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21 November 2010: HORST BROZY paints BMW M1

The AH-Racing BMW M1 also finds inspiration from famous artists and arouses passion ...
By Peter GH Sebald

The well-known artist Horst Brozy, who producted beautiful designs for the works in the motor sport - but also in cycling events, also found the AH-Racing BMW M1 as a worthwhile subject.

For the pictures by Horst we recommend his Website: http://www.horst-brozy.de

30 October 2010: 35. DMV-Münsterlandpokal

The last VLN-race in season 2010 with the BMW M1
By Peter GH Sebald

They did it. In four days in the home workshop the M1 has been repaired. It was welded, laminated, glued and screwed, painted and measured. The lights went out and once again not on Friday evening the convoy rolled again to the Nürburgring.

The fans had noticed the accident to the BMW M1 and place it in some internet forums massive railed against the golf driver. And the fans were astonished, as "their" M1 was back in the box. Not so pretty and perfect as before, but complete and ready to drive. The paint was sprayed with paint can and was not at all places as "clean" as usual.

The car was ready again, the weather even once "soft" and the race management was "loose" it. The season-finale, everything should be quite easy and the race director put the training and the race by 30 minutes to put back. O-Ton Clerk ". we give up the driver's meeting, for you does not stop to eh and we start a little later .....".

It was really awesome because the tensions of the past few years slowly escaped, the master (the Bönker - BONK Motorsport) had been rushed and Achim the M1 with a 9:15.253 around the 24 369-meter ring and put the car on the 61st Launch site (at 197 participants in the last race !!!!). Achim: "... it would have gone faster .....".

The launch takes place on the plan at 12.30am and Achim started - as stipulated in the regulations for historic racing cars - from the third row. The interesting thing is that the famous / infamous Mini's Schirra Motoring are extremely fast and went with the full professional's Harald Grohs and Markus "Öse" Oestreich at this race in 9:00 minutes! That is the goal and the reality of AH-Racing ........

Immediately after the start, starting driver Achim Heinrich was of course from directTest race with attack of a VW Golf, M1 badly damaged

ly. On the Nordschleife the fans cheered when the AH-racing lap after lap BMW M1 had a growing lead on those behind and could catch up after a few laps of the start group two.

The TOP 30 in mind, Achim rolled  after 01:07:55.336 hours drive unexpectedly into the pits. In the last few kilometers Achim felt a "Falling" brake pedal during braking and opted for early pit stop.

It was a great surprise  when Achim drove into the box and immediately Achim Hempel from TRW stood to his side. TRW is AH Racing´s brake supplier and the expert Achim Hempel checked all components of the brake system.

Unfortunately, nothing found. After Mikey wasn´t found a mistake in the controller, he decided to "reset" the system with the result that the brake pressure was present again ..............

The failure of the braking system was inexplicable and as protection from competition goes, decisive and Achim Peter Heinrich, the BMW M1 not return to the racetrack to send before the unexplained error is not found!

Not at any cost, no risk for people and for the car. The fan project "AH Racing BMW M1" should not be lost and the 5 rounds have shown that the path is correct and that it continue in the next year is .........

24 October 2010: RCN Circuit Challenge „Um die Westfalen Trophy“

Test race with attack of a VW Golf, M1 badly damaged
By Peter GH Sebald

The MSC Bork held on 24 October 2010, the last race of the RCN Circuit Challenge on the Nürburgring Nordschleife. Peter and Achim Heinrich decided in the short term to drive the 2-hour race for a test rain setup.

The weather was like a week before at the 9th VLN race: wet and cold, cloudy and gray. The acceptance test was - as always - easily and the organizer gave number 5 the number 612. Without a doubt sympathetic figure, but for the AH Racing M1 more than a negative number.

The "race" should be a knowledge-enrichment, such as the BMW M1 behaves with rain tires. The tire partner Yokohama provides a set of rain tires with a "normal" mix and Peter Heinrich started with the whole bunch of the participants of the round haul Challenge time at 11.20am to the 2-hour race.

In the section "Aremberg" Peter was due to a "spongy" behavior on the left side of the road relatively "slow" and signaled the following traffic through left set indicator that the "faster" drivers could overtake.

In this area of Aremberg curve overtook a golf right and Peter Heinrich heard the "roar" of the engine as the small car drove next to him. The driver of the VW Golf was well aware that he had overestimated himself and gave less gas.

It lost the golf driver to be stern, turned in front of the BMW M1, struck in the guard rail and bounced back and just in the BMW M1. The left front of the AH-Rcing-M1 has been hit hard and has been transported to the paddock by the Safety Officer.

As the damaged BMW M1 was rolled into the pits, was the "victim" Golf Driver and complaining about the driving style of Peter Heinrich and that Peter had not flashed allegedly!

But since both parties had an inboard camera, the accident could be documented. Mikey put his favorite toy in the electronic notebook and read play the movie. With the guilty look the owners of a total loss went away again.

Mikey, Frank and Co had 4 days to repair the wrinkles of the beautiful AH Racing BMW M1. The damage was on the sub-frame and of course on the body. But manageable. That's racing .......... in this case!

22 - 23 October 2010: Youngtimer-Trophy

Last race of the Youngtimer-Trophy with BMW M3 DTM„TicTac“
By Peter GH Sebald

The focus at AH Racing was in this year alone directed to the BMW M1. It should be a test function and year of the new race car. The maximum expectations were met, the team did a fantastic job.

The events that team members were often asked, what about the other race cars, and whether one or the other racing car once again to use. The race cars of the two Heinrichs known and successful. The fan-crowd is great.

Not only the VLN-M1 is a fan project. AH-Racing lives for his fans and said Achim and Peter Heinrich met the decision to go this year again a race in the classic cars Trophy.

The last year by a Connecting rod damage burst engine in "TicTac" M3 was rebuilt and after the test rig voting was on Friday night in the direction "Ring".

In the paddock the Youngtimer Trophy were friendly and they welcomed the Heinrichs was pleased that "AH" 's to see again in the "YT".

Talking about the weather, it is not necessary in mid-October. Achim Heinrich drove in training a "cold" time of 14:47.377 on the 25 941-meter course and presented the BMW M1 on the disappointing 51st Launch site. The "pole setter "Wolle" Pohl from Bielefeld to stand 12.20.286 launched a first at the front and as the race went Achim Heinrich directly in the first round already a 12.17.138 and "plowed" strongly in the direction where is the "front". After a verbremste 12.20.682, Achim belonging front of the Mercedes grandstand and was able to escape only with agony and standing wheel of a Porsche.

The result was that the M3 by the abrasion of the strong brakes and the wheels blocked, a plate position on the tread of the tire and so had not been mobile. A pit stop in the second round and a change of tires from front to back, took the decision to turn off your car. A second set of wheels was not to organize on the fly, for tires in the M3-specific size are not many tire manufacturers in the program.

After the third round of the M3 was packed, but the lap times by Achim were an indication of what might have been ............ But that's racing ........

15- 16 October 2010: 34. DMV 250-Mile Race

The first failure at the 9th run of the VLN
By Peter GH Sebald

“It could not get worse" was the tenor of the fans. The weather at the weekend was an extension of the weather 3 weeks ago. Only colder and more wet. Wrapped in winter clothes, the boys of AH-Racing arrived on Friday morning in the Eifel. In bad feeling in the stomach and the fear in mind that the handsome BMW M1 at some point something could happen, the box was set up.

The weather forecast clouded the atmosphere and thus were directly mounted rain tires. On Friday afternoon a free trial and testing was impossible because the conditions on the track was too dangerous to go to the BMW M1 with a test.

Til to this race almost all events are more or less dry and mild conditions and the team of Peter and Achim Heinrich lacked any coordination and experience to date with rain tires.

To tune a car on cold and especially wet racing conditions, it requires a lot of time and a lot of sensitivity. Not only the tires have to "work", there are many adjustments in the chassis. Stabilizers can be "soft" position, the train and rebound of the shock absorbers provides several adjustments and the springs can also be in the spring rate "C" "soft" or be elected harder.

