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5 0 Y E A R S O F B M W M
Since the founding of BMW M 50 years ago,
there have been a great number of Motorsport
successes including 24-hour race victories, DTM
(Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft) and many
other prominent victories. This exhibition with
actual race cars of various types is a living
testimony to the success of the brand.
The pictures tell the story best and since there are
so many cars in the exhibition to see, only a
selection can be shown here.
Jochen Neerpasch
Behind the BMW M brand is one man who
steered the development and managed the brand.
While we celebrate the brand, let's give a toast to
the man behind it all; Jochen Neerpasch.
Here's a brief history on him on the day we
celebrate what the M means to BMW.
In the 1970s, Jochen Neerpasch became
one of the most successful managers in the
German Racing Championship and the European
Touring Car Championship. Initially, he had
■ Jochen Neerpasch in Salzburgring, Austria in
September 2011 at the BMW M1 Meet.
managed Ford Racing activities in Cologne
before joining BMW's successful M team in
1972.
From 1973 to 1979, Neerpasch headed the
BMW M GmbH, which was newly founded in
1972, as chairman of the management board.
There he formed the first " Junior Team " in 1977
with Eddie Cheever, Marc Surer and Manfred
Winkelhock. The juniors initially competed in
touring car races and later all three drove in
Formula One.
He had also wanted to compete in motorsports
using a car developed to directly compete
with arch rival Porsche in Group-5 racing, thus
the development of the M1 was initiated.
Neerpasch, who was head of the development
program stressed that the car was to be strictly
mid-engine in order to outclass its competitors.
He also influenced on the " Procar BMW M1
Champion-ship " , which served as a support
series for Formula One racing and also included
many F1 drivers in identical BMW M1 race cars.
■ (Above Left to Right) The BMW 2002 turbo definitively is one of the BMW M vehicles, although it does not carry the M-badge.
BMW 3.0 CSL. One of the first things Jochen Neerpasch focused on was reducing weight of the race cars. This was flowing into the production cars as
well and has repeated itself with the E46 M3 CSL.
■ (Above Left to Right) Early days of BMW Motorsport with BMW 2002 - back then times were more relaxed, Paul Rosche used to say.
The Capri-killer back in the early 1970's. Ford was dominating the racing-scene in Europe and as Neerpasch jumped to head BMW Motorsport, his first
priority was to make the E9 competitive - which he did very successfully.
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