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Hey! So generally a well written article with a lot of love put into it, but a few things:
I didn't see a reference to things like lap counts, lap sizes, duration of the race, the size of the competition, etc. - this may not be important for racing type events, but would have made interesting stats nonetheless.
Also, the idea of one-make auto racing series is rather interesting - did Procar suffer much from this restriction (I'd imagine that other car manufacturers didn't much like the idea), and did this contribute to BMW's decision to stop running Procar? And what role did Procar play (if it did play a significant role) in the development of its host company BMW? Are there any reasons behind BMW's present plans to revitalize Procar, especially given the deteriorating state of the automobile industry in general? Just some interesting questions that would be cool to answer.
Valce1 (talk) 00:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was page moved. Ronhjones (Talk) 19:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Procar →
BMW M1 Procar Championship — This is the name of the series as listed in the first line of the article. Also allowing
Procar (disambiguation) to be moved to Procar. —-
Falcadore (
talk) 01:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
... as well as the head of BS Fabrications, who had built several of the Procar M1s. Really “BS Fabrications”? I thought several Procars were built by Project Four Racing/Ron Dennis. Please check Ron Dennis. Olli1800 ( talk) 18:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello The359, thanks for your reply! I guess you refer to this (no longer supported) reference QV500. 1979's works cars were white and red... That is obviously very doubtful. Please take a look at films and pictures of the 1979 season. Works cars were white and crosswise lined with BMW Motorsport colours (blue violett GLASURIT-BMW 4000, light blue GLASURIT-BMW 5002, red GLASURIT-BMW 353). But the Project Four M1 Procar driven by Niki Lauda (article: initially earning a spot in the factory BMW team in the first round, before running the remaining seven races for Project Four) had a white and red finish (see picture at QV500). all but two of these customer cars were built by the English outfit run by McLaren boss, Ron Dennis. Ron Dennis arrived at McLaren not before September 1980, so McLaren was non-involved in the preparation of the BMW M1 Procars. Furthermore the reference states Niki Lauda who finished the championship in first place with 78 points, second placed Hans Stuck just two points behind. Hans-Joachim Stuck gained "only" 73 points... the German having won twice in his Alimpo entry... Toine Hezemans drove the BMW M1 of Alimpo Sport / BMW Holland in the 1979 season, Stuck was the pilot of the Cassani Racing car (please check here QV500-1979 Season and here Tin-top kings). Unfortunately a lot of mistakes...
Moreover I checked the BMW publication Mobile Tradition live 2003 M1 Special – 25 years of the BMW M1: Instead of finishing up at Baur, the pre-assembled M1 cars in this case went either straight to BMW Motorsport or to the renowned tuning companies of Osella in Italy or Ron Dennis in England for final production, with the selection and supply of parts handled by the Munich company. Neerpasch viewed this diversification as a means of encouraging healthy competition in the attempt to achieve the best possible results. and ...with the models destined for Formula One drivers built exclusively by BMW Motorsport in Munich. Not a word about BS Fabrications... You may find a pdf of the publication on the website of the BMW Archive. Regards, Olli1800 ( talk) 14:52, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
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Did you know?" column on
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one-make
Procar Championship (pictured) was created in 1979 to help
BMW produce the 400
M1 sports cars necessary to compete in the
World Championship for Makes? | |||||||||||||
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Hey! So generally a well written article with a lot of love put into it, but a few things:
I didn't see a reference to things like lap counts, lap sizes, duration of the race, the size of the competition, etc. - this may not be important for racing type events, but would have made interesting stats nonetheless.
Also, the idea of one-make auto racing series is rather interesting - did Procar suffer much from this restriction (I'd imagine that other car manufacturers didn't much like the idea), and did this contribute to BMW's decision to stop running Procar? And what role did Procar play (if it did play a significant role) in the development of its host company BMW? Are there any reasons behind BMW's present plans to revitalize Procar, especially given the deteriorating state of the automobile industry in general? Just some interesting questions that would be cool to answer.
Valce1 (talk) 00:25, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
The result of the move request was page moved. Ronhjones (Talk) 19:32, 31 December 2009 (UTC)
Procar →
BMW M1 Procar Championship — This is the name of the series as listed in the first line of the article. Also allowing
Procar (disambiguation) to be moved to Procar. —-
Falcadore (
talk) 01:19, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
... as well as the head of BS Fabrications, who had built several of the Procar M1s. Really “BS Fabrications”? I thought several Procars were built by Project Four Racing/Ron Dennis. Please check Ron Dennis. Olli1800 ( talk) 18:02, 23 August 2013 (UTC)
Hello The359, thanks for your reply! I guess you refer to this (no longer supported) reference QV500. 1979's works cars were white and red... That is obviously very doubtful. Please take a look at films and pictures of the 1979 season. Works cars were white and crosswise lined with BMW Motorsport colours (blue violett GLASURIT-BMW 4000, light blue GLASURIT-BMW 5002, red GLASURIT-BMW 353). But the Project Four M1 Procar driven by Niki Lauda (article: initially earning a spot in the factory BMW team in the first round, before running the remaining seven races for Project Four) had a white and red finish (see picture at QV500). all but two of these customer cars were built by the English outfit run by McLaren boss, Ron Dennis. Ron Dennis arrived at McLaren not before September 1980, so McLaren was non-involved in the preparation of the BMW M1 Procars. Furthermore the reference states Niki Lauda who finished the championship in first place with 78 points, second placed Hans Stuck just two points behind. Hans-Joachim Stuck gained "only" 73 points... the German having won twice in his Alimpo entry... Toine Hezemans drove the BMW M1 of Alimpo Sport / BMW Holland in the 1979 season, Stuck was the pilot of the Cassani Racing car (please check here QV500-1979 Season and here Tin-top kings). Unfortunately a lot of mistakes...
Moreover I checked the BMW publication Mobile Tradition live 2003 M1 Special – 25 years of the BMW M1: Instead of finishing up at Baur, the pre-assembled M1 cars in this case went either straight to BMW Motorsport or to the renowned tuning companies of Osella in Italy or Ron Dennis in England for final production, with the selection and supply of parts handled by the Munich company. Neerpasch viewed this diversification as a means of encouraging healthy competition in the attempt to achieve the best possible results. and ...with the models destined for Formula One drivers built exclusively by BMW Motorsport in Munich. Not a word about BS Fabrications... You may find a pdf of the publication on the website of the BMW Archive. Regards, Olli1800 ( talk) 14:52, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
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