It requires a lot of experience from many races ........ The "VLN jewel" of AH Racing, the BMW M1 hasn´t collected enough experience.

On Friday and Saturday it wasn´t possible for Peter and Achim Heinrich to go one timed lap of the race because the conditions a "Competition" is not allowed. The top training times of the "Big Bang" were also more than a half minutes behind the top times in "normal" conditions and that spoke volumes.

Achim started in the third group, since no time is stopped and thus were no results. After the formation lap Achim came in the box and turned off the AH Racing BMW M1 in the box. The high humidity and high moisture unpaid tribute to the M1 stuffed with electronics: the electronics was "Stand" and malfunctions and so it was more appropriate to the M1 for security to be better in the box.

The fans were flowing fully understand, for it was the fans prefer that "THEIR" M1 without prejudice at the next race is back in the box, but to destroy the beloved race car .............. And so the fans had more time to the M1 "to crawl inside" and to sniff!

The race was then stopped just before the 4-hour distance at 3.57pm of the racing line, as in high oak sleet formed and the visibility conditions were getting worse. Autumn in the Eifel ........ The winter is approaching.

24- 25 September 2010: 42. ADAC Barbarossapreis, 8th VLN race with Touring Car Revival

AH-Racing M1 reached second win in the H4 class
By Peter GH Sebald

The race director was furious. At 03:15pm clock the race was canceled. But what happened?On Friday, the AH-Racing boys were traveling with two cars on the trailer at the Nurburgring. In the luggage, the AH-Racing BMW M1 for 8 VLN race and on the second trailer to the known BMW M3 in the TicTac history.

The God of the North Loop had been autumn this weekend a very bad mood because the weather and the Eifel-typical: cold and rainy. Unpleasant for all participants, because the fall foliage and greasy sections are not only critical but also dangerous.

The 8th Round of the Endurance Championship was a huge upgrade in the field of the GT3 cars. AMG-Mercedes was first published with the all-new AMG Mercedes SLS GT3 and already claimed the top spot in free practice was targeted.

In the wet training reduced the "Big Bang" Corvette, AMG Mercedes, Audi, Porsche GT3 R 9 and R-fleet off the bar in one and a half minutes slower than in the dry and burned from a fire station in a class. The intervening period of becoming more and more fans in the box besieged AH-Racing-BMW M1 began - as prescribed by the regulations - starting from the third group, as well as relatively far back. The training time of 12:50.100 was Achim Heinrich the meltdown in the wet because of the BMW M1 has been tested with the rain tires and go to sub-optimal rainfall vote extremely critical and the M1 is too valuable to take great risks

What freak weather prevailed on Saturday, was in the morning over time. Due to heavy fog, the training time could only be started and then postponed the start by 25 minutes also about 30 minutes late. At 12.25am the chase went through the 3-hour distance in the early rounds.

After the start, starting driver Achim sat as always vehemently from its competitors in the startup group 3 and came after the first round by with a significant lead at start and finish. The fans cheered and rejoiced whenever the AH-M1 Racing in the lead glowed through the Eifel forest. In Round 6 Achim drove the fastest time with the BMW M1 with a lap of 9:25.621 and positioned the AH-Racing M1 after 9 rounds already in 68th place overall.

The starting field consisted of 201 (!) Participants and because of the "screwed up" rainy Achim Heinrich started from grid position 190 and had an hour and nine minutes out of date already 122 competitors more or less.

The field is depleted, hour after hour, for this weekend any discipline was lacking among the participants. As Achim drove almost 2 hours to the race scheduled pit stop in the pits and his father Peter went into the M1, was the pit stop sequence out of a picture book and everything worked smoothly and perfectly. Achim gave his father a few hints to where the location on the "Ring" and stranded cars were parked and flown out the yellow flag was waved.

The "Yellow" at this stage was the strongest color in the Eifel region, because the marshals are waving "the Wolf" and waved the direction of "tennis elbow".

At 3.33pm, the race director Peter Bröcher had "fed up" and broke off the race. Peter Heinrich was at this time at number 38 (!) Overall and was on the travel time of 2:57.10.099 for the second time this year, H4 winner in the class.

At the presentation ceremony in the "Eifel barn," said the track spokesman Patrick Simon honest words, and expressed what many saw participants. "You are driven like the swine, that's why the race director stopped the race." Peter and Achim Heinrich took joyfully the trophy home with them and were lucky that the AH-Racing-M1 is without prejudice to come out of the material and destruction battle like this!

At the analyzing from the data of the telemetry recognized Mikey, why the lap time, despite the different track conditions were not as planned: the crux of the art playing the wrong game, because the actual maximum speed was lower than the data acquisition device has shown. Instead of 7500 turned the Heinrichs only 7300 rpm. And be targeted speed of 8,500 rpm. The M1 has many aces up its sleeve.

The Tic-Tac-BMW M3 was only this weekend in the tent of the organizers of the touring car revival and was not moved. AH Racing has promised the REV-TW team to present the car, because it is the legend after all, a BMW M3 absolute original vehicle.

But the climatic conditions with heavy rain at the "exit" refused to "ride" of the M3, because AH-Racing had no proper rain tires in the luggage and with slicks it would have been completely unreasonable to hold the jewel on the partly flooded track.

21 September 2010: Evolutionsstep „T“ inside

The legendary BMW M1 get’s a new Telemetry-System and a new Dashboard BOSCH DDU 8
By Peter GH Sebald

Big Brother is watching you,  you might say.

The AH-Racing philosophy says that everything that is technically feasible, we have to build in. The last major step was the sequential Hewland gearbox, it worked fantastic the first time. A lot of technology requires a lot of control. Control is not only the visual inspection, but also the data documentation by means of data transmission.

In modern racing car is the "telemetry" in the late 80s has become indispensable. The possibilities have become diverse and sometimes limitless. The development of technology never sleeps, the old note pads are replaced by notebooks.

The telemetry data transmission means that a "remote sensing" sends the measured values of a monitoring site located on the probe to a remote location, collect, record and evaluate.

Initially, the AH-Racing BMW M1 a harness for the engine control unit. By telemetry in the car every little thing is measured.

All pressures, temperatures, cycles, positions, functions, wear and consumption are sampled by sensors. Sensors must have a connection to a central location, and so was considered for the highly complicated data measurement, a thicker wire harness through the entire race car, installed, connected and soldered.

In the age of cell phones, the data transmission via GSM / UMTS. This means that a mobile phone connected to the laptop and another mobile phone is placed in the vehicle. A cell phone so the other calls (Peter Heinrich: "I have two cell phone contracts for the BMW M1 .....").

The screen of the notebook is time read the amount of data and controlled. By the total control of the vehicle during the race focuses the driver "only" on driving, because while he drives, monitors the pit crew the technical condition of the vehicle and can take in case of irregularities directly and without delay action or give the driver notice that one or the other function has forwarded this or that.

The driver is thus monitored total. The screen of the laptop seems not only the exact location of the vehicle on the track, but also indicates that rates are down in the line sections at what speed and what gear.

The positions of the throttle, the temperature of the lambda probe and countless other functions follow any ignition of the engine, the mixture preparation, as well as the temperature of the exhaust gases.

Any excuses from the drivers that this and that supposedly was not working and how quickly in one or another section was able to refute document the guys in the box either, or prove. The driver sits in a glass BMW M1 (hopefully the god father of the vehicle, Paul Rosche will never hear anything about it)

Telemetry to transmit not only the technical function of the vehicle and relieve the driver.

The radio still serves as a communication tool of the old school, but in the heights and depths of the Nordschleife corresponding "dead spots".

The driver can - if he wishes - the control data but also even read while driving. The most important data - lap time, fastest lap, lap time, temperatures and pressures, speed, fuel consumption and speed - can be the pilot on the BOSCH Dashboard DDU 8 show and inform themselves about what monitors the pit crew in the Box.

