VIN: the Dauer Racing / Sultan of Brunei Dauer 962 LM chassis 175
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History of chassis 175
Over the winter of 1990-1991, Jochen Dauer ordered two brand new Fabcar 962 tubs: chassis 172 and 175.
Both appeared at the 1991 Daytona 24 Hours which was the only occasion either car raced.
Dauer arranged for them to be driven at Daytona by two famous racing families: chassis 172 was allocated to the Andrettis (Mario, Michael and Jeff) while chassis 175 was earmarked for the Unsers (Al, Al Jr., Bobby and Robby).
Both Dauer 962s featured special bodywork produced by the Arrows F1 team.
Chassis 175 attended Daytona in a predominantly plain white livery with limited backing from BF Goodrich. Computer giant Olivetti had been lined up as title sponsor but the Italian firm pulled out at the last minute.
Dauer’s brand new cars were only just finished in time to race. Customs delays followed by teething and scrutineering problems created a good deal of stress within the team.
In qualifying, Al Unser Jr. hit the wall exiting the chicane but damage was slight and the car started ninth.
Unser Jr. moved up to seventh on the opening lap of the race and, after the first round of pit stops (when Bobby Unser took over), chassis 175 had moved into fourth.
At around the 100-lap mark, much time was lost in the pits while the Dauer crew attended to a broken spark plug connector.
Soon after 1am, chassis 175’s race came to an end when lying ninth. Robby Unser had been running with just one headlight and, when the other light abruptly failed, he lost control and crashed into the top of the tyre wall at the left-hander leading onto the banking.
Following its appearance at Daytona, chassis 175 was repaired at Dauer’s Nuremberg workshop in Germany.
It was subsequently converted into a road-going 962 LM for the Sultan of Brunei who also purchased another four examples, all of which were finished in different colour schemes.
Chassis 175 was painted red with a black and red interior. Prior to departing for Brunei, it was road registered LM 962175.
Once in Brunei, the car was registered BP 962.
Notable History
Jochen Dauer Racing
White BF Goodrich livery
03/02/1991 IMS Daytona 24 Hours (A. Unser Jr. / B. Unser / R. Unser / A. Unser) DNF (#0)
Converted to Dauer 962 LM specification
Painted Red with Black interior
Registered LM 962175
Sold to the Sultan of Brunei
Registered BP 962
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