This is one of the original BMW factory CSL race cars, known as “Batmobiles”. Considered the first product of the fledgling BMW Motorsports Division under a young Bob Lutz and later Jochen Neerpasch.
In the 1973 24 hours of LeMans it received First in Touring Class and 11th overall with Dieter Quester, Toine Hezemans and Hans Stuck driving. The same team won the 1973 European Sedan Championship for Quester and Hezemans.
In 1974 the car was campaigned by John Buffum and others in the SCCA TransAm Series and later the IMSA GT. The car was restored by CLS expert Richard Conway and actively raced by the current owner in Vintage and Historic races in the US and abroad.
Taken at the Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival.
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