The interior of the AH-Racing BMW M1 meantime there is narrow as in an airplane cockpit. In a 30-year-old race car (theoretical age), a technology and electronics has entered the like in a racing car of the "Big Bang" class of works.

18 - 19 September 2010: Small Goodwood in Münsterland

Ah-Racing drives with BMW M1 and M3 „TIC TAC“ by pedestrian precinct in Burgsteinfurt
By Peter GH Sebald

„Internationally Racedays “- and „legends & passions “were the heading of a completely new and for the first time taken place meeting in Burgsteinfurt.

In Münsterland, nearby the district town Steinfurt, lies the pictorial town Burgsteinfurt. With AH-Racing friends „Bönke “(BONK motor sport from Münster) got used to already invited in the summer to a special Event.

In Burgsteinfurt, a small city with only 15,000 inhabitants, but with the oldest university of Westphalia, with beautiful community centres from all epochs, one the most beautiful water castles at Münsterland into a green pleasure park from that 18. Century, found a fascinating idea the conversion. The organizer Rolf Cosse from Steinfurt invented a meeting, which did not give it in this kind in Germany yet.

The philosophy was annually „the festival OF speed taking place in Goodwood (England) “, to which that the organizer Charles Gordon Lennox, Earl Of March and Kinara, briefly lord March mentioned, which in-loads sizes, most successful ones and fastest ones of the world, in order to drive in its royal park (with three different racing courses!).

That was ordered also in Burgsteinfurt. Only in the small, but purify surrounding field. And in such a way some running transporters rolled into the small park, in order to unpack a few nice beautifulnesses on Friday. In the motor sport at the Nürburgring, liked and successful „Bönke admitted “had a small unit train racing car in the Truck and Ah-Racing rolled with „the VLN “- BMW M1 and historical BMW the M3 „TIC TAC “to Burgsteinfurt.

In beautiful weather innumerable visitors came into the town, diverted themselves in Straßenkaffee's and enjoyed the ambience in „small Goodwood “. The star in the pedestrian precinct was naturally the Ah-Racing BMW M1, which the older visitors remembered still and fascinated before the piece of jewelry stood.

As the small „starting list “- a few BONK racing car and the AH-Racing-jewelry pieces - by the pedestrian precinct rolled, in order to turn in the city center a few demo rounds, was noticeable the enthusiasm of the spectators and the applause gave the organizer right a correct idea at the correct time to have converted.

The spectators had insight into the race car technology could one pit stop to change tires at the Bönken live, and Peter Heinrich and Michael Bonk were available for questions about the race car and running around and passions.

The legend BMW M1 and BMW M3 E30 „TIC TAC “of AH-Racing fit outstanding the topic of the meeting „legends & passions “and as on Sunday evening the racing cars were again packed, fit also this meeting the topic „fan “- of the project of AH-Racing: the fans show a beautiful car.

28 August 2010 - Aerodynamics update during the summer break

Albrecht Rensland optimized M1
By Peter GH Sebald

Stop would be backward step. Thus the maxim of AH-Racing reads in this year and took the boys in such a way in Simmerath the long summer break to the cause to tackle the project phase „to A “(like aerodynamics). In addition no smaller one than ALBRECHT came RENSLAND from Weinheim/Odenwald into the Eifel, in order to bring in its experiences.

ALBRECHT RENSLAND a small however fine operates Poly forms and carbon prototype building contractors and was from the outset merged into the AH-Racing-project BMW M1. It manufactured measure-exact flared wings just like the special front of BMW M1. ALBRECHT RENSLAND and manufactures not in vain the small one-man operation has large experiences in the building of special body components for racing cars also for series like the DTM of construction units for the racing cars.

Aero dynamic experiences in the modern form there were anno the Procar series 1979 not yet and in such a way saw one with AH-Racing still deficits and perhaps improvements as change for further improvements. There were and are no measurable values, which causes the air and the currents above and below the BMW M1. As a first step in the aerodynamic component Albrecht suggested before the adaptation of a tail diffuser.

A tail diffuser is an aerodynamic device, which is in the area of the rear axle under the vehicle speed by moving air. By the Venturi effect so creates a vacuum that increases the output in the rear. By the increased output that is the grip and thus the adhesion between the vehicle and the road meant a higher acceleration and higher lateral acceleration can be achieved.

Without wind tunnel test results was for AH-Racing set a precise balancing of the possible movement of air from the Les-must-list. The next VLN race will show how the vehicle reacts.

Coinciding with the adaptation of the tail diffuser set the AH-boys Mikey and Frank in the flex in the front and rear fenders to the air that accumulates wheel arch, to be dissipated by ventilation slots.

This further step in the project phase A witness to the unceasing willingness to give everything to the AH-Racing BMW M1 not only technically on the state of things at the level of current works cars unlocks.

31 July 2010 - Project BMW M1 – World Premiere successful

The ADAC-6h Racing: Perfect weekend in beautiful weather
By Peter GH Sebald

The 7th VLN race on 31/7/2010 AH-Racing was a dream come true. But no victory or success in line with the Olympic spirit of the reason for happiness, but the perfection in the last few days, before the race.

In the final days before the ADAC 6h race were in the home workshop, the lights out again very late. The guys screwed, constructed, wired and tried everything to the functionality of the new Hewland-transmission for the world premiere on 31 to enable July. Forty-eight hours before the trip to the northern loop of the AH-Racing-M1 has not yet adapted to the test in Cologne, so that the electronics of the engine control unit with the electronics of the Hewland gearbox-harmony. And Ansgar Wiesen, the engine guru of Victor Gunther in Cologne, who optimized the motor electronics for MANTHEY and MATEC, programmed the AH-Racing on "TOP".

When Peter Heinrich on Friday at noon in the box at the Nurburgring was five, only slowed the ears herself throughout a grin, because the sight was like a birthday present for the weekend. The M1 was not jacked up as usual customary in the box and the guys screwed, fitted and oiled, but he was fresh and clean, shiny on its four wheels and the boys polished, cleaned and dusted only. The car was prepared perfectly and was only waiting, led by its drivers on the track to be.

After the first round and the first official function of the sequential racing gearbox and the circuit switching of gears on small pedal on the steering wheel the enthusiasm of the two Heinrich was no longer tops it. Incredible, fantastic, sensational, crazy, - were the words!

Against all expectations, this year showed no signs of a crisis and then the expression of the results of the Saturday training also evaluated at 31 Junli even 186 participants. Achim Heinrich burned on Saturday morning as a highly respectable 9:19.253 fastest lap of the Nordschleife and was therefore in the listing of the fastest times in the remarkable 57th Launch site.

The times are in the range of Aston Martin, Corvette C6 and a few Porsche 997 Cup cars. Sound bite Achim Heinrich: ..... it goes faster and there are still twenty seconds more in it ...... That would mean then again 15 launch sites ahead!

Because of the regulations, the AH-Racing BMW M1, however, start from very far back and was thus in the third row. But of course there in the first place. And so came what was to come. Already in the second round went Achim Heinrich Start the driver the next fast lap of 9:18.151 with an average speed of 157.177 km / h.

The race was reminiscent of the last race and Achim drove constantly forward. Round after round of the AH-Racing-BMW-M1 appeared on the time table on the monitor in front. As Achim Heinrich controls after a two hours drive from the pits to refuel and change drivers for CheckUp, one of the Top 30 was sighted in the theory already. When the AH-Racing BMW M1 came to the pits, the team members laughed at first, grinning broadly, for the first lamella of the engine cover had come loose and rolled through the wind like a paper flap at the rear wing.

The pit stop went on well recorded team of AH-Racing without any problems, but when Mickey again one last look back threw under the car and with his within seconds an expert eye everything checked, he noticed that on the drive shaft, rear left was fat from the cuff. Thus, the AH-Racing-M1 was a precaution pushed into the pits to the harm to locate better.

