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Jochen Neerpasch becomes honorary member of the BMW M1 Club

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Created on February 5, 2020

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Wolfgang Melter, President of the BMW M1 Club e.V., hands over the certificate to new honorary member Jochen Neerpasch

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Hot ride - With the beefy AC Cobra V8, Neerpasch is in a class of its own on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife.

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Porsche 907 LH (1968) - Elford/Neerpasch/Stommelen win the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona

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Place in the sun - Ex-sports manager Neerpasch enjoys his retirement on beautiful Lake Constance

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BMW M1 Procar at the Norisring - Jochen Neerpasch

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Jochen Neerpasch and Hervé Poulain - two like-minded people - BMW Art Cars special exhibition at the BMW Museum in Munich 2018

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Jochen Neerpasch was the first managing director of BMW Motorsport GmbH. He is also considered the father of the BMW M1. For this reason, he was awarded honorary membership of the BMW M1 Club e.V. on January 30, 2020. Neerpasch was delighted to receive this (and the accompanying certificate) from Wolfgang Melter, President of the BMW M1 Club e.V.

Porsche 907 LH (1968) - Elford/Neerpasch/Stommelen win the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona

Porsche 907 LH (1968) - Elford/Neerpasch/Stommelen win the 1968 24 Hours of Daytona

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Neerpasch, a talented racing driver and winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1968, among others, built up racing at Ford at the end of the 1960s, but switched to BMW in the spring of 1972, where he subsequently trimmed the CSL coupés into winning cars and finally launched the BMW M1.

BMW M1 Procar at the Norisring - Jochen Neerpasch

BMW M1 Procar at the Norisring - Jochen Neerpasch

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