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| Chassis | Model | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001/98 | V12 LM | 1998 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | => Thomas Bscher (1999) | Le Mans 1998 #1. Raced by Price & Bscher in 1999 and by Thomas Bscher in 2000 at Le Mans, SRWC and ALMS. |
| 002/98 | V12 LM | 1998 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | => Team Goh (1999) | Le Mans 1998 #2. Raced by Team Goh at Le Mans and Fuji 1000 kms 1999. |
| 001/99 | V12 LMR | 1999 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | Damaged by an accident at Sebring 1999. Repaired but never raced again. | |
| 002/99 | V12 LMR | 1999 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | Sebring 1999 #42, Le Mans 1999 #17. In 2000 raced in ALMS #42. | |
| 003/99 | V12 LMR | 1999 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | Le Mans 1999 winner. Car #43 at ALMS 1999-2000. | |
| 004/99 | V12 LMR | 1999 | LMP1 | BMW Motorsport | Raced at Le Mans PQ #16. Then raced at ALMS 1999 #42. |
| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBS59910004301003 | 1979 | |||||
| WBS59910004301004 | 1979 | BMW | Testing car. Raced at Le Mans 1980, then located in a museum. | |||
| WBS59910004301005 | 1979 | |||||
| WBS59910004301007 | 1979 | BMW | => Polak, USA (1980~1987) | Prototype car. | ||
| WBS59910004301016 | 1979 | W. Wolf | => Schnitzer (1980) => collector (1981~1987) | |||
| WBS59910004301017 | 1979 | Sepp Manhalter | Raced by Manhalter into the 90s, mainly in Austrian national level events. | |||
| WBS59910004301018 | 1979 | Nelson Piquet | => Procar Association (1980) => Dennis Wilson (1981~1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301021 | 1979 | Dieter Quester | => Alf Gebhardt (1981~1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301022 | 1979 | Walter Brun | Owned by Brun into the late 80s at least. | |||
| WBS59910004301023 | 1979 | Albrecht Krebs | => Bartels (1980) => AHG (1981) => Pospieszyk (1982) => Krautenbe (~1987) | |||
| WBS59910004301026 | 1979 | Ruedi Eggenberger | => Jens Winther (1982~1984) | |||
| WBS59910004301027 | 1979 | BMW Motorsport | => Procar Association (1980) => BMW North America (1981) => Tony Garcia (1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301028 | 1979 | Niki Lauda | => Hans-Joachim Stuck (1980) => Pink Floyd/EMKA (1981) => {coverted to Group 5 in 1981} | |||
| WBS59910004301030 | 1979 | Wolfgang Schütz | => Jürgen Kannacher (1981) => Johny Lagodny (1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301033 | 1979 | Alimpo Sport | => Duncan (1981~1987) | |||
| WBS59910004301034 | 1979 | Maublanc | => collector (1980) | |||
| WBS59910004301036 | 1979 | BMW | => Helmut Marko (1980~1982) | Testing car in 1979. | ||
| WBS59910004301039 | 1979 | Regazzoni | => Procar Association (1980) => Toine Hezemans? (1981) => ?, USA (1982~1987) | |||
| WBS59910004301040 | 1979 | Osella Corse | => Kenper Miller (1980) => Diego Montoya (1983) | |||
| WBS59910004301041 | 1979 | GS Tuning | => Rolf Göring (1981~1986) | |||
| WBS59910004301042 | 1979 | Carlos Reutemann | => Procar Association (1980) => Hans Obermaier (1981) | |||
| WBS59910004301044 | 1979 | Alan Jones | => Procar Association (1980) => Gesham Cokk (1981) | |||
| WBS59910004301050 | ||||||
| WBS59910004301052 | 1979 | Schnitzer (1980) | Accident. | |||
| WBS59910004301053 | 1979 | => Gregg (1980) | ||||
| WBS59910004301057 | 1979 | Polak | Owned by Polak at least by end of 1980s. | |||
| WBS59910004301059 | Arturo Merzario (1980) | => Hughes de Chaunac/ORECA (1981) | Converted to Group 5 specification in 1981. | |||
| WBS59910004301061 | 1979 | Tom Walkinshaw | => Dieter Quester (1980) => Walter Maurer (1981) | The car won its class in Le Mans 1984 and 1985. | ||
| WBS59910004301062 | 1979 | Manfred Cassani | => Kurt König (1981~1983) => Edgar Dören (1984) => Birrane (1993) | |||
| WBS59910004301063 | 1979 | Max Heidegger | => Edy Brandenberger (1980~1987) | |||