The cuff of the drive shaft had broken and had to be renewed. No easy installation, because this is the area of the hot parts on the BMW M1 and around the screws of the drive to solve the motor burned itself Haase properly the skin on the arms. When Mikey and Haase had mounted after 45 minutes hold a new sleeve, the two knew what stress meant. Again. But thats racing ..........

Peter Heinrich decided to quit the race and not to drive on arrival. The decision was correct insofar as that they could not determine why the cuff of the drive shaft was broken. The risk was too great to suffer again in the race pace an injury to be localized in the cause must be first. Peter Heinrich climbed into his BMW M1 in order to complete a few laps as a functional test. And of course for the fans out there on the north loop, which would have seen its like to M1.

When the M1 then in the paddock was to invite him to the wrestling fans in clusters around the darling of the VLN. Yes, the fans have declared after a few races the AH-Racing BMW M1 as the favorite of the ring.

If the ears would not restrict the broad grin ......... The whole team was happy, satisfied and relaxed. A world premiere, which worked immediately. A theoretically thirty years old race car with a racing transmission, as have the works!

Until the next big smile hopefully it is 8 weeks. The VLN summer break forced to rest (or race?).

On 25 September is the AH-Racing again in Box 5.

17th July 2010 - Project BMW M1 - Race break in the 6.VLN race!

Project "G" – World first HEWLAND-GEAR is installed
By Peter GH Sebald

At the 6th Race of the season lacked the AH-Racing-M1. Not because of the aftermath of the World Cup and not due to a defect or the fear of the Eifel-sauna.

The team spokesman Peter GH Sebald was a guest on the ring to be questioning the fans and answer questions. Several times was asked where unless the AH-Racing-M1 ...

The explanation was as simple as easy: the new transmission is installed.

A new transmission? YES. However, no conventional ZF transmission with H-circuit, manual shifter and clutch, but an absolute world first in a BMW M1: a Hewland gearbox, with sequential circuit, with six gears and shift pedals on the steering wheel.

After the last race of the transmission project was undertaken. The gearbox fits its construction entirely different course, not to the holes on the engine block of the M1 engine. Since the transmission is flanged in the same direction behind the engine and sit there, the two drive shafts of the rear axle, was a kind of adapter ring can be made.

After measuring the exact lengths and radii of the connection between the engine and the new gearbox was milled at the engine builders on an adapter ring via 3D and CNC machines.

The Hewland racing gearbox, called M1NLT18-2 has a housing made of magnesium (weight 59kg) and is controlled by the switching system MEGA LINE. The switching system MEGA LINE is a very complex switching system, which also includes Audi and in the Le Mans sports prototype PESCAROLO application.

MEGA LINE is also main sponsor of the IndyCar race car and, therefore, an AH-Racing reverence as industrial partners for technical components.

When the adapter plate engine builders was manufactured and adjusted the clutch cylinder and gear suspension, before the AH-Racing-M1 sixth few days before the VLN race was to Cologne to Ansgar Wiesen and put to the test.

In the vote on the test stand had to be entering new territory, which had the combination of control gear with motor control electronics to be compatible and can be programmed only new.

The use of the AH-Racing-M1 at the 6th VLN race was planned, but the complexity of the electronics and software updates led to the decision to cancel a race to not be installed in the rush and stress in an error.

The AH-Racing-BMW M1 is on the new Hewland gearbox at the next race 31st July 2010 world premiere. Whether the Hewland racing gearbox-up then manually shift lever - and by simple forward and backward-pulling - in the center console with 50 milliseconds switching time takes up his duties, or can be operated even with the Schaltwippel on the steering wheel is in a few days out. The day has unfortunately even with AH-Racing only 24 hours.

10th July 2010 - Project BMW M1 AH-Racing on TV at Sport1!

Interview with Achim Heinrich „on air“
By Peter GH Sebald

The fact that the AH-Racing BMW M1 is very well known among the fans at the Nurburgring is considered the most beautiful car on the grid and various media on the BMW M1 report (see Press Reports), meets the team with pride. From Munich, there are regular calls, how it went with the M1.

The sports channel SPORT1 (formerly DSF) reports this year on a regular basis by the VLN Race Nürburgring. In 2-week intervals, the transmitter emits a 30-minute summary of the race and the most important events. The summary of the fifth VLN-run was on Saturday 10 July, broadcast at 11.45 clock.

In this 30-minute report of the AH-Racing-M1 was remarkably often accompanied by the camera and after the race was an interview with Achim Heinrich led.

The fans at the ring obviously not interested in the VLN PORSCHE GT3 CUP, but an exceptionally beautiful and very rare car: the AH-Racing BMW M1.

The SIMMERATH Racing Guys have obviously doing something right ...

03 July 2010 - Project BMW M1 - the first podium finish at the 5th VLN race

Sauna temperatures and dream result
By Peter GH Sebald

The fourth VLN run on 12 June 2010 accounted for the AH-Racing BMW M1, since technical improvements and optimizations decency and further development took place. The next stage of development and the gear was on the plan.

Since the last race on the 24th April 2010 were the lights in the home workshop in Simmerath is hardly because of the BMW M1 was stripped and stripped of his designer dress. The Design by Gerd Weitzel was in the Easter time stuck to the car and then on curves, corners and edges of small tensions developed in the bonding, which was fully cover removed and brought the car to the painter. The design caused directly with the first appearance in the public enthusiasm and the fans should not only technically superb race car will be shown, but also in the design meet the requirements of a dream finish racing car.

The year 2010 was of AH-Racing announced already in the project as a test year, as the technical components must be tailored not only to function but also for compatibility. After the site was motor function and performance in the first place, the reliability in the specifications. The race of the day were pure M1 short-range cars, which Sprint race over a distance of about 100 km had to survive. The AH-Racing-M1-racing is a racing car designed for the long haul, but races are run over distances of 4 hours (400-500 kilometers) or 6 hours. Experience, there is not even in AH-Racing about it. Not yet!

While the BMW M1 is packed in a lacquered dress, were added several new modifications. As the heat in the engine compartment is extremely high exhaust come with about 750 ° C from the combustion chamber! coated the company Thermisol from Frankenthal the exhaust manifold to the exhaust system including muffler with a high temperature coating in an aluminum shell. Such thermal measures it has in the year 1979 as the M1-Procar time been little, such as heat exchangers to regulate the oil temperature homeostasis.

The entire technology of the all-new race car was running smoothly from day one. In the function there were no problems, only in the oil pressure and temperature. On the bench at Ansgar Wiesen in Cologne roared the BMW M1, the soul from the body and with every day came to the goal.

Power is not everything. Reliability and durability are marked in the specifications for AH-Racing thick and bold. Speed is the factor to the victory. All parameters have to be right to be registered on the list of winners ...

Step by step are processed in the AH-Racing tasks. To determine the possible maximum speed on the long straight at the approximate height Döttinger can put the friends of a long Wagner Motorsport Le Mans gear for the upcoming VLN-run number 5 are available.

On Friday morning, 02 July, traveled the AH-Racing-M1 with the guys in the trailer to the ring and grabbed the piece of jewelry in the box number 5 No. 5 live (d) again (article-title in the magazine Powerslide). When the motor was directly back of an incalculable problems if a car has not unwound as in the works for months already many miles testing: a small leak in the injection sprayed the bar with seven fuel pressure accelerated the sidelines. In racing is improvisation and asked the tough race made the impossible is ever possible. The local shop is far away, special welding machines and lathes in the box, rather scarce. But there are MANTHEY. Yes, the semi-works Porsche team of Olaf Manthey AH-Racing was once again on hand to help in the workshop in Meuspath welded the guys from Olaf the small leakage at the injection to speed right. This is team spirit, which means cooperation and helpfulness. The sympathy between AH-Racing team and the success MANTHEY-Racing is literally and by the immediate help with technical problems MANTHEY allowed for the second time the race for the BMW M1. At this point, many thanks to Olaf Manthey and his troops. AH-Racing is proud of the friendship...

