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Porsche 962
History
confirmed by Moto Moriwaki, director of Nova Engineering. 'Their' car started
life in 1988 as 962.132 with Team Nova (Japanese semi-works team) with Okada
and Dickens driving. Won the Japanese Championship for sports cars, winning 3
out of 6 races. Raced in 1989 driven by Grohs and Nakaya coming 1st in the Fuji
500km. In late 1989 car was crashed heavily and was sent back to Weissach who
replaced the unusable 132 tub with number 151. During the 1990 season the car
was driven by Weidler and Nakaya. Rebuilt in October 1990 by Weissach who
replaced the damaged 151 with one of the latest tubs, number 171. Team Nova,
who had managed the car from 1988, sold it to Bruce Canepa of Santa Cruz, who
then sold it in September to Rudy Junco and thus Jim Oppenheimer whom Klaus
bought the car from in 2004. |
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