VIN: the GS Tuning / Helmut Marko / Rolf Goring BMW M1 Procar chassis 4301041
History of chassis 4301041
Chassis 4301041 was the M1 Procar campaigned throughout 1979 by Helmu Marko on behalf of Gerhard Schneider. It was driven throughout the ‘79 campaign by Markus Hottinger, a highly rated young Austrian who had a central contract with BMW Motorsport and raced for a number of the firm’s satellite operations throughout 1978 and 1979.
For the inaugural Procar championship, 4301041 appeared in a white, green and red livery with backing from Jim Beam, Castrol and Winnebago (for whom Schneider was the German distributor).
Aside from the race at Donington, Hottinger contested every round of the 1979 Procar series. His best result was second at Zeltweg. Hottinger scored two more podiums with third place finishes at Silverstone and Monza.
At the end of the year, Hottinger had accumulated 45 points which was enough for him to claim fourth in the final standings behind Clay Regazzoni (45), Hans-Joachim Stuck (73) and Niki Lauda (78). Hottinger then took in a DRM race at the Nurburgring in which chassis 1041 crossed the line seventh overall and second in class.
For 1980, the M1 was campaigned by Gerhard Schneider’s own team (GS Tuning). Meanwhile, Helmut Marko acquired another M1 Procar (chassis 4301036) which he anticipated Hottinger would drive in the forthcoming campaign. However, Hottinger was unfortunately killed during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim two weeks before the Procar season got underway.
In addition to 4301041, Gerhard Schneider purchased two new Procars for the 1980 season (4301098 and 4301099). Now in the team’s handsome blue and white Denim livery, 4301041 served as the outfit’s third entry.
That year, it made five Procar championship appearances in the hands of four different drivers.
Johnny Cecotto and Michael Bleekemolen took an eighth place finish apiece (at Imola and Zandvoort respectively). Bernard Brutschin and Friedrich Glatz failed to finish in their combined three outings with the car.
At the end of the season, Glatz (who raced under a number of psuedonyms to include James Bald) ran 4301041 in a DRM race at the Nurburgring where he finished ninth overall and second in class.
For 1981, Gerhard Schneider sold 1041 to German privateer, Rolf Goring.
Having taken over his family’s painting and decorating business in the early 1960s, Goring expanded operations and was subsequently able to indulge his passion for motor racing. Starting in 1967, he campaigned a variety of Porsches and found a particular affinity for hillclimbing.
Between 1981 and 1986, Goring raced and hillclimbed chassis 4301041 extensively. He competed in everything from the World Sportscar Championship to the European Mountain series.
Driving his Bauerle Farben-liveried BMW, Goring secured the European Hillclimb Chmapionship for Production Cars in 1983 and 1984. He won the Group 4 category four years straight between 1981 and 1984.
In 1985, Goring also began to run a Group A BMW 635 CSI which meant chassis 4301041 progressively saw less and less action.
Goring sold the M1 to Nicolas Buhrer in Switzerland after the 1986 season.
Notable History
Gerhard Schneider, Freiburg
Campaigned by Helmut Marko (GS Team Marko)
12/05/1979 PRO Zolder (M. Hottinger) DNF (#44)
26/05/1979 PRO Monaco (M. Hottinger) 6th oa (#44)
30/06/1979 PRO Dijon (M. Hottinger) 11th oa (#44)
13/07/1979 PRO Silverstone (M. Hottinger) 3rd oa (#44)
28/07/1979 PRO Hockenheim (M. Hottinger) DNF (#44)
12/08/1979 PRO Zeltweg (M. Hottinger) 2nd oa (#44)
26/08/1979 PRO Zandvoort (M. Hottinger) DNF (#44)
09/09/1979 PRO Monza (M. Hottinger) 3rd oa (#44)
23/09/1979 DRM Nurburgring (M. Hottinger) 7th oa, 2nd RT class (#84)
Blue & white Denim livery
22/06/1980 PRO Norisring (B. Brutschin) DNF (#82)
09/08/1980 PRO Hockenheim (B. Brutschin) DNF (#82)
16/08/1980 PRO Zeltweg (F. Glatz) DNF (#82)
31/08/1980 PRO Zandvoort (M. Bleekemolen) 8th oa (#82)
14/09/1980 PRO Imola (J. Cecotto) 8th oa (#82)
21/09/1980 DRM Nurburgring (F. Glatz) 9th oa, 2nd RT class (#23
Sold to Rolf Goring (Wolber Motorsport Service), Germany
White with blue, red and yellow stripes
22/03/1981 DRM Zolder (R. Goring) 9th oa, 4th RT class (#81)
29/03/1981 DRM Nurburgring (R. Goring) 11th oa, 6th RT class (#81)
05/04/1981 EMC Ampus Hillclimb (R. Goring) 17th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
03/05/1981 EMC Alpl Hillclimb (R. Goring) 4th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#79)
10/05/1981 EMC Dobratsch Hillclimb (R. Goring) 10th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#65)
17/05/1981 DRM Mainz-Finthen (R. Goring) DNF (#81)
24/05/1984 EMC Montseny Hillclimb (R. Goring) 9th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#68)
31/05/1981 EMC Estrela Hilcllimb (R. Goring) 2nd oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#27)
14/06/1981 EMC Rieti Hillclimb (R. Goring) 2nd Gr.4 class (#232)
28/06/1981 EMC Bolzano Mendola Hillclimb (R. Goring) 145th oa, 14th Gr.4 class (#235)
05/07/1981 EMC Trento Bondone Hillclimb (R. Goring) 8th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#402)
19/07/1981 EMC Potenza Hillclimb (R. Goring) 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
26/07/1981 EMC Macerata Hillclimb (R. Goring) 1st oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#256)
01/08/1981 DRM Hockenheim (R. Goring) 14th oa, 7th RT class (#80)
09/08/1981 EMC Mont Dore Hillclimb (R. Goring) 23rd oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#426)
23/08/1981 EMC St. Ursanne Hillclimb (R. Goring) 19th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
06/09/1981 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 14th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
20/09/1981 EMC Sternberk Hillclimb (R. Goring) 6th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#72)
04/04/1982 EMC Ampus Hillclimb (R. Goring) 13th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
30/05/1982 EMC Montseny Hillclimb (R. Goring) 10th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#63)
13/06/1982 EMC Rechberg Hillclimb (R. Goring) 5th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#68)
20/06/1982 EMC Sternberk Hillclimb (R. Goring) 6th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#99)
04/07/1984 EMC Rieti Hillclimb (R. Goring) 11th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#??)
