of
Klaus Ludwig and
Klaus Niedzwiedz In 1982, Eggenberger Motorsport won the 1982
European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with Umberto Grano and
Helmut Kelleners driving a
BMW 528i. It contested the 1983 and 1984 ETCCs with a
BMW 635CSi. In 1985, Eggenberger Motorsport became the factory
Volvo team, winning the series with
Gianfranco Brancatelli and Thomas Lindström driving a
Volvo 240. In
1986, Eggenberger Motorsport became the
Ford factory team racing the
Ford Sierra XR4Ti. In 1987, the team contested the
World Touring Car Championship with
Ford Sierra RS500s. The team were crowned entrants' champions, although
Klaus Ludwig and
Klaus Niedzwiedz missed the drivers' title by one point, having been disqualified from the
Bathurst 1000. In 1988, the team returned to the ETCC. In 1989, the team won the
Spa 24 Hours with Gianfranco Brancatelli,
Bernd Schneider and
Win Percy. Eggenberger Motorsport built two RS500s for
Allan Moffat Racing in 1988/89, and Ruedi Eggenberger along with Klaus Niedzwiedz joined the team for the
Bathurst 1000 in
1988,
1989,
1990 and
1992. Eggenberger drivers
Pierre Dieudonné and
Frank Biela each drove for Moffat on two occasions. In 1994, Eggenberger Motorsport entered a pair of
Ford Mondeos for Bruno Eichmann and
Thierry Boutsen in the
Super Tourenwagen Cup. In
1995 the cars were driven by
Roland Asch and Johnny Hauser. In February 2018, Founder/Principal Rüdi Eggenberger died two days after his 79th birthday, following a short illness. ==References==