BMW 3.0 CSL 2275986

1979?

Wider rear fenders

2275985 in the distance? 1975 or 1976?

Mid Ohio 1975 Phil Dremer attending on BMW 2002

1975 May 4, Laguna Seca

Around 1975 May 4, Laguna Seca

Identification: Racing numbers: 25, 59

2016 livery: it is beautifully preserved in its #59 Peter Gregg Motorsport livery.

Race:

1. May 4 1975, Laguna Seca 100 Miles 1
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)
   5. Result: 2nd (5s960 behind the winner)
   6. Grid: 1st (1:08.506)
   7. Tires: Dunlop
   8. Other E9s: none
2. May 4 1975, Laguna Seca 100 Miles 2
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)
   5. Result: winner - (156.042 kph) - margin: 47s000
   6. Grid: 2nd
   7. Tires: Dunlop
   8. Other E9s: none
3. May 10 1975, 6 Hours Riverside
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
   5. Result: winner (laps: 188 laps distance: 998.437 kms average speed: 165.751 km/h  )
   6. Grid: first
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s: 2275985
4. May 26 1975, Lime Rock 1
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Sam Posey
   5. Result: 4th (0 laps behind the winner)
   6. Grid: 4th
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s: 2275985
5. May 26 1975, Lime Rock 2
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Sam Posey
   5. Result: 4th (0 laps behind the winner)
   6. Grid: 4th
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s: 2275985
6. June 1 1975, Mid-Ohio
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Hans-Joachim Stuck
   5. Result: 25 DNF
   6. Grid: 1rst
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s: 2275985
7. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
   5. Result: winner
   6. Grid:
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s:
8. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
   5. Result: winner
   6. Grid:
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s:
9. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
   1. Team: BMW NA
   2. Race number: 25
   3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
   4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
   5. Result: winner
   6. Grid:
   7. Tires:
   8. Other E9s:
10. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
    1. Team: BMW NA
    2. Race number: 25
    3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
    4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
    5. Result: winner
    6. Grid:
    7. Tires:
    8. Other E9s:
11. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
    1. Team: BMW NA
    2. Race number: 25
    3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
    4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
    5. Result: winner
    6. Grid:
    7. Tires:
    8. Other E9s:
12. May X 1975, 6 Hours Riverside TO BE COMPLETED
    1. Team: BMW NA
    2. Race number: 25
    3. Sponsor: Bavarian Motor Sport
    4. Pilots: Quester / Stuck
    5. Result: winner
    6. Grid:
    7. Tires:
    8. Other E9s:

14. Feb 2016: win 24 hours Daytona.

1. Win: overall

2. Team: Brian Redman, Peter Gregg, and John Fitzpatrick

3. Racing number: 59

4. Other car: 2275987

5. Noticable fact: s Redman recalls in his book, “at 4:00 a.m., our CSL went from six to five cylinders but, by using the maximum 9000 rpm, I was still faster than the fastest Porsche RSR. Grit paid off, and John and I claimed victory.”

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    History:

    Of all the IMSA CSLs, 2275986 is probably the car with the most completely documented provenance.

    2275986 arrived in the U.S. in March 1975 as the spare car. 2275986 wasn’t a spare for very long, becoming the replacement car for 2275988 which Posey had crashed in testing at Road Atlanta in the spring of 1975. Unfortunately, Stuck had a massive crash in the new 986 during practice for the race at Road Atlanta a short time later. Some reports say that he hit oil and spun backwards into the guardrail and embankment; others suggested a failure of an experimental ABS system. In any case, the new 986 was badly damaged with less than two weeks before the next race weekend at Laguna Seca. Gmeiner says the team worked around the clock for seven days to complete the car in time to be loaded into the transporter for the cross-country trip. Since both active race cars ( 2275987 and 2275986 ) were badly damaged, the team withdrew one entry and concentrated on getting 2275986 ready. Their efforts were well rewarded at Laguna: At the hands of Hans-Joachim Stuck, the repaired 2275986 secured a second place finish in the first heat and then took victory in the second. After Laguna, the team traveled directly to Riverside for a 6 Hour endurance round. Here, driven by Stuck and Dieter Quester as the #25 car, 986 earned another dominant victory. It is probable that 986 competed in all the remaining rounds of the 1975 season, but at this stage that cannot be confirmed. However, we do know that it raced at Lime Rock, Mid-Ohio and Mosport, though we can’t say whether it ran as car #25 or #24 in those races [NOTE IT WAS NUMBER 25 AT LIME ROCK AND MID OHIO]. As was stated in the 2002 Bimmer article, the end of the 1975 season saw 986 (and 2275985) delivered to Peter Gregg, who would run BMW’s IMSA program going forward.

    It is the car that Peter Gregg raced under #59 throughout the 1976 season. 986 is also, without any doubt, the CSL driven to the win in the 1976 24 Hours of Daytona by Gregg and Brian Redman. In a race shortened to about 21 hours because of water in the track’s fuel supply that caused many cars (including the CSLs) to stall on track, Redman drove 14 very long stints with some help from Fitzpatrick (whose sister BMW had retired) because Gregg said he was feeling ill. On top of that, at 4:00 a.m. the engine lost a cylinder, though Redman kept the CSL humming along faster than the fastest Porsche RSR by shifting at the 9,000-rpm redline. Following the race, an exhausted Redman returned to hotel to clean up before the celebration party and promptly fell asleep in the tub. A still-fresh Gregg was the life of the victory party and personally thanked the crew in German for their hard work.

    Prior to closing up operations in Hueytown [unclear when-end of 1975 or end of 1976 or later], Gmeiner himself installed the new parts which converted 986 into one of the first CSLs with the upright M49 engine . Today, 986 is owned by Kevin Ladd, who acquired it from longtime owner and racer Kenper Miller.

    Mainteance

    Like Miller, Ladd has the car maintained by Jack Deren, who’s cared for it for over 40 years.

     

    Owners:

    Today, 986 is owned by Kevin Ladd, who acquired it from longtime owner and racer Kenper Miller. Like Miller, Ladd has the car maintained by Jack Deren, who’s cared for it for over 40 years

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    Thank you / Reference / Credit:

    https://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/144/articles/the-fab-five#.WVkEk8aZMUE