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German racing driver and motorsports manager
Jochen Neerpasch
(born 23 March 1939) is a German former
racecar driver
and motorsports manager.
Career
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His racing career began in the 1960s, first on
Borgward
touring car
, then with the
1964 24 Hours of Le Mans
as a first major event. Racing a
Porsche 907
, he won the 1968
24 Hours of Daytona
. After his third-place finish in Le Mans the same year, he retired from racing.
In the 1970s, he became a successful manager in the
Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft
and the
European Touring Car Championship
. First he managed
Ford
, then he took the 1972 champion
Hans-Joachim Stuck
with him to BMW, to found the successful
BMW M
team and company.
In the 1980s, Neerpasch was in charge of
Sauber
-
Mercedes
sports car racing
team, winning the
24 Hours of Le Mans
in
1989
. He also discovered and taught talents like
Michael Schumacher
,
Karl Wendlinger
, and
Heinz-Harald Frentzen
[
citation needed
]
.
Racing record
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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results
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Complete 24 Hours of Daytona results
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Complete 12 Hours of Sebring results
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Complete Targa Florio results
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External links
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- run as the Daytona 3 Hour Continental (1962?63)
- Daytona 2000 (1964?65)
- 6 Hours of Daytona (1972)
- 24 Hours of Daytona (1966?71 / 1973 / 1975?present)
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Five-time
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Four-time
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Three-time
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Two-time
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One-time
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