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1978 TOJ SC 206

TOJ, an acronym for 'Team Obermoser Jörg', built their own sports car racers from 1972 through 1980. Jörg Obermoser's works team, which was active in sports, saloon, and single-seater racing, was notorious for wearing the gold and black livery of the Warsteiner brewery. The Saarland-based Warsteiner's backing extended to Harald Ertl and a Hesekth 308 and, later, the Arrows team in Formula 1. The Toj cars wore the Warsteiner's banner in many classes throughout Europe.

The first Group 6 Toj race car was the SS02 of 1974. It used a proprietary chassis by Swiss designer Jo Marquart. Mr. Marquart's resume included work with McLaren and the very competitive M8 Can Am car. He, and several others, would later leave Lotus to form Group Racing Developments (GRD). GRD eventually collapsed, and their F3 project was eventually sold to Teddy Savory, who created a new company, Modus.

The SS02 had a distinctive nose and a high-winged tail. Power was from a BMW M12 engine developing 300 horsepower.

by Dan Vaughan

Sports Roadster
Chassis number: 206-24

This car, #206-24, was the last TOJ chassis built prior to the 1979 factory closure. It was initially raced by Mario Kettener. The car competed in 15 races in 1978 in the German Championship and international races. It won twice at Hockenheim, once at the Nurburgring, and was eighth at the Vellelunga 400K. Ralf Walter owned the car for one season, using it in race and hill climb events. It was then purchased by Hartwig Seitz, who raced it in 1980 and 1981. It has a more successful race history than any TOJ.

The engine is a two-liter BMW unit producing 295 horsepower. The car weighs approximately 1,300 pounds. This combination produces 0-60 times of about 2.5 seconds and allows a top speed of 195 mph.