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BMW Team RLL Qualify First and Fourth at Road America
Sat Aug 20 14:24:00 CEST 2011 Press Release
Elkhart Lake, Wis. – August, 19, 2011… BMW Team RLL driver Dirk Mϋller needed only two laps to score the team’s fifth consecutive GT class pole of the season in today’s American Le Mans Series Road Race Showcase qualifying session. Mϋller, who also led the 15-car class in this afternoon’s one hour practice session, set a new qualifying record with his lap of 2:05.447 minutes around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn Road America circuit. With three wins in the first five races of the season, Mϋller and co-driver Joey Hand lead the ALMS driver standings.
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Elkhart Lake , Wis. – August, 19, 2011… BMW Team RLL driver Dirk Mϋller needed only two laps to score the team’s fifth consecutive GT class pole of the season in today’s American Le Mans Series Road Race Showcase qualifying session. Mϋller, who also led the 15-car class in this afternoon’s one hour practice session, set a new qualifying record with his lap of 2:05.447 minutes around the 4.048-mile, 14-turn Road America circuit. With three wins in the first five races of the season, Mϋller and co-driver Joey Hand lead the ALMS driver standings.
Bill Auberlen qualified the No. 55 M3 GT in the fourth position for tomorrow’s four-hour race with a lap of 2:06.245 minutes. Auberlen and teammate Dirk Werner have scored two consecutive podium finishes (third) in the last two races and stand third in GT driver points.
Video: Dirk Mϋller, driver No. 56 M3 GT (pole)
Video: A lap of Road America with Dirk Mϋller
The four-hour race is scheduled to take the green flag at 3:00 p.m. CT Saturday, Aug. 20. The race will be broadcast live on ESPN3.com and rebroadcast on ABC at 4:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, August 21.
About BMW Team RLL:
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since
1975. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include
marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW
brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and
the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; DesignworksUSA, a strategic
design consultancy in California; a technology office in Silicon
Valley and various other operations throughout the country. BMW
Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s
global manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant
for all X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 Sports Activity
Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the
U.S. through networks of 338 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity
Vehicle centers, 138 BMW motorcycle retailers, 105 MINI passenger car
dealers, and 30 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding
Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is
located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing
BMW’s partner, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing, based in Hilliard, Ohio and co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Rahal , Mi-Jack co-owner Mike Lanigan and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman, has been competing for nearly two decades, compiling 22 victories, 31 poles and two series championships (1992, 2010) as well as claiming an Indianapolis 500 victory (Buddy Rice in 2004). In 2009 the team joined BMW of North America to campaign the new BMW M3 in the American Le Mans Series, and in 2010 won both the Manufacturer and Team Championships in the GT category.
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