had over 50 Pro Drivers rent seat time in our Race Cars over the past several years, with such names as:
Mike Borkowski
(Grand Am Playboy Daytona Prototype Driver)
Emerson Newton John (Nephew to Olivia)
Scott Bove
(Finished 4th in Speed Challenge Championship)
Simon Gregg
(Son of the late Peter Gregg - Previous owner of Brumos Porsche)
Jon Field
(ALMS LMP1/LMP2 Team Owner)
Mark Montgomery
John Warner
(Son of Virginia Senator John Warner)
The group of photos below are of the first race car Albert Broadfoot built from the ground up. Our old company name was Technical Dimensions. This company was owned by Albert & Kelli Broadfoot between 1993 - 2000. We at that time specialized in the repair of Porsche and Audi automobiles. The company was sold in 2000 when we went full-time Pro Racing.
The Freemanshaft Racing race car shown below was built by Albert Broadfoot from a bone stock 1995 993.
Albert Broadfoot totally rebuilt the stock 3.6 993 street car engine to 3.8 993 RSR specifications when the Freemanshaft car arrived at the shop. The engine was built only one time, and used in several 12 and 24 hour races. The engine had over 100 hours of practice time, qualifying time, and full race time without any mechanical failures and not one oil leak! This is a "Race Proven" testament to the durability and quality of engines built by Albert Broadfoot.
A few of the photos show the car destroyed after a racing incident with the Momo Ferrari SP333. We have video of the car flying 15 feet in the air. There were no usable parts on the car after the crash.
Broadfoot 2.5L 951 at 1999 Rolex24 at Daytona
Engine has custom Dry-Sump oiling system designed and built by Albert Broadfoot using Peterson components. Also has fully programmable Electromotive TEC II, 1-7/8" stainless race headers, 2-1/2" stainless cross-over pipe, massive intercooler, Tilton adjustable brake system, etc.
Broadfoot 3.0L 951 GTR at Lime Rock Grand Am race 2000
(Albert holding 3rd place trophy, and wife Kelli)
Broadfoot 3.0L 951 GTR at Mid Ohio Grand Am race 2000