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1919 - 1969
- 1919 BMW's first world record: flying a plane powered by a BMW six-cylinder, Zeno Diemer reaches an altitude of 9,760 metres or 32,013 feet
- 1925, 1926 The BMW R37 motorcycle brings home more than 200 wins and two German Championships
- 1937 World motorcycle speed record: Riding a BMW, Ernst Jakob Henne reaches the speed of 279.5 km/h or 173.29 mph on an autobahn near Frankfurt
- 1936-1953 Schorsch Meier wins 7 motorcycle championships on a BMW boxer
- 1940 The BMW 328 finishes first, second, fourth and fifth in the Mille Miglia road race in Italy
- 1954-1973 Winning sidecars: racing boxer motorcycles with fuel injection, BMW wins 19 World Championships in motorcycle sidecar racing
-1960 Hans Stuck senior wins the German Hill-Climb Championship in a BMW 700
-1964 Hubert Hahne wins the German Circuit Championship in a BMW 1800Ti
- 1966 Josef Schnitzer wins the German Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a BMW 2000Ti; Racing a BMW 2000Ti, Hubert Hahne becomes the first driver to lap the northern circuit of Nürburgring (22.835 km or 14.16 miles) in less than 10 minutes; his exact time is 9:58.5
- 1968 The radial four-valve power unit named after BMW designer Karl Apfelbeck makes its debut in Formula 2 and in the BMW Monti. Running on nitromethane, the engine sets up no less than 8 world records;Dieter Quester driving a BMW 2002 wins the European Touring Car Championship
- 1969 Dieter Quester again wins the European Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a BMW 2002 powered for the first time by a turbocharged engine
1970 - 1979
- 1970 Hans-Joachim Stuck wins the 24 Hours of Nürburgring at the wheel of a BMW 2002Ti; BMW's 1600-cc Formula 2 engine scores its first victory in Salzburg, with Jacky Ickx at the wheel
- 1973 Toine Hezemans wins the European Touring Car Championship in a BMW 3.0 CSL; Achim Warmbold/Jean Todt win the Austrian Alpine Race for the World Rally Championship, driving a BMW 2002
- 1973-1982 Six drivers win the European Formula 2 Championship with BMW four-cylinder power: Jean-Pierre Jarier (1973), Patrick Depailler (1974), Jacques Laffite (1975), Bruno Giacomelli (1978), Marc Surer (1979), Corrado Fabi (1982)
- 1974 Hans-Joachim Stuck sets up a new lap record at Nürburgring at the wheel of a BMW 3.0 CSL - 8:09.6
- 1977 The BMW Junior Team - Eddie Cheever, Marc Surer and Manfred Winkelhock - make their debut in the BMW 320
- 1978 Driving for Team Schnitzer, Harald Ertl wins the German Motor Racing Championship at the wheel of a BMW 320Turbo up to 1979
- 1979 The BMW 3.0 CSL wins a total of six European Championships
- 1979, 1980 Formula One and touring car drivers enter the Procar Series at Grand Prix events, introducing a top-class brand trophy featuring the BMW M1 sports car
More historical moments and other intresting stuff can be found here
http://bmw-motorsport.com
- 1919 BMW's first world record: flying a plane powered by a BMW six-cylinder, Zeno Diemer reaches an altitude of 9,760 metres or 32,013 feet
- 1925, 1926 The BMW R37 motorcycle brings home more than 200 wins and two German Championships
- 1937 World motorcycle speed record: Riding a BMW, Ernst Jakob Henne reaches the speed of 279.5 km/h or 173.29 mph on an autobahn near Frankfurt
- 1936-1953 Schorsch Meier wins 7 motorcycle championships on a BMW boxer
- 1940 The BMW 328 finishes first, second, fourth and fifth in the Mille Miglia road race in Italy
- 1954-1973 Winning sidecars: racing boxer motorcycles with fuel injection, BMW wins 19 World Championships in motorcycle sidecar racing
-1960 Hans Stuck senior wins the German Hill-Climb Championship in a BMW 700
-1964 Hubert Hahne wins the German Circuit Championship in a BMW 1800Ti
- 1966 Josef Schnitzer wins the German Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a BMW 2000Ti; Racing a BMW 2000Ti, Hubert Hahne becomes the first driver to lap the northern circuit of Nürburgring (22.835 km or 14.16 miles) in less than 10 minutes; his exact time is 9:58.5
- 1968 The radial four-valve power unit named after BMW designer Karl Apfelbeck makes its debut in Formula 2 and in the BMW Monti. Running on nitromethane, the engine sets up no less than 8 world records;Dieter Quester driving a BMW 2002 wins the European Touring Car Championship
- 1969 Dieter Quester again wins the European Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a BMW 2002 powered for the first time by a turbocharged engine
1970 - 1979
- 1970 Hans-Joachim Stuck wins the 24 Hours of Nürburgring at the wheel of a BMW 2002Ti; BMW's 1600-cc Formula 2 engine scores its first victory in Salzburg, with Jacky Ickx at the wheel
- 1973 Toine Hezemans wins the European Touring Car Championship in a BMW 3.0 CSL; Achim Warmbold/Jean Todt win the Austrian Alpine Race for the World Rally Championship, driving a BMW 2002
- 1973-1982 Six drivers win the European Formula 2 Championship with BMW four-cylinder power: Jean-Pierre Jarier (1973), Patrick Depailler (1974), Jacques Laffite (1975), Bruno Giacomelli (1978), Marc Surer (1979), Corrado Fabi (1982)
- 1974 Hans-Joachim Stuck sets up a new lap record at Nürburgring at the wheel of a BMW 3.0 CSL - 8:09.6
- 1977 The BMW Junior Team - Eddie Cheever, Marc Surer and Manfred Winkelhock - make their debut in the BMW 320
- 1978 Driving for Team Schnitzer, Harald Ertl wins the German Motor Racing Championship at the wheel of a BMW 320Turbo up to 1979
- 1979 The BMW 3.0 CSL wins a total of six European Championships
- 1979, 1980 Formula One and touring car drivers enter the Procar Series at Grand Prix events, introducing a top-class brand trophy featuring the BMW M1 sports car
More historical moments and other intresting stuff can be found here
http://bmw-motorsport.com
