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A brief history of the Dauer 962 LM

Dauer 962 Lm  An un-heard of car that could out perform a McLaren F1, as it was built on the Porsche 962 Le mans car.   This car had such outstanding performance as it took a different approach when compared to the other early hyper cars, it was a Le Mans car built for the road. To understand the success of the Dauer 962 one must note the success of Porsche 962 in group C class in Le Mans and all the other endurance races along with its  predecessor the 965 were well renowned in the endurance race scene. Porsche built 150 962’s and sold it to other privet racing teams and certain individual customers, knowing the amount of strain an endurance car goes through Porsche built a parts supply that would suffice all the racing teams. One of the most famous teams that used the parts or chassis from the 962 was the Schuppan motor sports who later on produced 5 Schuppan 962 cr. amongst these teams even Dauer was one such team.  The Daure 962 was showcased at the 1993