Bruce Jenner Racing
1985 – 2024 · USA & New Zealand

Race records

Every result we've been able to confirm for Bruce Jenner Racing and the drivers of the Jenner cars – from the SCCA Trans-Am Series in America to OSCA saloon racing in New Zealand. Each log replays race by race; pick a car to see its results on their own.

SCCA Trans-Am · 1985–1988

The team at a glance

Bruce raced his own cars from 1985 and, from 1987, ran a second and third car for guest drivers. The results database racingyears counts these starts in Jenner cars by the guest drivers:

Chris Kneifel14
Elliott Forbes-Robinson10
Gene Felton3
George Robinson2
John Schneider1
Paul Radisich1

Source: racingyears – Bruce Jenner Racing. Its own entry totals don't add up, so treat these as a guide. racingyears spells him "Paul Radisch"; Autoweek's Brainerd results (17 July 1988) list Paul Radisich 17th in a Porsche 944.

Bruce Jenner

Seventeen confirmed results so far. The two podiums came in the Porsche 944 in 1987 – 3rd at Long Beach and Portland – and the best in the 1982 Pontiac was 7th at Mosport in 1985.

Bruce Jenner
Bruce JennerSCCA Trans-Am · driver · 1985–1988
17Races
P3Best
2Podiums
4Top 10
  1. 1985
    P15
    Mid-Ohio
    72Pontiac Firebird
  2. P12
    Watkins Glen
    from 15th on the grid
    72Pontiac Firebird
  3. P7
    Mosport
    from 12th on the grid
    72Pontiac Firebird
  4. P28
    Sears Point
    23 laps
    72Pontiac Firebird
  5. P12
    St. Petersburg
    from 12th on the grid
    72Pontiac Firebird
  6. 1986
    P22
    Road Atlanta
    best of 1986
    72Pontiac Firebird
  7. 1987
    P3
    Long Beach
    one lap down
    42Porsche 944
  8. P3
    Portland
    42Porsche 944
  9. P21
    Detroit
    42Porsche 944
  10. P26
    Mid-Ohio
    42Porsche 944
  11. DNF
    Road America
    mechanical after 3 laps; qualified 8th
    42Porsche 944
  12. P9
    Memphis
    42Porsche 944
  13. DNF
    Mosport
    mechanical; classified 23rd
    42Porsche 944
  14. P11
    Road Atlanta
    42Porsche 944
  15. 1988
    P43
    Detroit
    Porsche 944
  16. DNS
    Niagara Falls
    42Porsche 944
  17. P18
    Cleveland
    Porsche 944
1982 Pontiac Firebird #72Porsche 944PodiumTop 10Sources: Mark Windecker race galleries · zoompics · gotransam · SPEED SPORT · racingyears · racingyears St. Petersburg 1985

Chris Kneifel

From Kneifel's own results sheet: 17 entries across the #72 Pontiac and #11 Porsche, with 3rd at Sears Point in 1987 and 6th at Cleveland in 1988. He also set the fastest race lap at Portland in 1987 (1:11.226) in the Jenner Porsche.

Chris Kneifel
Chris KneifelBruce Jenner Racing · Trans-Am 1987–88 · Wigram 1993
20Races
P3Best
2Podiums
3Top 10
  1. 1987
    P3
    Sears Point
    72Pontiac Firebird
  2. P28
    Portland
    11Porsche 944
  3. P16
    Lime Rock
    11Porsche 944
  4. P21
    St. Petersburg
    racingyears lists a DNF (axle) after 33 laps
    72Pontiac Firebird
  5. 1988
    P25
    Long Beach
    11Porsche 944
  6. P15
    Dallas
    11Porsche 944
  7. P41
    Detroit
    11Porsche 944
  8. DNA
    Niagara Falls
    11Porsche 944
  9. P20
    Niagara Falls
    72Pontiac Firebird
  10. P6
    Cleveland
    72Pontiac Firebird
  11. P28
    Brainerd
    mechanical, 6 laps (Autoweek)
    72Pontiac Firebird
  12. P25
    Meadowlands
    72Pontiac Firebird
  13. P28
    Lime Rock
    engine, 33 laps (Autoweek)
    72Pontiac Firebird
  14. P21
    Mid-Ohio
    72Pontiac Firebird
  15. P29
    Road America
    72Pontiac Firebird
  16. DNA
    Road America
    11Porsche 944
  17. DNA
    Mosport
    72Porsche 944
  18. 1993
    P3
    Wigram · TraNZam race 1
    qualified 3rd, 1:15.04
    4Porsche 944, now #4
  19. DNF
    Wigram · TraNZam race 2
    engine, after 5 laps
    4Porsche 944, now #4
  20. DNF
    Wigram · TraNZam race 3
    4Porsche 944, now #4
Pontiac FirebirdPorsche 944PodiumTop 10Original sheet

Elliott Forbes-Robinson

The team's most successful guest driver. In the #11 Porsche in 1987 he won at Brainerd, took pole at Road Atlanta (1:21.188) and set fastest laps at Long Beach (1:18.858) and Road America (2:16.974). He finished the season 6th in points with 73. racingyears credits him with three podiums that year – the Brainerd win, 2nd at Detroit and one we haven't placed yet.

