Kremer Racing is a motorsports team based in

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, founded by racing driver Erwin Kremer and his brother Manfred. They have competed internationally with

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s for nearly all of their existence, and were even one of the factory-backed squads for many years. Besides running Porsches, the team was also known for their tuned Porsche race cars that they both raced and sold to other teams who could not gain the best equipment from the factory.

History

Among Kremer's greatest achievements were: Winning the

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with their own 935 K3 with

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and American brothers

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Whittington. Kremer Racing later won the

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in a K8 Spyder in 1995 with drivers

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and

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. After surviving a heart attack two years earlier, the company's founder Erwin died in 2006Group C / GTP Racing
and the managing director Uwe Sauer is at the helm of the team, even when younger brother Manfred Kremer bought it back in 2008, before selling it to Mr.Baunach in 2010.

Tuned Porsches

In the 1970s, Kremer initially tuned

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s, 914-6 GTs, and

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s. However, with the

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, Kremer began designating their tuned models with the letter K, followed by a number in order of construction. Eight cars were designated as such. * 935 K1 - Their first privately built

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in 1976 * 935 K2 - An improvement on K1 in 1977. * 935 K3 - An attempt to mimic the Evolution bodywork on the factory 935/78s. The most successful 935 variant, due to its technical advantage running an air/air intercooler instead of the air/water units used by the Porsche factory. Winner of Le Mans 24 Hours in 1979. * 935 K4 - An all-new variant of the 935 for the early 1980s, featuring a space frame *

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- A custom-built Group C prototype based on a

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meant as a temporarily replacement until the

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was available for customers in 1983. * 962CK6 - An improvement on the factory

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* CK7 Spyder - An open-cockpit prototype using 962 mechanicals used in

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* K8 Spyder - An improved version of the K7 for use in the

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and

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. Kremer also built a

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for use in the

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, and would also make improvements on the 911 GT1 and GT2 in the 1990s.

References

External links

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