Last update: February 17, 2025
Eckhardt Schimpf was Jägermeister’s PR manager in the early 1970’s. He was a passionate racing driver and convinced the board to enter in motorsport sponsoring. Since then, the orange Jägermeister cars are familiar sight on racetracks all over Europa. Schimpf has been managing this until 2000 and often was a driver himself. Other model cars with Jägermeister sponsoring can be found in my collections #010 Jägermeister Porsche 956 & 962 and #022 Jägermeister BMW. Many of the actual cars are gathered in the ‘72Stagpower collection.
The early years, no turbo’s yet
1972 Nürburgring 1000 km, Porsche 914/6. Eckhard Schimpf was the PR/sponsor manager from Jägermeister. In the early years, a lot of his budget went to Porsche teams from Kremer and Max Moritz. Sometimes he took the wheel himself, such as in the Nürburgring 1000 km race of 1972. Unfortunately, the team wasn’t able to make it to the start. It was the very first car that was owned by Jägermeister Racing and is still in the ’72StagPower Collection.
#78 Eckhardt Schimpf (D) / Nicolas Koob (D) – DNS
Max Moritz Porsche 914/6 – 2.0 liter Porsche 901/20 flat-6, approx. 210 hp. Tires unknown. Weight 840 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #914 143 0178
- SCHUCO 45 029 0600 limited 1000 pcs (diecast)
1974 Aspern, Porsche 914/6. Little details are known from Dieter Bohnhorst and his Porsche 914/6. Quite sure is that the car has been prepared by Porsche Motorsport. Bohnhorst competed in GT races, hill climbs and even slalom events with his little Jägermeister sponsored car. He competed in the first race of the 1974 Austrian championship at an airfield named Aspern using #36. Bohnhorst also raced a De Tomaso Pantera (see pic below), I hope to add a model of that to my collection when possible.
#36 Dieter Bohnhorst (D) – 4th
Porsche 914/6 – 2.0 liter Porsche 901/20 flat-6, approx. 220 hp. Tires unknown. Weight 840 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #914 043 1034
- SCHUCO 45 037 0000 limited 1000 pcs (diecast)
1975 Nürburgring 1000 km, Porsche Carrera RSR. The improved 3.0 liter Porsche 911 Carrera RSR appeared in 1974 and was available for the Porsche privateer teams like Loos, Moritz, and Kremer like this one that won GT class in this years Nürburgring 1000 km. Kremer named the RSR’s that were prepared by them RSK.
#54 Hans Heyer (D) / Bob Wollek (F) / Helmut Kelleners (D) – 8th / 1st GT
Kremer Porsche 911 RSK – 3.0 liter Porsche 911/75 – flat-6, approx. 330 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 460 9063
- MINICHAMPS MC430 756954 limited 3312 pcs (diecast)
1975 Nürburgring Supersprint. Hans Heyer raced the Kremer Porsches in the European GT Championship in 1974. In 1975 he usually drove the 2-liter Zakspeed Escort, but returned to Kremer for the 1000km world championship race and finished second in the non-championship Supersprint with this Porsche 911 Carrera RSR (or RSK as the Kremer cars were called). His teammate Wollek won with the Vaillant sponsored Porsche RSK.
#4 Hans Heyer (D) – 2nd
Kremer Porsche 911 RSK – 3.0 liter Porsche 911/75 – flat-6, approx. 330 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 900 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 460 9063
- MINICHAMPS MC430 756904 limited 6000 pcs (diecast)
1977 Nürburgring 1000 km, Porsche Carrera RSR. Jagermeister’s sponsor manager Eckhard Schimpf drove this older Carrera RSR that was upgraded to group 5 specs with the large rear wing in the 1000 km race at the Nürburgring. Together with Anton Fischhaber he reached the 3rd place in his class.
#16 Eckhard Schimpf (D) / Anto Fischhaber (D) / Edgar Dören (D) DNS – 10th / 3rd group 5
Max Moritz Porsche 911 RSK – 3.0 liter Porsche 911/75 – flat-6, approx. 330 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 880 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 460 9073
- SPARK SG510 #281 / 750 pcs (resin)
Here come the turbo’s
1976 300km Nürburgring, Porsche 934. Only 2 years after the debut of a turbocharged 911 RSR on the racetracks, the 911 turbo (or 930) was taken in production and thus homologated for Group 4 (934) and Group 5 (935) racing. Jägermeister supported Porsche tuner Max Moritz en their Porsche 934 finished 6th in class in the 300km Nürburgring race.
#54 Reinhard Stenzel (D) – 8th / 4th GT
Max Moritz Porsche 934 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/71 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 485 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1120 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 670 0167
- EAGLE’S RACE 2306 (diecast)
1976 Eifelrennen Nürburgring, Porsche 934. The turbo version of the Porsche 911 dominated the German GT Championship (DRM) in 1976. Helmut Kelleners won the opening race of the season in his Max Moritz car in Jägermeister livery. The pic with #4 is Kelleners at the Norisring in the same car.
#12 Helmut Kelleners (D) – 1st
Max Moritz Porsche 934 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/71 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 485 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 1120 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 670 0168
- MINICHAMPS MC 400 766412 (diecast)
1977 DRM Zolder, Porsche 935. The group 5 Porsche 935 was very popular with the privateer teams. One of them was Max Moritz Racing with Manfred Schurti. Schurti won the season opener at Zolder and the “moneyrace” at the Norisring.
#52 Manfred Schurti (LI) – 1st
Max Moritz Porsche 935/77A – 2.8 liter Porsche Type 930/78 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 770 0905
- TOP MODEL COLLECTION Gold Series 006 (resin)
1977 DRM Championship, Porsche 935. The Max Moritz Porsche 935 evolved trough the season. This is the version with which Schurti won the money race at the Norisring. Compared to the car used earlier in the season, this version already has bigger skirts which would grow even more during the season.
