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Jochen Neerpasch, the head of BMW's Motorsports division, was the first to propose the idea of a one-make championship. [2] The division had started construction of the first sports car for BMW in 1978, the M1, and had planned from the start to enter the new sports car in the World Sportscar Championship in 1979, as well as offering the cars to customers for other series.
The 1979 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the inaugural season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series ran as a support category to the European rounds of the 1979 Formula One season . [ 1 ]
A BMW M1 Procar being driven by Nelson Piquet in 1980 at the Nürburgring In 1979 the head of BMW Motorsport, Jochen Neerpasch , devised a one-make championship using racing modified M1s. The series was created to aid BMW in building enough cars to enter the group 4 classification in the World Championship for Makes .
In 1979 racing driver Peter Gregg purchased a BMW M1 Procar and commissioned his friend Frank Stella to paint it for him; this car is the only BMW painted by an artist who was also part of BMW's own Art Car program. [17] and was sold from the Guggenheim Museum to a BMW dealer in Long Island, New York in 2011. [18]
A BMW M1 Procar made some unfortunate but not too serious contact with a set of hay safety barriers over the weekend as the 2023 Goodwood Festival of Speed came to a close.
Procar may refer to: ADAC Procar Series , a German-based motor racing series for Touring Cars. BMW M1 Procar Championship , a one-make motor racing series utilising the BMW M1 sports production car.
1979 European Formula Two: Osella Squadra Corse: 12 3 1 2 3 32 4th BMW M1 Procar Championship: Osella Squadra Corse: 1 0 0 0 0 3 24th World Sportscar Championship: Lancia Corse: 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1980 Formula One: Osella Squadra Corse: 10 0 0 0 0 0 NC World Sportscar Championship: Lancia Corse: 7 1 0 0 4 0 NC BMW M1 Procar Championship: GS Team: 1 ...
The 1980 BMW M1 Procar Championship was the second and final season of the BMW M1 Procar Championship. The series once again supported Formula One at various European rounds but also branched out to hosting its own standalone events.