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It was founded in 1967 by the brothers Josef and Herbert Schnitzer, born in 1939 and 1941 . Their stepfather Karl Lamm had a car repair shop and dealer business. The brothers started racing in 1962 , and Josef Schnitzer won the 1966 German Championship in a BMW 2000ti . In 1968 , both retired from active race driving to focus on the business and the race team. In the 1970's, the Schnitzer's younger half-brothers Karl ("Charly") and Dieter Lamm joined the team, with Charly Lamm acting as team manager at the race tracks. In 1978 , Josef Schnitzer died in an accident, and Herbert Schnitzer remained as the boss. Apart from having the BMW dealership and Motorsport team based in Southern Germany's Bavaria , they also own a BMW tuning specialist concern in the far north near the border of Belgium and the Netherlands , in Aachen . As this city has the License Plate code ''AC'', they called this branch AC Schnitzer . Since the 1960's, the Schnitzer team has been mainly active with BMW and BMW M cars in Touring Car Racing like the European Touring Car Championship , the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft , the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft and the WTCC . They've won the 24 Hours Nürburgring in 2004 and 2005 . Schnitzer was also active in Sports Car Racing and Endurance Racing , in the ALMS , at the 1000km Nürburgring , winning the 1999 24 Hours Of Le Mans with a BMW V12 LMR. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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