<< Prev Page 2 of 2 The new racer's sole objective was Le Mans and two were entered by a team manned by Porsche factory and Joest Racing personnel only. The pair of 962s were however entered as Dauers as the single road car had been homologated as such. Just a single 962 LM Sport was ready in time for the Le Mans Trials where Hans Stuck, Mauro Baldi and Thierry Boutsen set the third fastest time. For the race both cars were ready with the #35 manned by Yannick Dalmas, Hurley Haywood and Mauro Baldi and the #36 entered for Hans Stuck, Danny Sullivan and Thierry Boutsen.
Pitched against a mix of pegged back Group C cars and a new generation of open LMP prototypes, the two Dauers qualified 5th and 7th on the grid. During the race the two 962s found another gear and by Saturday evening, the two cars were firmly in control. Unfortunately both entries were delayed, which promoted the Toyota 94CV Group C car to the lead. The Japanese manufacturer's bad luck is famous and a broken gear linkage in the final hour saw the leading car drop out. This allowed the #36 back into the lead to claim victory with the sister car finishing third overall and second in class.
As a racer turned road car and then turned into a racer again, the Dauer 962 LM was not quite the GT1 car the sport's governing body had imagined. Accordingly, the loophole found by Norbert Singer was closed; from 1995 a minimum production run of 25 examples was required. The two competition versions of the Dauer were not raced again, making the the 1994 Le Mans victory a fitting finale to a long and successful career of the 962C and the virtually identical 956 that came before. Production of the road car continued through to 2002 at a rate of one or two per year and it is believed 13 examples were eventually built. << Prev Page 2 of 2
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The new racer's sole objective was Le Mans and two were entered by a team manned by Porsche factory and Joest Racing personnel only. The pair of 962s were however entered as Dauers as the single road car had been homologated as such. Just a single 962 LM Sport was ready in time for the Le Mans Trials where Hans Stuck, Mauro Baldi and Thierry Boutsen set the third fastest time. For the race both cars were ready with the #35 manned by Yannick Dalmas, Hurley Haywood and Mauro Baldi and the #36 entered for Hans Stuck, Danny Sullivan and Thierry Boutsen.