Brumos Porsche 250

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The Paul Revere 250, also known as the Brumos Porsche 250, is a 250-mile sports car race support race held the weekend of the Coke Zero 400 off-and-on over the history of the event. The race is unique in that is has always been held late at night, and finishes in the early morning hours of the next day. The theme of the race is based on the famous "Midnight Ride" of Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere.

From 1967-1968, the race was sanctioned by the SCCA. From 1969-1972, it was held as part of the NASCAR Grand American tour. Starting in 1973, it became part of the IMSA circuit, and continued through 1983. In 1984, it switched to an SCCA Trans Am event for one season. For 1985-1986, it was a motorcycle race, the it was discontinued.

In 2000, the event was revived by the Grand Am series.

[edit] Past winners

Date	Series	Driver	Car
July 4, 1967	SCCA Trans-Am	Parnelli Jones	Mercury Cougar
July 4, 1968	SCCA Trans-Am/NASCAR	Lloyd Ruby	Mercury Cougar
July 4, 1969	NASCAR Grand American	Pete Hamilton	Chevrolet Camaro
July 4, 1970	NASCAR Grand American	Jim Paschal	AMC Javelin
July 4, 1971	NASCAR Grand American	Buck Baker	Pontiac Firebird
July 4, 1972	NASCAR Grand American	Vince Gimondo	Chevrolet Camaro
July 4, 1973	IMSA GT	Gene Felton	Chevrolet Camaro
July 4, 1974	IMSA GT	Hurley Haywood	Porsche 911
July 4, 1975	IMSA GT	Hans-Joachim Stuck	BMW
July 4, 1976	IMSA GT	Al Holbert	Chevrolet Monza
July 4, 1977	IMSA GT	George Dyer	Porsche 934
July 4, 1978	IMSA GT	Peter Gregg	Porsche 935
July 4, 1979	IMSA GT	Charles Mendez & Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935
July 4, 1980	IMSA GT	John Fitzpatrick	Porsche 935 K3
July 5, 1981	IMSA GT	Mauricio DeNarvaez & Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935
July 3, 1982	IMSA GT	Ted Field & Danny Ongais	Lola T600 Chevrolet
July 4, 1983	IMSA GT	A. J. Foyt & Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935
July 3, 1984	SCCA Trans-Am	Willy T. Ribbs	Mercury Capri
July 3, 1985	AMA U.S. Endurance Cup	Larry Shorts & Gregg Smrz	Moto Guzzi
October 19, 1986	AMA U.S. Endurance Cup	Merrill Moen and Otis Lance	Suzuki GSXR1100
June 29, 2000	Grand-Am	James Weaver & Andy Wallace	Riley & Scott Ford
July 3, 2002	Rolex Sports Car Series	James Weaver & Chris Dyson	Riley & Scott Ford
July 2, 2003	Rolex Sports Car Series	Forest Barber & Terry Borcheller	Chevrolet Doran
June 30, 2004	Rolex Sports Car Series	Wayne Taylor & Max Angelelli	Pontiac Crawford
June 29, 2005	Rolex Sports Car Series	Butch Leitzinger & Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Pontiac Crawford
June 29, 2006	Rolex Sports Car Series	Colin Braun & Jorg Bergmeister	Ford Riley
July 5, 2007	Rolex Sports Car Series	Alex Gurney & Jon Fogarty	Pontiac Riley

• 1986 motorcycle event was scheduled for July 3, but it was rained out and rescheduled for October.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Grand American Road Racing Association website