CSL, History

Why Am I Selling the Jagermeister Car?

Some of you may be wondering why I am selling my CSL.  Well, I have an answer, and it is this:

Luigi@SPA1976
Here is Luigi chasis 001 at the Spa 24 Hr. race in 1976.

I have been able to purchase the #001 chassis Luigi BMW team car from the 1976-77 European Touring Car Championship series. A series Luigi and his CSLs won in 1976.

Here’s a link to the car’s race results during the 1976 and 1977 seasons of the European Touring Car Championships:

http://www.racingsportscars.com/chassis/archive/CSL-Luigi-001%23.html

You will see that it ran 20 races during those years and won 9 times, had 2 second place finishes, a third, and a fourth place finish. A pretty good record.

The Team Luigi cars at the Nurburgring in 1976. My car is second in line.
The Team Luigi cars at the Nurburgring in 1976. My car is second in line.

Needless to say, I am very excited about securing this car. It is currently painted white with the tricolor Motorsports stripes, and has the wider Group 5 body work.

My plan is to repaint it in the black Castrol livery and replace the wide fenders with the proper Group 2 fenders.

Luigi chasis 001 at the 1976 Tourist Trophy race at Silverstone.
Luigi chasis 001 at the 1976 Tourist Trophy race at Silverstone.

The car arrives in Seattle on January 28th. I will post pictures and a story then. I will also do a story on its history at some future date as well.