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BMW M1 Cassani Racing Team #55 M. Winkelhock Procar Series 1979 Minichamps 1:18

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BMW M1 Cassani Racing Team #55 M. Winkelhock Procar Series 1979 Minichamps 1:18 180802955 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW M1 reproduces car #55, run by Cassani Racing Team for Manfred Winkelhock in the 1979 Procar Championship, the one-make series that raced BMW's mid-engine supercar on Formula 1 weekends.
BMW M1 Cassani Racing Team #55 M. Winkelhock Procar Series 1979 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
BMW
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
180802955
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About the BMW M1 Cassani Racing Team #55 M. Winkelhock Procar Series 1979 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast BMW M1 reproduces car #55, run by Cassani Racing Team for Manfred Winkelhock in the 1979 Procar Championship, the one-make series that put BMW's mid-engine supercar directly on Formula 1 weekend bills.

Winkelhock's career would later reach Formula 1 itself, and Procar gave him an early stage racing identically prepared machinery against genuinely serious competition.

Winkelhock's Early Steps Through Procar

Manfred Winkelhock went on to a Formula 1 career in the early 1980s, and his time in BMW's Procar Championship came as part of the broader path many drivers of that generation took through touring, GT, and one-make series before reaching grand prix racing. Cassani Racing Team entered car #55 in the series, competing against a genuinely mixed field of active F1 drivers and dedicated specialists in identically prepared M1s, a format designed specifically to strip away machinery advantages and test raw driving talent. The M1 itself, BMW's first mid-engine road car, existed largely to satisfy Group 4 and 5 homologation requirements, and Procar gave that ambitious supercar project a genuinely high-profile competitive stage on Grand Prix weekends.

A Level Playing Field Rendered in Diecast

Because every Procar M1 shared identical mechanical specification, livery is what separates one car from the next, and Minichamps' attention to period team colors and number treatment gives car #55 its own distinct identity within the series. The M1's wedge-shaped Giugiaro body carries real presence in 1:18 diecast regardless of specific livery, and the model's construction suits a subject built on genuine mechanical parity.

An Early Chapter in a Notable Career

This M1 documents a formative step in Winkelhock's racing story, worth collecting for that career context as much as the car itself.

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