EFR
Elliott Forbes-RobinsonSCCA Trans-Am · Porsche 944 #11 · 1987
8Races
P1Best
2Podiums
4Top 10
  1. 1987
    P20
    Long Beach
    retired, engine · fastest lap
    11Porsche 944
  2. P2
    Detroit
    source names the Porsche 944, not the team
    11Porsche 944
  3. P17
    Mid-Ohio
    source names the Porsche 944, not the team
    11Porsche 944
  4. P1
    Brainerd
    the team's only Trans-Am win
    11Porsche 944
  5. P21
    Road America
    fastest lap 2:16.974
    11Porsche 944
  6. DNF
    Memphis
    transmission, 43 laps; car not named in source
    11Porsche 944
  7. P4
    Mosport
    from 6th on the grid
    11Porsche 944
  8. P9
    St. Petersburg
    qualified 3rd; car not named in source
    11Porsche 944
PodiumTop 10Sources: gotransam · 1987 Trans-Am Series – Wikipedia · zoompics · Mark Windecker race galleries · racingyears

Gene Felton, George Robinson and John Schneider

Too few results for a race log yet:

  • Gene Felton – #72 Pontiac, 1987: qualified 12th at Long Beach (4 April); 23rd at Detroit (20 June). racingyears counts a third start.
  • George Robinson – #72 Pontiac, 1988: Dallas (1 May) and Detroit (18 June); positions not yet found.
  • John Schneider – #72 Pontiac: 8th at Lime Rock, 1 August 1987, his one start for the team.

Sources: Mark Windecker, Detroit 1987 · Revs Institute · racingyears

New Zealand · 1993 onwards

Scott Lagasse – Wigram, January 1993

Entered "by Bruce Jenner and Autonews magazine", Lagasse took the blue Pontiac to a clean sweep of the three GTO races at the Lady Wigram Trophy meeting, from second on the grid. In the team's Porsche, Chris Kneifel was third in Race 1 and retired from the other two with engine trouble. The 1993 clippings →

Scott Lagasse
Scott LagasseLady Wigram Trophy meeting · TraNZam · 17 Jan 1993
3Races
P1Best
3Podiums
3Top 10
  1. 1993
    P1
    Wigram · TraNZam race 1
    from 2nd on the grid · won by 1.15 s from Scott
    8Pontiac Firebird
  2. P1
    Wigram · TraNZam race 2
    won by 3.6 s from Wills
    8Pontiac Firebird
  3. P1
    Wigram · TraNZam race 3
    the 'flying farewell' · won by 7.2 s
    8Pontiac Firebird
PodiumTop 10Sources: NZ Speedsport No. 32 and newspaper results · Jim Barclay

Paul Williams – OSCA

Five wins from six starts at the two Ruapuna meetings covered by NZ Speedsport. MotorSport NZ's list of past OSCA series winners records P Williams as the series winner in 2000.

Paul Williams
Paul WilliamsGolden Mile Tavern OSCA series · Ruapuna
6Races
P1Best
5Podiums
5Top 10
  1. c. 1997
    P1
    Ruapuna · OSCA
    9Camaro
  2. P1
    Ruapuna · OSCA
    9Camaro
  3. DNF
    Ruapuna · OSCA
    power-steering line; which race isn't stated
    9Camaro
  4. c. 1999
    P1
    Ruapuna · race 1
    9Camaro
  5. P1
    Ruapuna · race 2
    9Camaro
  6. P1
    Ruapuna · handicap
    9Camaro
PodiumTop 10Sources: NZ Speedsport No. 87 · NZ Speedsport No. 111

Series winners: MotorSport NZ – OSCA

Chris Hatton

The race meetings on Chris's own results list, 2009 to 2024 (his Hamilton 400 starts aren't on it). MotorSport NZ's list of past OSCA series winners records C Hatton as the series winner in 2012.

