industry automotive founded 1978 headquarters tigheim germany key people michael krankenberg products automobiles website www.mk motorsport.de mk motorsport krankenberg gmbh is a german car tuning manufacturer specialising in bmw cars . mk motorsport was founded by michael krankenberg in 1978 . they are based in tigheim in south western part of germany close to the french border . all mk products are exclusive own developments and constructions emphasizing the individuality of bmw cars . mk motorsport is one out of three official tuners approved by bmw . mk motorsport is very closely linked to the car race sportive engagement of mk motorsport owner and general manager michael krankenberg having an experience in car race sport about 30 years . among other victories he can look back to victory in group b of the 24 hours of le mans in 1986 successful participation in sports car world championships 1983 till 1986 and at the drm in 1978 and 1979 . mk motorsport was engaged as a team 3rd total rank at the 24 hours race at n rburgring out of 200 participants sole victory of a completely private team against the work teams of bmw mercedes benz opel and ford in the dtm . in 1992 most successful team of dtt deutsche tourenwagen troph e up to 2.500 ccm . since 1991 michael krankenberg has been reactivated as racing driver . until now 12 first places participating in sprint and long distance races . michael krankenberg died on 14.04.2008 after an accident .1 external links edit official mk motorsport homepage auto motor und sport.de mk motorsport this article about an automotive industry corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mk motorsport & oldid 731447950 categories auto parts suppliers of germanyautomotive motorsports and performance companiesbmwmanufacturing companies established in 1978motor vehicle company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 12 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view