Porsche Classic article on 1973 2.8 RSR - 9113600894

Here is the 1973 race history from John Starkey's book that shows 26 races for Eugen Kiemele in 1973, with 9 wins and a total of 13 podiums. Kiemele raced a variety of events including European championship GT, DRM, DARM and hillclimbs. Pretty impressive results for a gentleman driver, and as said earlier, possibly the most races (26), most wins (9) and most podiums (13) for a 1973 2.8 RSR in its inaugural year!
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After the purchase of the car in Paris, and the reunion with Kiemele, We just shipped the car to the U.S. It just arrived to Colorado via Houston. It's first time in the U.S.! Here are pics just off the truck:
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Originally Posted by alarson11

During our pre-purchase inspection, one thing (in addition to many others) that Kobus Cantraine does is magnetic resonance scanning imaging of both the chassis number and knee wall number, in order to help verify and confirm their authenticity. In addition, he examines and photographs all of the areas above, below and behind each chassis number to ensure there has been no tampering. Here is an example during our pre-purchase inspection of the 0894.
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Great to see technology help verify the originality of these cars. Fantastic car!

Are the 9 x 11 x 15 Fuchs original? They even appear to have the original valve stems w/ oversized caps installed and original-style wheel weights?

I know the restoration was done between 1990 to 1995 with the intent to have the car be as original as possible. The Restoration shop had tremendous connections to original Porsche parts, and certainly they were more accessible back then. So, I believe that the Fuchs are all original NOS, including valve stems, caps and weights. However, given that the car had quite a racing history, including possibly three times at LeMans, I do not believe that these Fuchs are original to this car.

Here is a pic of Eugen Kiemele, with 0894, at the season ending, Saisonabchlüssen race at Zolder on October 21, 1973
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With regard to verifying the originality and authenticity of this car, the goal was to use not only technology, but also expertise. That is why we selected Kobus Cantraine in Belgium, as he is is widely known and respected. In addition, we also hired Jürgen Barth, 1977 LeMans Winner and also ex-Head of the Porsche Customer Racing Department, to additionally inspect the car. Here is a picture of Jürgen when he came to inspect the 9113600894 last year.
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Cool! You told me about this at the Hagerty 3.0 RSR event, glad to see it made its journey over... just in time for Monterey?

The original goal was to bring the car to Monterey. However, planning the reunion with its original owner, Eugen Kiemele, was the priority. This happened March 31, but by then, the applications had to have been already submitted for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. So, unfortunately, the 0894 will not make it to Monterey this year. However, I do plan to take it to the Morgan Adams Concours d'Elegance in Denver on August 26th at Centennial airport.

We just got some pictures of Eugen Kiemele with the 9113600894, from his archives, when he was racing it during 1973. Here he is with the car. More pictures to follow.....
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Here is Eugen Kiemele racing the 0894 in 1973.
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