Chris Hatton
Chris HattonRace meetings · New Zealand · 2009–2024
37Meetings
12Seasons
2024Up to
  1. 2009
    Christchurch Casino Lady Wigram Trophy
  2. Mike Pero Mortgages V8 Ute Classic Race
  3. South Canty CC Truck, V8 & Car Races
  4. Endurance weekend
  5. 2010
    Christchurch Casino Wigram Revival
  6. ENZED Classic & Historic Motor Race
  7. 2010 Printable Solutions Motorsport Week
  8. Christchurch Casino Wigram Revival
  9. Teretonga 4–5 December 2010
  10. 2011
    ENZED Classic and Historic Race Meeting
  11. Wigram Revival Weekend
  12. MG Classic Race Meeting
    testing and unofficial results
  13. Teretonga 3/4 December 2011
  14. Mike Pero 200
  15. 2012
    Teretonga 14–15 January 2012
  16. CRC 200
  17. SKOPE Classic 2012
  18. ENZED Southern Classic 2012
  19. February Club Day with Registers
  20. POWERBUILT Club Day 4
  21. TRUST AORAKI – Super Truck Racing
  22. POWERBUILT Club Day 5
  23. 2013
    2013 SKOPE Classic
  24. ENZED Southern Classic Race Meeting 2013
  25. Mike Pero Wigram Revival
  26. 2017
    Speed Festival, October 2017
  27. 2019
    Wigram Revival 2019
  28. 2020
    SCH Southern Classic 2020
  29. 2021
    SKOPE Classic 2021 – Ruapuna
  30. Sth Cant Hydraulics Southern Classic 2021
  31. 2022
    Sth Cant Hydraulics Southern Classic 2022
  32. 2023
    SKOPE Classic 2023
  33. SCH Southern Classic 2023
  34. CMRC Brooklands 2023
  35. 2024
    SKOPE Classic – Euromarque Ruapuna
  36. SCH Southern Classic 2024
  37. Wigram Revival
Original sheet

Series winners: MotorSport NZ – OSCA

Historical notes

Niagara Falls · 26 June 1988

Two Bruce Jenners on one grid

The Olympic decathlon champion Bruce Jenner (now Caitlyn Jenner) also raced in Trans-Am – gotransam counts seven starts between 1983 and 1990. At Niagara Falls in 1988 both were entered: photographer Mark Windecker's captions list "15th Bruce Jenner (Olympian) Camaro" and "DNS Bruce Jenner (non-Olympian) Porsche 944" – our Bruce, in the #42.

Results databases sometimes merge the two, so on this site we only use results that match our Bruce's Pontiacs and Porsches.

Source: Mark Windecker – Niagara Falls 1988 · BangShift: "the racer of the same name from New Zealand"

1995 – 1997 · TraNZam

The other Jenner Camaro

Bruce also commissioned the American team RocketSports to build a new Camaro Trans-Am – chassis RS17 – for New Zealand's TraNZam series. He brought Chris Kneifel back to drive it first, in late 1995. Steven "Junior" Johnson then raced it in Australia and in the 1996/97 TraNZam with ENZED backing, winning several races.

It's a different car from the 1985 Pontiac that became the Jenner Camaro on this site.

Source: V8 Sleuth – "Camaro raced by Steve and Dick Johnson re-emerges"

January 1993 · Christchurch

"The wild rumour of the week"

After Lagasse's clean sweep at Wigram, John Hawkins reported the rumour that the Pontiac "will remain in New Zealand after the Peter Jackson series. Even more exciting was the story that it would be staying in Christchurch." It did – and it's still racing in New Zealand today.

Source: Press archive

1976/77 · Levels, Timaru

Before America: Bruce in OSCA

Bruce's saloon racing started at home. A period photo from Levels raceway, Timaru, in the 1976/77 season shows "the OSCA Chevrolet Camaros of Kevin Haig and Bruce Jenner" – the same Open Saloon Car Association series his Pontiac-turned-Camaro would later win with Paul Williams (2000) and Chris Hatton (2012).

Source: Oversteer – Blast from the past: OSCA

1987 · Porsche 944 #11

Pace when it counted

1987 belonged to the Merkur XR4Ti – Forbes-Robinson's Brainerd win in the Jenner Porsche was the only race that season a Merkur didn't win. The Jenner Porsches also set fastest laps at Long Beach, Portland and Road America and took pole at Road Atlanta.

Sources: 1987 Trans-Am Series – Wikipedia · racingyears

Unconfirmed leads

Can you help?

  • Another caption shows 1996 champion Andy McElrea at Ruapuna "in the mighty AC Delco Trans-Am Camaro". The same car, or a different AC Delco Camaro? Oversteer
  • The Camaro body carries "Brennan Automotive Specialists" on its front wing. A January 1993 preview tipped Grant Brennan's "immaculate Camaro" as a TraNZam front-runner – was he the Brennan who rebodied the Jenner car?

Help fill the gaps

Much of the record still lives in print: SCCA Trans-Am programmes and results sheets, On Track magazine, NZ Speedsport, and Murray McFadden's Wigram Motor Racing 1949–1994. If you have results, programmes or photos for any of these cars and drivers – especially Bruce's 1986 season, Gene Felton's and George Robinson's finishes, and Andy Greenslade's 1NZ title year – please get in touch.

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