BMW M1 Procar sets sights on Phillip Island

A standout amongst the most fierce BMW M1 hustling autos ever constructed will leave a mark on the world one month from now when it takes to the Phillip Island circuit for the first run through at the yearly Exemplary Celebration of Motorsport. The occasion happens from 11-13 Walk and will incorporate no less than 12 rivalry BMWs – nine of them ex-JPS Group Visiting Autos.

A further nine JPS street autos will be put in plain view close by more than 30 autos from the BMW Club of Victoria, extending from mid 2002 models through to the most recent M5s, yet everyone's eyes are relied upon to be on Chris Bowden's BMW M1 Procar.

Worked to challenge Jochen Neerpasch's fleeting one-make title, it played a featuring move amid bolster races for the 1979-'80 Recipe One Big showdown. Dashing illuminating presences from the universe of motorsport – and a blend of orders – were welcomed by BMW to go up against each other in indistinguishable autos, each fit for creating more than 450bhp and weighing only 1020kg. Among the feature demonstrations was Niki Lauda, who won the inaugural title, and Nelson Piquet, who took the second.

By 1981 the title had been scrapped, with a considerable lot of the Gathering 4-qualified autos going to the World Perseverance Title. Chris Bowden's auto, body 1077, put in five years hustling in Japan after change to Outline Bunch 5 detail, yet has now been come back to its Procar roots taking after a broad rebuilding. 

Anticipated that would bring about as quite a bit of a blend as the M1 is seven times Bathurst victor Jim Richards, who will be in the driver's seat of an ex-JPS 635 car in the limit network Bunch C and Gathering A races.

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