VIN: the Kremer Racing / Alpha Cubic Racing Team Porsche 956 chassis 115
History of chassis 115
Chassis 115 was one of six new 956s that appeared during the 1984 season. They supplemented the dozen customer cars delivered in 1983.
Chassis 115 was purchased by the Kremer brothers (Erwin and Manfred) whose Cologne-based racing team often received factory assistance owing to their excellent standard of preparation. 115 joined chassis 101 (the team’s 1983 car).
The new 956 made its debut in blue Kenwood livery at the 1984 Le Mans 24 Hours where Vern Schuppan, Alan Jones and Jean-Pierre Jarier led for several hours and eventually finished sixth.
Two weeks later, Manfred Winkelhock drove the now white Liqui Moly-backed machine to win the big Norisring Trophy race after taking second in the DRM round the day before.
Thereafter, chassis 115 was used in the World Sportscar Championship where it picked up a fourth place finish at Imola and fifths at the Nurburgring and Sandown Park.
For the 1985 season, Kremer retained 115 and sold their older 956 (chassis 101) which was replaced with a new 962 (chassis 110).
Kremer used 115 at Mugello (fifth), Monza (eighth) and Silverstone (eighth). Its final appearance for the team was at the 1985 Le Mans 24 Hours where it went one better than the previous year and took fifth overall.
Prior to the race, the Kremer brothers had agreed to sell 115 to the Alpha Cubic Racing Team in Japan.
For the rest of 1985 and throughout 1986, chassis 115 was used in Japanese Sportscar Championship events and at the Fuji 1000km World Championship races.
Run with backing from Parisian fashion house, Renoma, its best result was third in the 1985 Suzuka 1000km.
Chassis 115 was subsequently sold back to the Kremer brothers in Germany and restored.
It later joined the Porsche Group C collection of Henry Pearman in the UK.
Notable History
Porsche Kremer Racing, Cologne, Germany
Blue Kenwood livery
17/06/1984 WSC Le Mans 24 Hours (V. Schuppan / A. Jones / J.P. Jarier) 6th oa, 6th C1 class (#11)
White Liqui Moly livery
01/07/1984 DRM Norisring (M. Winkelhock) 2nd oa, 2nd C1 class (#10)
01/07/1984 IND Norisring Trophy (M. Winkelhock) 1st oa, 1st C1 class (#10)
White Kremer livery
15/07/1984 WSC Nurburgring 1000km (M. Winkelhock / M. Surer) 5th oa, 5th C1 class (#10)
White & Gold Warsteiner livery
16/09/1984 WSC Imola 1000 km (W. Brun / G. Fouche / L. von Bayern) 4th oa, 4th C1 class (#10)
White & Pink Sega livery
02/12/1984 WSC Sandown Park 1000km (M. Winkelhock / R. French) 5th oa, 5th C1 class (#11)
White Pretoria Brick livery
14/04/1985 WSC Mugello 1000km (K. Ludwig / G. Fouche / G. Mussato) 5th oa, 5th C1 class (#11)
28/04/1985 WSC Monza 1000km (G. Fouche / S. van der Merwe / B. Giacomelli) 8th oa, 7th C1 class (#11)
12/05/1985 WSC Silverstone 1000km (G. Fouche / A. Coppelli / S. van der Merwe) 8th oa, 8th C1 class (#11)
16/06/1985 WSC Le Mans 24 Hours (S. van der Merwe / G. Fouche / M. Hytten) 5th oa, 5th C1 class (#10)
Sold to Alpha Cubic Racing Team, Japan
White, Gold & Black Renoma livery
28/07/1985 JSC Fuji 500 mile (T. Suzuki / N. Takahara / C. Totani) 5th oa, 5th LD-1 class (#2)
25/08/1985 JSC Suzuka 1000km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / T. Suzuki) 8th oa, 8th D class (#2)
06/10/1985 WSC Fuji 1000km (N. Takahara / C. Totani) DNF (#48) Alpha Cubic Racing Team
24/11/1985 JSC Fuji 500km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / T. Suzuki) 3rd oa, 3rd LD-1 class (#2)
White, Red & Black Renoma livery
06/04/1986 JSC Suzuka 500km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 8th oa, 8th C class (#2)
04/05/1986 JSC Fuji 1000km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 7th oa, 7th LD-1 class (#2)
20/07/1986 JSC Fuji 500 mile (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 3rd oa, 3rd LD-1 class (#2)
24/08/1986 JSC Suzuka 1000km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 3rd oa, 3rd C class (#2)
05/10/1986 WSC Fuji 1000km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 12th oa, 12th C1 class (#48)
23/11/1986 JSC Fuji 500km (N. Takahara / C. Totani / K. Tohira) 7th oa, 7th LD-1 class (#2)
Sold to Kremer Racing, Germany
Later sold to Henry Pearman, UK
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