Working with the BMW Car Club of America (BMW CCA) Foundation and the LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM), BMW of North America helped to launch the “Heroes of Bavaria – 75 Years of BMW Motorsports” exhibit at the museum on 12 May 2018. Seventeen of BMWs most iconic racecars from private collectors and the BMW USA Classic Collection (owned by BMW North America) will chronicle and celebrate BMW’s storied motorsports legacy.
“The Heroes of Bavaria” exhibit celebrates the history of BMW racing by featuring noteworthy racecars beginning with the infamous 328. The 2-litre 328, arguably one of the most successful sports cars of the 1930s, is just one of example of BMW’s motoring legacy, having achieved a class win in the celebrated Mille Miglia in 1938 and an overall victory in 1940. Other notable vehicles in the exhibit include the very first 1961 700 RS, a 1972 3.0 CSL Group 2 Rally Car that is the only one of its kind, and a 2000 BMW-Williams Formula 1 racing car driven by Ralf Schumacher in eight races, achieving three podium finishes during the 2000 season.
The rest of the collection, which round out the 16 total vehicles, are:
1937 BMW 328 Roadster
1961 700 RS First Built 700 RS
1965 BMW 1800 TI/SA
1972 BMW 3.0 CSL Group 2 Rally #6 Rauro Aaltonen/John Davenport
1977 BMW (E21) 320 Turbo IMSA Group 5 #2 David Hobbs
1981 March-BMW 812 Formula 2 #5 Christian Danner
1981 March-BMW M1/C IMSA #2 David Hobbs/Mark Surer
1986 BMW 635i ‘John Player Special’ Livery #1
1987 BMW (E30) M3 Korman Firehawk Series #28 Davy Jones
1992 BMW (E36) M3 GTS-3 IMSA #07 ‘Valvoline’ Livery
1994 BMW (E34) M5 Bridgestone Supercar #2 David Donohue
1994 BMW (E36) 320i Super Touring #2 Paul Morris
2000 BMW-Williams FW22 Formula 1 #10 Ralf Schumacher
2011 BMW (E92) M3 GT IMSA Champion #56 Joey Hand/Dirk Mueller
2015 BMW (E89) Z4 GTLM IMSA ‘BMW NA 40th Anniversary’ Livery #25 Auberlen/Werner/Farfus
2017 BMW (F13) M6 GTLM IMSA ‘Bill Power’ Livery #25 Bill Auberlen/Alexander Sims/Kuno Wittmer 
