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Hello all,
my name is Hans, I'm from Belgium and I'm new to this 944 forum.
I've been looking to the 964RS forum fo a while now, on which I had posted a question about a 944 turbo cup car.
someone form that form suggested using this forum for my question, so here we go.

I've bought a 1988 944 turbo cup car recently.
the car came with some letters and pictures.
it raced in the 1988 season in the German international cup series and had Niki Leutwiler as driver and racenumber 29
it came 7th for that season
for the 1989 season the car was driven by Fredi Briedl for team Strahle autosport in the first 3 races of teh season.
he then bought another car.
the car was race further in this season by Rudiger Schmidt. but I don't have any more information on this.
If i could find some info on the look of the car or the racenumber then i could find more.

Porsche itself keeps no records on race in relation to the VIN number of the car, so a racenumber should help a lot

does anyone of you have any ideas on where to find info on the cup results, cup cars and drivers?
I know that a lot of car info can be found on the asarus site from France, but not a lot on the cup races and results itself.

thank you very much in advance.

kind regards
Hans
 
Hi Hans I can't help with your information but welcome to the forum [:)] I'm sure we'd all love to see some photos of your Cup car though[8D] Good luck in your search for the information, I'm sure someone here may be able to help. Regards Andy
 
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Awsome ,please drive it to England so we can all see it,we are at Bedford on Monday why don't you bring it!?[:)]
 
Hi Hans, and welcome. Fantastic looking car. You could try writing to Steve Kevlin at PCGB office. He's head of our Motorsport and has been around the Porsche racing scene for a very long time. [:)]
 
That looks like a superb car, so you are the one who bought it from Springbok? Congratulations! I know some guys in Germany who may have some Cup car-related info, drop me an e-mail and I will get you in touch.
 
Hi Hans the car looks superb! Have you had much chance to drive it yet? Wat are your first impressions and what are your plans for it?
 
are u able to forward me some detailed pics of the interior, mainly the construction of the rollcage? info@nicksonmotorsport.co.uk would be much appriceated. awsome car thanks
 
I think you may find it somewhat old fashioned. I had a load of pics somewhere of cup car interiors, one of em seemed to have a bolted in cage which surprised me. I also know what the 968 motorsport body shell's Matter cage looks like because EMC had one of these shells and ISTR its now the car that Andy Toon is racing in this years Championship. If I was building a car again I am pretty sure I would go for a Custom Cages T45 job.
 
neil yes they certainly are an old fashioned design, and they are all bolt in cages that i have seen anyway! they also have many sleeve type joints which are not used so much these days. it is certainly possible to create a better design rollcage, but when making a replica i suppose it would be nice to recreate the cage as it was made then, in appearance. but use more advanced materials and fixings etc. a weld in cage, especially in t45 is preferable for protection and shell rigidity, but with full interior you loose a lot of the benefits of a weld in cage as it wont be tied into the body around the pillars and roof area as trim gets in the way etc. my buisness is 99% custom rollcage fabrication, i just did a full t45 cage install into a high profile car last week, so i can fabricate any cage to any spec that i require, i just think it would be nice to do a replica of the matter cage so it looks ''right'' if i were building a race car, then it would always be a weld in cage that i would install. but this is for my 944t rebuild, which i am liking the idea of building as a cup replica, that can be used on the road and track days. i intend to go racing in a 924 turbo i just bought, which is 95% ready prepped to race, and already has a full weld in cage installed, (that i will be modifying as im not happy with the quality)
 
Nice find!! Rudiger Schmitt drove my '91 Cup Car a few times. I assume you have no Wagenpass with it? Me neither!! 5 second penalty, bah! He's still got two wheels on the Tarmac!![:)]
 
Hello all, and Melvin nice to meet you here, i normally see you on the Rs forum... Love your cup, but a nice 964 cup was to expensive for me these days, so i will have to do with the 944 cup no also no wagenpass I'm trying to get info from Strahle autosport, but difficult to get feedback since the original teamowner died regarding the cage, I'm able to make some pics, i just need to know exactly what you want or need the car is still fully original, even equiped withthe rear seat and delivered with the back of the rear seat loose with the car plans are to get it on the road here in Belgium, always a very difficult and tricky task cage, coilspring rear suspension, different wheels then the usual turbo make it hard to get it through MOT here then it will replace my 964 as a club circuit car also, so that one can retire after Zolder to a nice weather drive car but plans are to keep the 944 in stock specs, so no changes i need to put if a bit higher to pass MOT...but not a lot (10mm) I saw some cups before buying this one, lot of them rebuild to later race specs of converted to normal turbo road car again hard to find an original non converted car with original seat, cage and suspension parts (and bonnet) regards Hgo
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