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BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team Long Beach Qualifying Summary
Sat Apr 17 04:53:00 CEST 2010 Press Release
Los Angeles - April 16, 2010... The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GT Coupes qualified 6th and 7th for Saturday’s American Le Mans at Long Beach event. Bill Auberlen in the No. 92 M3 lapped the 1.968-mile Long Beach street circuit with a best time of 1:20.486, approximately 0.9 seconds from the pole-sitting pace. Joey Hand was less than a tenth from his teammate’s time with a 1:20.564 best lap in the No. 90 M3. In his post-qualifying interview (YouTube), Hand expressed confidence for Saturday’s 100-minute race and provided fascinating insight about today’s qualifying experience.
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Los Angeles – April 16, 2010… The BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team BMW M3 GT Coupes qualified 6th and 7th for Saturday’s American Le Mans at Long Beach event. Bill Auberlen in the No. 92 M3 lapped the 1.968-mile Long Beach street circuit with a best time of 1:20.486, approximately 0.9 seconds from the pole-sitting pace. Joey Hand was less than a tenth from his teammate’s time with a 1:20.564 best lap in the No. 90 M3. In his post-qualifying interview (YouTube), Hand expressed confidence for Saturday’s 100-minute race and provided fascinating insight about today’s qualifying experience.
About BMW Rahal Letterman Racing:
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since
1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles
in 2003. 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 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 centers, 336 BMW Sports
Activity Vehicle centers, 143 BMW motorcycle retailers, 94 MINI
passenger car dealers, and 31 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.
BMW’s partner, Rahal Letterman Racing, based in Hilliard,
Ohio and co-owned by three-time IndyCar Champion and 1986 Indianapolis
500 winner Bobby Rahal and CBS LATE SHOW host David Letterman, has
been competing for more than a decade compiling 20 victories, 30 poles
and one series championship (Bobby Rahal in 1992 in CART) and an
Indianapolis 500 championship (Buddy Rice in 2004). In 2008
Rahal Letterman Racing again won Rookie-of-the-Year honors at the
Indianapolis 500 and partnered with Andersen Racing to run two entries
in the Indy Pro Series. In 2009 the team joined BMW of North America
to campaign the BMW M3 as BMW Rahal Letterman Racing Team in the
American Le Mans Series.
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