18
Aug
BMW Tag
12
Aug
A Glimpse of BMW Motorsport Success Over Three Decades
Rodger Anderson 1969 BMW 2002Ti Alpina The 1970sThe BMW marque gained instant notoriety in New Zealand motorsport with the arrival in late 1969 of the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina belonging to Rodger Anderson. Rodger race the 2002 in the 1969/70 racing season. Already a crowned New...
20
Jul
1970s and the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina
Rodger Anderson’s 1969 BMW 2002 Ti Alpina, at Baypark in 1970. My memory of the BMW 2002 Ti Alpina I owned and raced in the New Zealand 1969/70 and 1970/71 seasons are that it was a wonderful car. I had just finished two seasons racing a...
06
Jul
BMW – The 1980s with Neville Crichton
Winning with BMW in New Zealand By Richard Bosselman Neville Crichton is a guy who left school at 14, found his feet when he landed a job as an automotive salesman, and discovered he has a golden touch in business. By the late 1970s the biggest-volume used-car...
29
Jun
Winning with BMW in New Zealand
Having had 12 years single-seater racing, including six of those years in Europe, yielding six British/European Formula 3 victories, I concluded my Formula 1 dream was over. While still working in Europe, I was approached in 1986 by Toyota New Zealand, who were setting up...
27
Jun
BMW 3.0CSL
1973 Ex-Works Amon/Stuck BMW 3.0CSL 'Batmobile' Owner: BMW Museum, Germany This BMW 3.0CSL was driven by Chris Amon and Hans Stuck as part of a two-car BMW ‘works’ team of BMW CSL cars entered in the eight-round 1973 European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). This story covers a...
15
Jun
1987 BMW M3
Group A DTM | Owner: BMW Museum, Germany Development of the BMW M3 Group A resulted in a competition car that was to carry off more victories in subsequent years than any other car in its class. In the course of its first season, Roberto Ravaglia...
10
Jun
JPS BMW 635CSI Group A
1984 Ex-Jim Richards | JPS BMW 635CSI Group A | Owner: Peter Sturgeon, Christchurch Peter Sturgeon’s 1984 BMW 635CSi Group A car is one of those built by Frank Gardner’s JPS-backed team for the Australian Group A Touring Car Championships. The car was driven in 1984...
17
Sep
BMW Motorsport in New Zealand – A Brief History
There are two versions of this brief history of BMW Motorsport in New Zealand – a brief one and a longer one ! If you want the brief one, see the one-paragraph version below. If you want more information, seek out the longer version below. In...