18/07/1982 EMC Ascoli Hillclimb (R. Goring) 9th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#258)
25/07/1982 EMC Cosenza Hillclimb (R. Goring) 7th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#247)
07/08/1982 EMC Mont Dore Hillclimb (R. Goring) 18th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#248)
29/08/1982 EMC Freiburg-Schauinsland Hillclimb (R. Goring) 15th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#127)
05/09/1982 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 17th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#66)
26/09/1982 DRT Nurburgring (R. Goring) ran (#17)
20/03/1983 DRT Zolder (R. Goring) 3rd oa, 3rd 2.5+ class (#4)
27/03/1983 EMC Ampus Hillclimb (R. Goring) 14th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#40)
10/04/1983 DRT Hockenheim (R. Goring) 3rd oa, 3rd 2.5+ class (#4)
24/04/1983 EMC Sterberk Hillclimb (R. Goring) 7th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#106)
01/05/1983 DRT Avus (R. Goring) 3rd oa, 3rd 2.5+ class (#4)
22/05/1983 EMC Estrela Hillclimb (R. Goring) 5th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
29/05/1983 EMC Montseny Hillclimb (R. Goring) 7th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#117)
12/06/1983 EMC Rechberg Hillclimb (R. Goring) 4th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
03/07/1983 EMC Cosenza Hillclimb (R. Goring) 11th oa, 2nd Gr.4 class (#??)
10/07/1983 EMC Macerata Hillclimb (R. Goring) 9th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#281)
07/08/1983 EMC Mont Dore Hillclimb (R. Goring) 25th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#259)
21/08/1983 EMC St. Ursanne Hillclimb (R. Goring) 22nd oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#288)
04/09/1983 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 12th oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#??)
02/10/1983 EMC Oberjoch Hillclimb (R. Goring) 23rd oa, 1st Gr.4 class (#222)
22/04/1984 EMC Sternberk Hillclimb (R. Goring) 17th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#20)
13/05/1984 WSC Silverstone 1000km (R. Goring / H.J. Durig / M. Ketterer) 20th oa, 2nd Gr. B class (#100)
27/05/1984 EMC Montseny Hillclimb (R. Goring) 9th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#76)
10/06/1984 EMC Rechberg Hillclimb (R. Goring) 10th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#104)
08/07/1984 EMC Potenza Hillclimb (R. Goring) 3rd Gr.B class
15/07/1984 WSC Nurburgring 1000km (R. Goring / H.J. Durig / F. Muller) 17th oa, 2nd Gr. B class (#109)
22/07/1984 EMC Freiburg-Schauinsland Hillclimb (R. Goring) 12th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#135)
29/07/1984 EMC Popoli Hillclimb (R. Goring) 10th oa, 2nd Gr.B class (#310)
12/08/1984 EMC Mont Dore Hillclimb (R. Goring) 29th oa, 2nd Gr.B class (#229)
26/08/1984 EMC St. Ursanne Hillclimb (R. Goring) 38th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#289)
02/09/1984 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 1st Gr.B class (#??)
16/09/1984 WSC Imola 1000km (R. Goring / H.J. Durig / C. Haldi) 11th oa, 1st Gr.B class (#105)
23/09/1984 DRM Nurburgring (R. Goring) DNF (#23)
28/04/1985 EMC Ampus Hillclimb (R. Goring) 22nd oa, 3rd Gr.B class (#50)
30/06/1985 EMC Sternberk Hillclimb (R. Goring) 11th oa, 3rd Gr.B class (#40)
14/07/1985 WSC Hockenheim 1000km (R. Goring / C. Haldi / M. Krankenberg) 12th oa, 2nd Gr.B class (#153)
01/09/1985 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 2nd Gr.B class (#59)
06/10/1985 EMC Oberjoch Hillclimb (R. Goring) 2nd Gr.B class (#164)
17/08/1986 EMC St. Ursanne Hillclimb (R. Goring) 28th oa, 3rd Gr.B class (#247)
07/09/1986 EMC Turckheim Hillclimb (R. Goring) 21st oa, 3rd Gr.B class (#66)
12/10/1986 EMC Oberjoch Hillclimb (R. Goring) 26th oa, 2nd Gr.B class (#102)
Sold to Nicolas Buhrer, Switzerland
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