When the injection was mounted repaired, team boss Peter Heinrich got on the M1 to drive the first test laps on the Grand Prix circuit. The usual procedure: drive out enter the car park, check-up, drive out enter the car park, check-up. And as was shown again on Friday afternoon, a familiar problem: the oil pressure... In an oil collection tank, the engine oil pressed from the crankcase, for reasons that could only be guessed at and tested. The engine builder installed for safety reasons and to control and regulate the oil pressure in the crankcase, a vacuum valve on the valve cover. This was a technical installation based on the experience in racing. But the AH-Racing-M1 is now time anything but a race car experience! After some reflection and a telephone dedicated to engine builders it was decided to expand without replacement of the vacuum valve on the valve cover.

On Saturday morning dream weather prevailed in the Eifel. The temperatures of the day before expected ran stuff. Inside the closed car with temperatures of 60 to 75 ° C, and must wear something warm as the riders, one can imagine what the pilots are exposed to heat.

The exercise time was just as important as the speed and due to the regulations Achim Heinrich was starting on Saturday the 12.00 o'clock from the third row of the grid race. Round after round struggled Achim forward and the M1 ran smoothly. min at only 7,000 rpm, and the long Le Mans racing gear of the AH-after all, already have reached 265 km / h on the longest straights. Within a round Achim emptied the bottle and after five laps was standing at the driver change. Peter Heinrich drove consistently round after round, held himself out from all the duels, and appeared on the monitor time soon in the top fifty. So if your bib number appears on the first side of the monitor, that is for every participant a very special result! After five rounds again Achim moved with his father Peter and in the same rhythm again after five rounds. After three and a half hours of racing, the monitor space was 31 for AH-Racing and Achim was shortly before the absolute dream destination: the Top-30 to drive. That was the Project AH-Racing-BMW-M1 set the dream destination. The one wanted to perhaps even reach the end of the year...

The typical Eifel weather was at 15.00 its elemental power. In the oppressive heat went on air. Over the area of the Grand Prix circuit hung dark clouds, but on the north loop in the back of botany was the first rain. The racing legend Hans-Joachim Stuck in second place in the overall lost lying in the rain-section Aremberg his Phoenix-Audi R8 and beat vigorously into the guardrails. Because of the flying parts and the distance covered was the race in 27th Round aborted.

The route spokesman Lars Gutsche told the fans with the Rennabbruch and identified 25 in the Round rated finish. Total victory for the AH-racing friends MANTHEY, 2nd place for Audi (with Stuck!) And 3rd place for Mamerow. When the microphone placement of the AH-Racing-M1 sounded as total 31ter and as winner in the H4, the grin was with Peter, Achim and the team Achim wider than the widest section of the ring..

On the podium was also missing Lars Gutsche no more beautiful and inspiring words about the success of the AH-Racing-M1 and the team. The enthusiasm just knows no boundaries, the organizers and the fans...

With wreaths and winning trophies in the luggage it went back on Saturday evening to Simmerath in the workshop. Because after the race before the race.

And also brought the God of the mountains and friend of AH-Racing GEORG PLASA something special with. It is installed in the coming weeks in the M1 yet...

13 - 14 May 2010 - Youngtimer-M1 at „ADAC 24h Classic“ Race

BMW M1 back on the Nordschleife - victory despite failure
By Peter GH Sebald

From spring no trace. Icy cold. Just typical of the region. The audience already flocked in droves on Monday to the ring to stake their claims for the following 24-hour race at the campsites, barbecue food seized from the trunk and set fire to the first fire. But as many a Nürburgring fan hopes the sight of the grandeur buildings of the era Walter Kafiz, Kurt Beck and the countless fantasy investors also like a fire to burn down once the disaster Destination Nürburgring. Too deep gaping wound to the fans what made mentally befogged visionaries and investors from the once-idyllic Nürburgring. No one wants a barn or an Eifel Eifel village still less a work or a ring-ring-Arena which attract only the binge-Mobb.

The fans are looking for pure racing. The 24-hour races each year to the magnet in the Eifel. And in the run the program with classic cars. In the past was the classic event yet Egons 500, to politics and infighting among the organizers of the race in the Legends Classic renamed ADAC 24h. In the event taking place since 2009 ADAC 24 Classic is the race distance for a period of three hours and fit better into the concept of mega-event of the ADAC Nordrhein. Over 220,000 spectators, over 900 cars, the field of 24 participants including 24 h Classic Cup races and the brand together counted - more than 2,000 racers and numerous sideshows to be handled professionally.

The AH-Racing-Claim was already staked out on Tuesday evening in the paddock. The guys brought the van, the tent and the camper have been very early in the ring to a suitable location. On Wednesday morning, grabbed Mikey, Hase, Jo and Frank the AH-Racing BMW M1 in the trailer to the classic car M1 before the trip to the Eifel again be subjected to a check-up to the test. After the numerous renovation and demolition operations in the past, it was decided to check the technology professional.

In "Oranje" Country in Holland, the BMW M1 was the engine specialists van Kronenburg put to the test in order to test the functions and correct settings of the engine. The test run went late into the night on Wednesday and Thursday morning at 06.00 clock went there in the Eifel.

The team grabbed the classic car-BMW-M1 from the trailer and the tent set up. There was an outside temperature of minus wind chill 20 degrees, in a section were +2 ° C measured. Icy cold temperatures, drizzle and an extremely unpleasant track surface that was smooth and greasy by the circumstances, led to the team decision to waive the first time training between 11:15 bis 12:45 clock replacement. Too great was the danger of destroying the valuable racing M1. Achim and Peter Heinrich opted for the second training from 17.15 bis 18:45 clock.

174 race car with almost 400 racers took part in qualifying. In the Class 20 Group 5 cars from 1977 to 1981 - four vehicles were reported. The AH-Racing-M1, two BMW M1 by Wagner-Motorsports Porsche 935 K3 and a Kremer Racing. Klaus Graf drove the fastest time in the Yes-on-Nürburgring-M1 Procar before Wolfgang Pohl in rapid Porsche 911 RSR Kremer. Klaus Graf drove in the second session on the 25 378-meter race a top time of 9:52.923 minutes. In the third training session only a time of 16:58.100 minutes. In the second training session took Peter Heinrich a lap time of 10:34.117 minutes and in the third training session, only one as the fastest lap 17:41.811. Thus the unpleasant conditions, with cold and wet conditions were confirmed. None of the participants reached a target lap time of about 9:30:00, but the conditions were same for all participants!

As the third timed practice on Friday morning was just as critical weather conditions, the fastest training time was considered for the starting grid. And drove Peter Heinrich on Friday evening. This meant the eleventh starting position at 174 participants.

The start of the three-hour race took place at 16:05 clock on Friday afternoon and Achim Heinrich drove the first stint of the race. Immediately after the release of the race showed Achim the performance of the AH-Racing BMW M1 and stormed into the first round to the exit in the north loop already on the second overall of the historical pack. The fans raved and cheered for joy and rejoiced at the end of the first round, when the AH-Racing einbiegt M1 in first place in the second round. But Achim unexpectedly came into the pits to hand check the M1. Achim felt a spongy handling of the BMW M1 and read a precaution to check the wheels. It turned out that the AH-Racing M1 was absolutely perfect, the ride was so vague that the brand new slicks still had no real responsibility and was the temperature of the rubber at about 20 ° C. A building on the right grip racing tires from 70 ° C, but when the outside temperature, no tire grip at the appropriate temperature was possible.

