For sale: Iconic BMW M1 Procar with IMSA race history

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The BMW M1 is one of the iconic sports cars with which this German manufacturer made a name for itself in the seventies and eighties. Sam Hancock is offering one of the fifty-four M1 Procars built, and to be precise, the thirty-sixth one that was built.

The BMW M1 was originally planned to meet Group 5 regulations. Due to changed regulations from the FISA (Fédération Internationale du Sport Automobile), as a result of which the M1 fell under Group 4.

However, BMW could only homologate the M1 after 400 cars had been built, and instead of delaying their racing program, a marque championship was proposed strictly limited to M1 racing cars.

The M1 offered by Sam Hancock is one of the fifty-four original M1 Procars ever built. With chassis number 4301195, it is the thirty-sixth in the series that was immediately sold to Joe Crevier.

Joe Crevier raced this M1 in races of the 1981 IMSA season and the 1982 24 Hours of Daytona, among others. During the first race, the Riverside 6 Hours, Crevier finished 11th overall and 3rd in the IMSA GTO class without qualifying.

Crevier qualified 28th overall at the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1982. Together with Fred Stiff and Dennis Wilson, they crossed the finish line in 13th place in their class. This M1 subsequently moved to Europe and had several owners. Graber Sportsgarage from Switzerland fully restored the car. Chassis 4301195 was regularly seen at historic races between 2013 and 2019.

Sam Hancock is a professional racing driver, coach and advisor to private clients on classic car transactions and historic racing programmes. Besides this, he sells exceptional vehicles for private collectors.

More about this iconic BMW M1 can be found here.