| WBS59910004301065 | 1979 | Jim Busby | => BMW North America (1980) => Chuck Kendall (1981~1983) | |||
| WBS59910004301066 | 1979 | Franz Konrad | => Jürgen Kannacher (1980) => Hans Heyer (1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301072 | 1979 | Manfred Winkelhock | => Schnitzer (1980-1981) | |||
| WBS59910004301073 | 1980 | Peter Sauber | => Garage Ruf (1981~1982) => collector | |||
| WBS59910004301075 | 1979 | Alimpo Sport | => Erich Schiebler (1981) =>...=> BMW of San Francisco (~2016) | |||
| WBS59910004301076 | 1980 | Peter Sauber | => Walter Nussbaumer (1981) => GS-Sport (1982) => Walter Brun (1983) => Enzo Calderari (1984) => Jean-Charles Cartier (2000) | Car fully restored in 2001. | ||
| WBS59910004301077 | 1979 | Speed Star Wheel Racing (1980) | => Auto Beaurex (1981) => David Bowden, AUS (2012~2013) | The cas has Japanese history. | ||
| WBS59910004301098 | 1979/05/25 | BMW Motorsport (1979/06/06) | => GS Tuning (1980) => Helmut Henzler (1981) => => Konig, D => Oliver Kuttner, USA (1987) => Aram Tourikian, CDN (~1995) => Peter Gleeson, USA (2011~2014) | Driven by Hans-Georg Bürger and Hans-Joachim Stuck in 1980. Car crashed at Salzburgring 1981 by Henzler, so he continued the season with WBS59910004301076 | ||
| WBS59910004301099 | 1980 | GS Tuning/Hans Heyer | => Bichteler (1981) | |||
| WBS59910004301100 | 1979 | François Servanin | The car was used in rallye in 1981. | |||
| WBS59910004301195 | 1980 | Joe Crevier | ||||
| WBS59910004301223 | 1981 | BMW North America (1981) | ||||
| WBS59910004301225 | 1980 | Dennis | => David Deacon (1981) => Uli Bieri (late 1982) | |||
| WBS59910004301245 | 1980 | ...=> Bier Auto (1982) | Le Mans 1981. | |||
| WBS59910004301269 | 1980 | => BMW North America (late 1980) | Rebuilt as Group 5 car in 1981. | |||
| WBS59910004301458 | 1981 | Schnitzer | ||||
| WBS59910004301460 | later? | Heidegger | ||||
| unnumbered | later? | Schnitzer | ||||
| unnumbered | later? | Obermaier |
Only cars built as racing cars are shown. Between 45 to 56 racing cars were built, depending on source and probably on counting customer-built Group 5 special chassis.
Totally 456 BMW M1 cars were built during 1978 and 1981 including street cars.
In 1979, totally 79 cars were built, 38 for racing, other 41 as a street cars. In 1980 and 1981, 188 cars were built each year, 18 of those were built for racing
| Chassis | Engine | Year | Group | First owner | Next owners (year) | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BMW/McLaren | 1977 | IMSA GTO | BMW/McLaren North America | => Harry Haggard (~12/1979) => Ocean Motors, USA => Mike Dietel/Dietel Enterprises => Peter Neumar => Mike Valentine (late 80s) => Lance White (late 90s~200 5) | Debut in Road Atlanta, May 1977. Won Mid-Ohio and Sears Point 1977. Crash in Sebring 1978 and ended its active racing career. Test with 1.4 litre turbo engine in Mid-Ohio. While owned by Ocean Motors, it received GTU eligible normally aspirated engine (finished third in GTU in 6 hours of Riverside 1983). Valentine owned it for 10 years but never drove it. It was fitted with F1 normally aspirated engine and 4-speed gearbox by then. |
| 002 | BMW/McLaren | 08/1977 | IMSA GTO | BMW/McLaren North America | Kept by BMW North America for a long time, sent to DM Engineering for restoration before using in 2001 at Laguna Seca where driven by Hobbs. Then to PTG fro restoration before running in 2004, Lime Rock. | |
| 003 | BMW/McLaren | 05/1978 | IMSA GTO | BMW/McLaren North America | => Harry Haggard (~12/1979) => Kerry Morse (early 1980s~2005) | |
| 004 | BMW/McLaren | 1979 | IMSA GTO | Jim Busby | => Frank Gardner (~12/1979) | Modified and used in Australian Touring Car Championship by Gardner. |
| 005 | BMW/McLaren | 1979 | IMSA GTO | Jim Busby | => Frank Gardner (~12/1979) | Modified and used in Australian Touring Car Championship by Gardner. |
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