Randy Franklin Pobst (born June 26, 1957, in Dayton, Ohio), also known as "RFP" or "The Rocket," is an American race car driver and journalist for Motor Trend magazine.
Active in the SCCA World Challenge GT series and the Grand American series' GT class, Pobst was the 2003, 2007, 2008, and 2010 SCCA World Challenge GT champion, the 1996 North American Touring Car Championship title winner, and the 2005, 2006 and 2007 SCCA World Challenge TC vice-champion. He is also a two-time class winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, in 2001 and 2006.
Randy Pobst has more than 90 pro wins. He is currently a Mazda, Volvo, Audi and Porsche factory supported driver.
Side-by-side POV video taken at Thunderhill Raceway — an epic lap battle between the automatic-transmission G80-chassis BMW M3 Competition and the manual-transmission 6-speed G82 BMW M4.
Both brand-new BMWs from the press fleet, factory tires.
**LAPTIME DISPLAYED IS CORRECT — though I swapped the graphics at the end**
Thunderhill Raceway Park — West (2-mile)
2021 BMW M4 6-speed (G82) 1:21.51
2021 BMW M3 Competition (G80) 1:22.12
Driven by SCCA Hall of Fame inductee Randy Pobst. Same day, immediately after one another.
Randy's colorful commentary thanks to bad transmission programming. 🤣
Laptimes recorded for Hagerty's "Jason Cammisa on the ICONS" series:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3EiY7sQWr4