Achim went from the 37th Place back into the race and rolled on the field from behind and drove it with the second fastest lap of the race, 9:40.462. Round after round Achim chased back into the top 10 on lap eight due to the first tank was stopped. There were 80 liters refuel and Peter Heinrich advanced to a second stint in the M1. After 2 hours of racing was the next scheduled refueling stop and when Peter Heinrich heading to the box, the AH-Racing-M1 was already in third place overall. Achim rose to a final stint and it was refilled another 40 liters of fuel. A few minutes after Achim had left the box, the viewer of the monitor screaming ...... Your M1 burns .............“. On the screen of channel Sport1 was broadcast live, as the AH-Racing-M1 suddenly just before the NGK chicane showed fire under the car, the fire struck in seconds from the engine compartment and from the driver's window and Achim in the NGK harassment drove straight into the gravel. Achim operated the automatic extinguishing system in the M1, got out and tried the M1 burning with a fire extinguisher to remove the line fuse. But we do not believe it: the first fire extinguisher of course security was empty! By the second fire extinguisher that was palpable, Achim put out the fire.

The speaker line cracked in the comments over fire, a fantastic final outcome, and mourned for again and again in minute intervals, the fire scene was shown on the monitors.

The most important thing for the AH-Racing team was Achim and that nothing has happened. And Achim was doing well when the team members picked up their son on foot. Typical Achim: .... I just burnt my eyelashes“. As the AH-Racing-M1 was towed by the recovery vehicle into the tent, the damage was localized fast: once again the vibration. But this time, the vibration damper, which is attached to a pin on the crankshaft, broken directly to the crankshaft journals and has pierced the pipeline. This created the fire.

The damage is annoying but manageable. ..... After race is before the race...... is the currency of AH-Racing and so in the coming weeks, the vibration problem still processed exactly once.

Under the 24-hour race started on Saturday, the team members raised again and again to the incident and the performance was fantastic. With the BMW M1 drives AH-Racing with not only the very front, but always in the hearts of the audience. A complete victory would have been possible .......

On Friday evening the overall winner Daniel Schrey to AH-Racing in the box and brought a huge glass trophy into the tent. During the ceremony turned out that AH-Racing was despite the failure of class winners, as well as the Yes-to-Nürburgring-M1 by Wagner Motorsports had a failure. But due to the distance covered was AH-Racing still in the evaluation and thus to a nice flower vase.

CU 11 to 12 June for the fourth VLN race on the ring. Then again, with our VLN-M1. So stay tuned!

01 May 2010 - AH-Racing-Youngtimer M1 in the 24h-race

Start at the ADAC 24h-CLASSIC race
By Peter GH Sebald

The 24-hour race at the Nurburgring starts this year the 38 times. From 12 to 16 May burns literally the air around the Nürburgring.

Like almost every year, again in 2010 far more than 235,000 fans are expected in the Eifel. The air will be impregnated by the rumble and roar of the engines and the fog of barbecue fire by the fans.

Due to the seductive scent of barbecue smell of sausages and steaks also plows AH Racing with the BMW M1. But not with the already beyond the borders well-known VLN-M1, but with the Youngtimer Procar M1.

The touring cars and GTs between the years of construction from 1959 to 1988 are for years traditionally the opening act of the 24 hour race. The 24-race will be held at the Nürburgring since 1970 and held since 2009, Mr. 24-Hour Peter Geishecker a 3 hour race with historic racing cars under the label ADAC 24h-Classic. The ADAC Nordrhein as the organizer of the event has in the paddock in the Mercedes Arena extra reserved an area of 57,000 square meters for the more than 180 classic cars registered race car. There, under the tent of AH-Racing, the BMW M1 will be available.

In the home garage near Aachen, the oldie is currently made race ready, because the built-up missions to test new racing parts for the VLN-M1 must be removed again.

The regulations of the ADAC 24h CLASSIC requires absolute originality of the car as they have been used for decades in racing. The dismantling of the engine, suspension, brakes and wheels for Mikey, Hase, Frank and Jo already routine, because the men know of the AH-racing cars each screw with the first name. A new racing year means new sponsors and so the historic race-M1 also stripped optical and tuned in virgin shine without advertising.

The first qualifying session will take place on Thursday (Ascension Day) from 11.15 til 12.45, the second timed practice in the late afternoon from 17.15 to 18.45. The starting grid for the three-hour race of the classics on Friday took place from 15.00 and start at 16.05.

The AH Racing tean is looking forward on the visit of the fans and a few nice gasoline-conversations around the racing event.

Peter, Achim, Mikey, Hase, Jo and Frank (and perhaps MyFly?)

24 April 2010 - Project BMW M1 – 30 seconds Profit

The AH-Racing M1 is on everyone's lips - and important visitors in the box!
By Peter GH Sebald

Fantastic weather prevailed from 23 to 24 April at the Nurburgring. It would also give eifel typical snow but the weather god was kind to the teams and fans. Sunny, warm - simply perfect.

The AH-Racing BMW M1 struggled with Achim Heinrich as start driver on the handlebars just after the start with the hellishly fast ALPECIN-Minis with the racing legends Harald "Nippel" Grohs and Markus "Öse" Oestreich on the handlebars.

From the beginning 10:05 per lap was after a few rounds quickly setup a 9:26 per lap.

A temporary increase of nearly half a minute within a few laps is a fantastic result for the team of AH-Racing. The time of 9:25 also drove the Aston Martins..........

17 April 2010 - Project BMW M1 – one for the fans

Exclusive Team Clothing and a photo book for the fans!
By Peter GH Sebald

The project "Ah-Racing builds BMW M1 for the fans" was dubbed as "fan project". The fans at the Nordschleife should not only see a beautiful and fast BMW M1 , they should also identify with the racing project.

At the beginning of the year the idea also matured to Corporate Identity. Quite clear and unmistakeable style in the appearance. And thus a clothing collection was sketched which leans in the colour BMW and also AH-Racing and takes up the subject BMW M1.

The team Clothing exists of multi function jackets, of shirts, T-shirts, Polo Shirts and Basecaps in military style. The team Clothing is embroidered in front with logos of BMW, AH-Racing and the industrial partners BBS, BILSTEIN, TRW and YOKOHAMA. On the arms the Logos of QGH (Quarzglas Heinrich!) and the media partner P4D (Publics4Drive). And at the back AH-Racing presents the subject "BMW M1" with "AH Racing", "BMW M1" and “.... 30 years and still on fire.....” as a homage to the legendary BMW M1 which provides in new edition also 30 years after the first racing appearance still for "fire".

Clothes for the fans are the same as the original clothing of the team - without the embroidery of logos of the industrial partners. The baseball caps and fan-jackets can be purchased by fans for sale shortly in the specially decorated shop there. Or directly in our box or in the tent.

Unlike many fan merchandise offered, the athletes in their merchandise collection, our products are truly genuine and not just sewn on embroidered or printed! The jackets are adapted to the subject BMW M1 also strictly limited to only 111 copies. AH-Racing is the project BMW M1 ultimately no mass products and sees his fans as well as exclusive band!

Another Goodie for the fans will be released later this year: a photo documentation in the form of a book on the origins and development of the BMW M1. From the space frame over the engine until the installation of the suspension and the initial design proposals have been shot hundreds of photos, which the fans are made in an unprecedented documentation.

It will be published by Peter GH Sebald and the publisher Publics4Drive who already brought out the familiar BMW M3-Book "17.970 emotions".

AH Racing - Team Clothing

10 April 2010 - Projekt BMW M1 – the first appearance

Mass inertia of the fans in front of Box 5
By Peter GH Sebald

A promise is a promise. AH-Racing has promised the fans at the North Loop a year ago, a under the title of "Fan-project VLN 2010 BMW M1 baptized rebuild and in the VLN Long Distance Trophy Race in 2010 set up.

On Friday morning at 08.00 clock of the BMW M1 was in the box. Virgin stuck but still run a single meter. Yo, Mikey, and Frank Hase filled on the resources refueled the car, checked here and there, checked and adjusted the seat position for Peter and Achim Heinrich. Before the box is assembled the first fans. Cameras clicked, it was jostled, shoved and pushed.

Everyone wanted to see the M1 first. Be drawn up before the box had a tape - the fans wanted sit in directly into the AH-Racing-M1.

