historical significance....on track

[JRKOUPE]

so many icons have had big track provenance......e30 M3, 2002, 911, etc etc..

not many here know of the e30 w/ track pedigree.....

I wanted to share a pic of one....

right before the m3 took over...

[FredK]

Looks good! What was this car raced in?

[JRKOUPE]

iirc.....

early DTM..86 or 7....

[2mAn]

Yea IIRC it was in 86 that it was raced. I wish I knew more about it. Colors make me think it has an Alpina connection

[JRKOUPE]

alpina badge on door

[FredK]

Pretty cool. Early euro model must be crazy lightweight!

[LJ851]

Thats a looker, no doubt.

[Emre]

The name on the door says "O. Manthey"

That would be Olaf Manthey:



He switched from the E30 to the 190E 2.5-16 and was probably best known for the white and green Evo II's he ran: the #55 Dekra/Becker car (1992 season) and #17 Bellheimer Lord Pils (1993 season).



He's still racing today...only now it's Porsche GT3: http://www.manthey-racing.de

[Jb325is]

Cool! I saw that guy recently on a WEC broadcast, first time I'd been able to put a face with the Manthey name. I had no idea about his DTM history. Pretty cool they're coming to Daytona this year along with some other European teams

[mr2peak]

Did that car use the M20?

[JRKOUPE]

m20..


Im 99% sure it did.

[ttrousdell]

Thats why I bought this shirt last year

https://8380labs.myshopify.com/products/e30-dtm-86-unbesiegt?variant=18984388868

[JRKOUPE]

at 2 21 shes alive!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm2tcT0USbY

[ELVA164]

Very cool stuff, I'd never heard of this car/program.

[JRKOUPE]

Very cool stuff, I'd never heard of this car/program.

I would say most folks have not!!.......