Sports Cars
Schuppan has had a very successful sports car career, winning the 1983 24 Hours of Le Mans for Porsche's official factory team with Al Holbert and Hurley Haywood in a Rothmans Porsche 956 and finishing second in 1977 and 1982 and third in 1975. In 1983 Schuppan won the Japanese Sports-Prototype Championship. In 1984 he finished sixth at Le Mans with former Formula One World Champion Alan Jones and Frenchman Jean-Pierre Jarier in a Kremer Racing Porsche 956 (his factory backed Rothmans team boycotted the event). He had a number of other podium finishes in the World Sports Car Championship, including second in the 1973 and 1982 Spa 1000 km, third in the 1983 and 1984 Fuji 1000 km and third in the 1985 Selangor 800 km race. Schuppan also placed third in the All Japan Sports Prototype Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1986.
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