A wide grin appeared completely exhausted in the faces of the team. True broad grin, as has before the M1 also be the only one tone, it was recognized by the fans, that you have something "right". A fan project. Just like that, - for the fans .........

Achim Heinrich started at noon the first time the M1. Main fuse switch, move the lever here and there, a fuel pump. A soft purr, starter button pressed. The third time the engine snapped the first time what a feeling to spread the team is not to describe. Short gas shocks, the M1 growled dangerously powerful and mighty.

As Achim Heinrich rolled out of the box and in the pit lane race track went right, the moment of fulfillment of a dream had been achieved. Every one of the thousands present looked in the pit lane after the M1. You could select in the eyes of the fans obviously, that they thought "..... is it beautiful .......".

After a round of the M1 came back to the pits. So that was planned. Only a functional test. Also the track spokesman Lars Gutsche appeared in the box in order to collect news for his microphone. Lars Gutsche said the fans all over the Eifel, the M1 this weekend only one function is carried out and that AH-Racing delivers on the promise to show the M1.

At the first checkup after the first round of the AH-controlled guys all connections, functions and systems. Due to the lack of experience had prepared and know all the values only be learned. First problems appeared in the oil pressure system since resigned from the oil tanks of the dry sump oil. The correct amount of oil had to be found yet. enter the car park drive out to check. Just ran from the Friday. In the afternoon there was another problem. Slight coolant leak in the front of the coach. The control of the screw showed no result, and still got the M1 cooling water. But all components functioned properly .......

After removing the water front line the guys a tiny defect detected on a weld seam in the aluminum-water pipe. Aluminium welding is hardly possible at the circuit and light began to spread disappointment in the team. The one team, "Peter said" the other team, "Peter" "..... you know a few guys but at MANTHEY. But ask me, whether the weld for us in her workshop in Meuspath aluminum can .........". No sooner said than done. In MANTHEY: "...... her since but with the M1? Sure we do it for you .......". Friday night was welded the broken weld at MANTHEY for AH-Racing. Talk about team spirit and friendship. It was incredible and fascinating as that of all the guys at Olaf Manthey rendered assistance. Esteem and respect and a thank you to MANTHEY! It goes without saying that the cooling system repaired or installed by the team Friday night was! Jo fell at 0000, Mikey, and Frank Hase half dead ........ in the beds

On Saturday morning, the M1 was then pushed into the technical decline. The passion and love for racing and especially the beauty of the AH-Racing-M1 revealed in the technical control of a smooth technical acceptance and the M1 was "his" number five stuck. Since the project BMW M1 was built taking into account all possible safety issues and regulations correctly and completely secure, the stamp "OK was pressed.

After the technical acceptance Achim Heinrich climbed into the cockpit to show the fans on the north loop of the AH-Racing-M1. In the cockpit, Achim realized the joy beaming faces in the bleachers in the spring-like Eifel forest. Pure joy. As planned, Achim went only one round. Time and again the checkup in the box. Even Peter Heinrich ran on taking to turn on the legendary Nordschleife, to redeem the promise of great pride to give the fans an M1 ".

The start of the second Race of the season was - as always with the 10 races for the VLN - point to clock 12.00. The AH-Racing-M1 - starts as a historical reglementsbedingt cars in the class H4 - in the third row. Usually! In AH-Racing is, however, decided to start from the pit lane. And so was the AH-Racing BMW M1, Achim Heinrich at the "helm" at 12.15 clock for the first time to ride.

After a round came Achim - as planned - again for regular check-up in the box. And out again, and again clean. The M1 was fantastic. Impressive. Challenging. After a few laps also read Peter Heinrich did not take to enter the M1. Achim, Jo, Mikey, Hare and Frank were waiting on the pit wall until the M1 again rushes past. But he was not in the planned time frame.

What had happened? Peter Heinrich rode "civilized" on the Nordschleife, until the mine field / pot the strong vibrations occurred. Peter Heinrich presented the M1 as a precaution on the green strip, so as not to cause more damage.

The parked AH-Racing-M1 was answered immediately a target for some on the scooter and rushed photographer Peter Heinrich had many questions.

When the M1 was towed to the pits after the race, the damage could be analyzed relatively easily. A broken shock absorbers. no more ....... But bad enough, for that was 30 years ago with the M1 Procar racing an absolute vulnerability.

No disappointment or frustration took hold in the team. The first rollout was a functional test. Nothing more. Gain experience, test vote. So that was planned. And the plan was on full.

The M1 was packed and transported to the local garage. While the M1 still crackled and cooled, the wires already in the telecommunications lines were jammed. The contact was made to Munich to solve the problem of "vibration". And who is involved in this thing? The fan may advise ........... He is the godfather of the engines in general. More will not tell!

On 24 April is the AH-Racing-M1 again stand in Box 5th Ready for a photo shoot. From the fans after only a few minutes as Michel Hunziger desires. Beautiful are both - only the M1 can better hiss and he yells .........

14 March 2010 - Projekt BMW M1 – the final stage

The BMW M1 is going to be completely ......
By Peter GH Sebald

Four and a half months is a long time. Relative. Especially in racing. Hardly a team has already weeks before his race car ready to drive. This is so, and always will be.

Not a relaxed attitude to the project is the cause of an increasingly narrow window of time, but the small delays add up the sum to a timing issue. Purely motor, motor out, gear in, gear out, cut flexen, adjust. Test it out, measure and adjust. Check and configure. In mid-March it was "".... a few more days and hours .....". The first test drives were on the 20th March scheduled. But a lot of snow at the Nürburgring in the Eifel region could calm things down, because spikes were it not for racing or winter. In AH-Racing in the home workshop, the maxim ".... easy going, we'll make it even ....".

Outsiders would be at the sight of desperate and would have never thought that the race-M1 would actually be ready in a few days. But the structured preparation of individual "sites" and the hand lying Equipment and its various components allowed in the last phase, a rapid "plugging together" and every hour of the M1 was complete.

The first VLN race of the season on 27 March lacked the AH-Racing Team with the BMW M1. The fans were told that the BMW M1 in the final phase of rebuilding and the second race on 10 April will be on site. With the publication in "Power Slide" was the fans understood, of course, looking forward to the rollout of the first piece of jewelry, but also the delays that are simply common in the rebuilding of a racing car.

During the more than 180 vehicles drove strong crowd at the "Ring" is the first race, the AH-Racing-M1 was still short in the paint shop. When Uli Gerent were the last modifications bolted and adjusted to the manifold. On Easter weekend, was announced in the home workshop use, because time did not stop. The holidays were used to stick to the new design and to optimize the electronics.

With each flash of the lights and indicator lights lit up the eyes of the team. In the right rear tail lamp on a small rear view camera was mounted in the dashboard has a small screen, so the driver optimum visibility to the rear have. It worked everything, every time ".... ....", ".... switch to switch from ... "and at every sound that was caused because we heard that the M1 slowly comes to life .

Here is a buzzing, as a clack, left, right, "... rotating times ....", "... press time on it ....". "5" lives ............

On Easter Monday pushed the team, "Peters" (Peter Heinrich and Peter GH Sebald) the almost finished styled M1 for the first time to light and get out of the hall. The first photo shoot was in order. The M1 needed a "Passport" for the car pass.

There he stood. Peter to Peter: ".... do you remember how it all began ......? What has emerged from an idea in 2008? We have done it. Is it ........"

Since the M1 was standing in front of the hall. In the cold early spring. In the Eifel, four days before the first scheduled race. Optical complete, but under the shell being fed incomplete. The exhaust was still missing, it was not measured and adjusted. Grob assembled. To outsiders, ready visible. But not really.

On Tuesday it said ".... only 96 hours .....". In the hall was made in the last hours of the very latest fixtures and stripping drawn, here are welded, as yet adapted. Team member Jo Frings was added to support Uwe and electrical-Dieter. Tuesday and Wednesday, the lights went out very late in the workshop. For motor sport is not just on the track team work. On Thursday evening, a courier brought the finished welded manifold and the muffler of location, which was at Uli Gerent welded together.

