VIN: the Joe Crevier BMW M1 Procar chassis 4301195
/ Ben Tyer
HISTORY OF CHASSIS 4301195
Chassis 4301195 was the 36th M1 Procar built.
Unusually, it did not compete in the Procar series that took place in 1979 and 1980.
Instead, chassis 4301195 made its competition debut in the 1981 IMSA Championship having been sold to amateur Californian racing driver, Jo Crevier.
Crevier ran a BMW dealership in Santa Ana (Crevier Imports). Prior to taking delivery of his M1, he briefly campaigned an ageing Ferrari 365 GTB/4C (chassis 16343). Crevier then embarked on a full season’s IMSA racing with his M1 in 1981 and enlisted rising star, Al Unser Jr., to co-drive.
4301195 was painted red with blue and white stripes to match the livery used on his Ferrari.
Crevier and Unser Jr. picked up four GTO class podiums in their first four events together. They had their last outing as team-mates at the Road America 500 mile race in August which was a combined World Championship / IMSA event. Unfortunately, on that occasion the car failed to finish.
Thereafter, Crevier was partnered by a series of different co-drivers but only collected one more class podium (at the Pocono 500 mile race with Tom Winters).
Unser Jr. went on to make his CART debut in 1982 and also won that year’s Can-Am championship.
Meanwhile, Crevier embarked on his second IMSA season with 4301195. However, he quit motor racing mid-season, despite having picked up a series of promising results.
The M1 was subsequently sold to Don Walker of Dallas.
Walker ran 4301195 in half a dozen IMSA events over the next three years but by this time the M1 was somewhat out of date.
In 1987, Don Walker sold 4301195 to Franco Sbarro in Switzerland.
Sbarro retained the M1 until the year 2000. Since then, the car has been through the hands of a number of European collectors and restored.
Notable History
Sold to Joe Crevier, California (Crevier Racing Inc.)
Red with Blue & White stripes
26/04/1981 IMS Riverside 6 Hours (J. Crevier / A. Unser Jr.) 11th oa, 3rd GTO class (#67)
03/05/1981 IMS Laguna Seca 100 mile (A. Unser Jr.) 14th oa, 2nd GTO class (#67)
24/05/1981 IMS Lime Rock 200 mile (J. Crevier / A. Unser Jr.) 8th oa, 3rd GTO class (#67)
31/05/1981 IMS Mid-Ohio 200 mile (J. Crevier / A. Unser Jr.) 8th oa, 2nd GTO class (#67)
26/07/1981 IMS Sears Point 100 mile (J. Crevier) DNF (#67)
02/08/1981 IMS Portland 1 Hour (J. Crevier) 11th oa, 4th GTO class (#67)
23/08/1981 WSC Road America 500 mile (A. Unser Jr. / J. Crevier) DNF (#67)
30/08/1981 IND Mid-Ohio 500km (J. Crevier / B. Koll) 21st oa, 14th Gr.4 class (#67)
13/09/1981 IMS Road Atlanta 150 mile (J. Crevier) 10th oa, 6th GTO class (#67)
27/09/1981 IMS Pocono 500 mile (J. Crevier / T. Winters) 11th oa, 3rd GTO class (#67)
29/11/1981 IMS Daytona 250 mile Finale (J. Crevier / J. Scott) DNF (#67)
31/01/1982 IMS Daytona 24 Hours (J. Crevier / F. Stiff / D. Wilson) DNF (#21)
20/03/1982 IMS Sebring 12 Hours (J. Crevier / P. Fassler / B. Zeigel) 19th oa, 8th GTO class (#21)
25/04/1982 IMS Riverside 6 Hours (J. Crevier) DNF (#21)
02/05/1982 IMS Laguna Seca 100 mile (J. Crevier) 11th oa, 5th GTO class (#21)
16/05/1982 IMS Charlotte 500km (J. Crevier / L. Renick) 10th oa, 2nd GTO class (#21)
23/05/1982 IMS Mid-Ohio 100 mile (J. Crevier) 7th oa, 3rd GTO class (#21)
31/05/1982 IMS Lime Rock 1 Hour (J. Crevier) 12th oa, 4th GTO class (#21)
Sold to Don Walker, Dallas (Walker Brown Racing / Dallas Motorsport)
White livery
31/07/1983 IMS Portland 3 Hours (P. Davey) 21st oa, 7th GTO class (#43)
21/08/1983 IMS Road America 500 mile (P. Davey) DNF (#43)
11/09/1983 IMS Pocono 500 mile (P. Davey / J. Varde) 24th oa, 11th GTO class (#43)
Red livery
24/03/1984 IMS Sebring 12 Hours (D. Montoya / B. Goellnicht / M. Roe) 30th oa, 8th GTO class (#43)
05/10/1985 IMS Columbus (D. Walker) 25th oa, 12th GTO class (#43)
01/12/1985 IMS Daytona 3 Hour Finale (D. Walker / B. Goellnicht / S. Cohen) 22nd oa, 5th GTO class (#43)
1987 sold to Franco Sbarro, Switzerland
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