#52 Manfred Schurti (LI) – 1st
Max Moritz Porsche 935/77A – 2.8 liter Porsche Type 930/78 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 770 0905
- MINICHAMPS MC400 776352 Diecast)
1978 Le Mans 24h, Porsche 934. Everybody knows the famous orange livery of German liquor producer Jägermeister. Interesting is that no cars in that livery drove at Le Mans before, most were racing in ETCC / DRM / DTM and world championship sports cars. One man managed to drive the famous colours at Le Mans: Hervé Poulain, the same that took the initiative for the famous BMW Art cars in the previous years. Again, he added another famous livery to the Le Mans history.
#68 Edgar Dören (D) / Romain Feitler (LUX) / Hervé Poulain (F) /Gerhard Holup (D) – DNF
Kremer Porsche 934 – 3.0 liter Porsche Type 930/71 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 485 hp. Goodyear tires. Weight 1120 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #911 670 0168
- PREMIUM-X PR 0413 (resin)
1978 DRM Championship, Porsche 935. The competition in Division I was very strong in 1978. Ludwig and Hezemans in the Gelo Porsches and Bob Wollek in the green Kremer car. It took some while for Schurti and the Max Moritz team to get into the fight. But in the end Schurti won the races at Zolder and Norisring. Result from the fight among the Porsches was that Ertl in the Division 2 BMW took the title.
#5 Manfred Schurti (LI) – 1st
Max Moritz Porsche 935/77A – 2.8 liter Porsche Type 930/78 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 890 0017
- Record handbill (resin)
1978 Nürburgring 1000 km, Porsche 935. The races for the world championship were dominated by the German Porsche teams. The 1000 km Nürburgring race was won by Team Loos in front of this Max Moritz Porsche. Manfred Schurti was supported by Jacky Ickx for this race. They also teamed up at Le Mans in the Martini Porsche 935/78.
#8 Manfred Schurti (LI) / Jacky Ickx (B) – 2nd
Max Moritz Porsche 935/77A – 2.8 liter Porsche Type 930/78 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 600 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 890 0017
- Ebbro 44132 (diecast)
1980 DRM Championship Hockenheim, Porsche 935 K3. The K3 version of the Porsche 935 was a fantastic car in which Klaus Ludwig won the DRM championship and Le Mans 24h in 1979. Ludwig went over to Zakspeed and Axel Plankenhorn was the new number one driver for Kremer, but he was not very successful. The very experienced John Fitzpatrick replaced Plankenhorn and drove this car in the second half of the DRM season. He won at Zolder and the final race in Hockenheim.
#2 John Fitzpatrick (GB) – 1st
Kremer Porsche 935 K3 – 3.2 liter Porsche 930/79 – flat-6 turbo, approx. 700 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 970 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #930 009 0011
- QUARTZO Q3019 (diecast)
1981 DRM Norisring, Porsche 935 K4. The K3 version of the Porsche 935 was a fantastic car in which Ludwig won the DRM Championship and Le Mans 24h in 1979. In 1981, Bob Wollek started the DRM championship in such a car but during the season he moved over to the all new K4. The space frame K4 was Kremer’s interpretation of the super 935 such as the famous ’78 Moby Dick.
#52 Bob Wollek (F) – 6th
Kremer Porsche 935 K4 – 3.2 liter Porsche Type 930/79 – flat-6 twin turbo, approx. 750 hp. Dunlop tires. Weight 950 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. Kremer #K4/01
- SPARK CAP 043 01510 In memory of Bob Wollek #329 / 500 pcs (resin)
BMW M1
1982 DRM Norisring, König BMW M1. The DRM was the main event in these years where group 5 GT’s and sports cars battled against each other. In the shadow of this, group B and group 4 cars competed in the Rennsport Trophae. In the over 2-litre category many ex-Procar BMW M1 were present. One of them was this Jägermeister sponsored car of Kurt König.
#33 Kurt König (D) – 5th
König BMW M1 – 3.5 liter BMW M88/1 straight-6, approx 470 hp. Pirelli tires. Weight 1020 kg. Steel space frame, chassisnr. BMW E26 #4301062
- SPARK SG 505 #092/800 pcs (resin)
In memory of cars …
After 2000, Jägermeister changed its policy and quit their support of motorsport. But the livery is extremely popular and still cars appear in the bright orange livery.
2007 IMSA Porsche Cup, Porsche 911 GT3. The Porsche Cup is very popular in the USA also. These Porsche GT3’s have a support race before the ALMS series.The Kelly Moss cars are all painted in historic Porsche liveries such as this Jägermeister.
#97 Tom Papadopoulos (USA) – result unknown
Kelly Moss Porsche 911 GT3 Cup – 3.6 liter Porsche M97.76 – flat-6, approx. 420 hp. Michelin tires. Weight 1130 kg. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. #unknown.
- MINICHAMPS MC400 076497 limited 2064 pcs (diecast)
Porsche 993. RWB/RAUH-Welt is a Porsche tuner located in Japan. RWB has combined Japanese and Euro tuning elements, creating the distinct RWB style for Porsche chassis. Starting off as a small countryside body-shop in Chiba-Ken, RAUH-Welt 911’s are now a common sight on both the streets and racing circuits of Japan.
Rauh Porsche 993 GT2 – 3.6 liter Porsche M64.60- flat-6 twin turbo. approx. 600 hp. Steel monocoque, chassisnr. unknown
- IXO MOC210 (diecast)
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