Only 12 hours. Thursday night, Thursday night. Friday morning. Friday morning at 03.30 clock was installed the exhaust system. And it was welded. Offset, as adjusted. The eyes of the AH-teams were always smaller. Not because the eye was verblitzt during welding. Fatigue took hold.

Friday morning at 05.30 clock stood the M1 on its wheels. Camber and trail have been recruited. The suspension measure. At 06.00 clock pushed Hase, Mikey, Jo and Frank coupled to the M1 in the trailer, the Sprinter and drove to the "ring".

Friday morning the M1 in the Box 5 on the Nürburgring. As promised the fans. He was there .......

01 February 2010 - Projekt BMW M1 – Progress

Construction of the BMW M1
By Peter GH Sebald

In the last two VLN races in 2009 were already tested some components of the new BMW M1 in the historic racing M1 function. was pushed when the historic race-M1 after the race in late October 2009 in the garage, the saying was "after the race before the race." Four and a half months was the time window is large, 2010 to the first race of the season.

In November, Peter Heinrich brought the bodyshell of the new BMW M1 bodytec the company to make the weld Rennkäfig. Thereafter, the stiffened body shell brought to the paint shop and - in contrast to the race cars of that time - up, down, painted inside and out fully in alpine white BMW.

Specialists in the poly-mold sculpted front and back new fender flares and a few "fan project" kickoff meetings later with gear manufacturers and several other partners and friends in the Land of Bavaria and the AH-Racing-BMW M1 grew from day to more day together.

The engine guru Uli Gerent - insiders at the racing scene as the Pope Motor racing engines for classical simply screwed known - together based on a series of engine block, a 3.5-liter engine for the new race-M1, designed an airbox for the air intake velocity stacks electronic fuel injection and sweats a delicate plant with associated elbow racing catalytic converters, the pay flow into two exhaust tailpipes for the rear.

The estimated output of approximately 480 hp was achieved on an engine test stand by Ansgar meadows in Cologne as attested and it was mid-March, the project "motor" weitgehenst processed.

Step-by-step build up the two team mechanics "Mickey" Heup and Frank Kirch, under the strict eyes of Uli Gerent the individual components into a functioning system, welded, to fit, screwed, glued and placed wires and caused problems skillfully, the designers of the legendary BMW M1 would gain a broad grin.

The state of the art in accordance with the decision was made in AH-Racing in the early phase of reconstruction for complete control of the means of data capture technology to analyze the behavior and the reactions of suspension, steering and complete motor function. One was quite confusing for lay network cable stripping and countless colors run through the entire car and loosened the grip almost every genius AH-wrench a problem that there had been this way before. Almost all the components that were installed in the new race-M1, were bolted never before in this configuration, but some experience of racing cars and the well-established basic training in mechanics and electronics made possible thanks to the invention and improvisation is a logical and efficient joining together all components.

In the series-BMW M1 is located in the rear of a small trunk, which is attributable in the M1 race course. A race car is basically only the most necessary and so the engine compartment was relatively much space to obstruct additional gimmicks. Uli Gerent's Council was the installation of a heat exchanger as well as the shoring of high-performance oil pump from the American NASCAR series.

The engine of the M1 racing developed in the East Westphalia location to one of the joys that nature and the anticipation grew with each day on the day of the first racing mission in the Eifel.

In mid-March was the AH-Racing-BMW M1 already seen as a nearly complete race cars on their own wheels and expectations grew. Even the media awoke from hibernation and the insider magazine "Power Slide" the first report brought about the fan project BMW M1.

The snow diva M1 should not only inspire with the technology but also in the optical appearance ensure ecstasy. The Hessian rennsportaffine designer Gerd Weitzel developed in the winter months, a beautiful new design, the AH-Racing-M1 lies still appear more dynamic and more elongated.

And while Frank and Mikey screwed hard, made the night into day and full of energy the first sound from the exhaust forward feverishly, the phones were already hot and the press, colleagues and fans asked about the state of things and when the M1 rolls really ... ....

06 January 2010 - CSL BMW M3 back in service!

EX-DTM-driver Michael Ickenstein piloted AH-M3 CSL in the VLN
By Peter GH Sebald

The racing cars of AH-Racing are well known in the scene for years. There are no "hobbyist booths," but fantastically perfect race car, prepared to the smallest detail and regularly in the past by Peter and Achim Heinrich have been used in various racing series.

In the domestic warehouses in the workshop it was through the "newcomer" fan project BMW M1, however, getting too close. You can not stack cars such as display models. And so had to "create space".

Through the BMW-M3-book-author Peter GH Sebald was the contact with Michael Ickenstein, who piloted the "old" DTM is already the "TicTac" BMW M3 from the fleet of AH-Racing. In Michael Ickenstein, the experience of the Nordschleife in the BMW 635 CSi gathered again flared up the passion "North Loop" and so came what was to come. Originally wanted "Icki" the AH-Racing BMW 635 CSi in the same class of historic racing cars began in the class H4 -. But after some reflection and the realization that the BMW 635 CSi is an extremely valuable race car with history (driven by Walter Brun, Harald Grohs, "Poldi" by Bayern, etc.) and do not rebuild the Oldie and adapt decided "Icki" for the CSL.

A Gentlement-Agreement among men and "Icki "grabbed the CSL in early March on the trailer. Currently, preparations are used after the 24-hour race under the flag of AH-Racing. From mid-June 2010 there will be a second in the VLN AH-Racing-car.

With "Icki" and maybe one or two other riders, who gives the myth Nordschleife can not escape easily.

02 January 2010 - Project BMW M1 - the idea

Rebuilding BMW M1 for VLN races in 2010
By Peter GH Sebald

In the year 2008, in Peter and Achim Heinrich matured the idea to build up a new BMW M1 for the VLN endurance race at the Nurburgring.

At the local garage near Simmerath in the Eifel region were already some cars from Bavaria, with which both Heinrich successfully challenged in the past races. In addition to the legendary BMW 635 CSi BMW M3 E30 were two, the beautiful BMW M3 CSL and the well-known classic cars BMW M1. By looking at the technology had the idea if it was not possible to use a relatively simple technique equipped with BMW M1 in the endurance championship at the Nurburgring. And then in the class of historic racing cars in the "H" class.

Peter Heinrich led several discussions with officials of the regulations if that was possible and to study the regulations, the project was sanctioned.

Early 2009, Peter Heinrich acquired an existing space frame chassis of the BMW M1 and started the project under the working theme of "fan project" BMW M1. "M1 fan project was the rebuilding of the BMW so named because the idea of racing BMW M1 the background had to show the fans at the Nordschleife a beautiful race car, who wrote 30 years ago, history and care in the modern times of joy should.

The VLN "monotony" of the many Porsche GT3 911 and in 2010, the massive show of works by Audi with the Audi R8 and BMW with the BMW M3 GT2 of course delighted the hearts of the audience, but missed the professionalism of the works of the original character of the VLN, that the race "sport should be."

Identification with the past, emotion, aesthetics, beauty and pure joy of racing should see the fans at the "Ring". A BMW M1.

The topic was presented by a professional presentation folder and interesting partners without a long persuasion works were the partner of Bilstein, BBS, Yokohama and TRW on board. Joy beaming faces - that´s what Peter and Achim Heinrich recognized by their partners who obviously had fun with the project because the idea of this kind was never implemented in racing.

Of course, found the presentation folder and the way to Munich, landed in the hands of Paul Rosche - the father of the BMW M1 engine - and of course Raimund Kupferschmid, who was then with "Nockenpaule" Paul Rosche built the legendary racing engines at BMW.

And so was the topic AH-Racing BMW M1 and BMW Motorsport in Munich and was known in turns with a big grin reviewed.

With professional management in the usual "w" 's (who, what, how, when, why, why) did the project start in the first phase "Phase one" was the procurement of parts and the selection of components ....................

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