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IN THE TIRE TRACKS OF A LEGEND: BMW 328 AT THE 2008 MILLE MIGLIA
Thu May 15 20:00:00 CEST 2008 Press Release
Munich/Brescia. It was 70 years ago that BMW first entered its 328 model in the Mille Miglia. For this year's anniversary appearance, BMW will be following the historic example by deploying four of these legendary roadsters in the event. Joining them will be the BMW 328 Berlin-Rom racing variant from 1941 as well as a BMW 327 Convertible and a 327/28 Coupé. With nine private teams entering, a total of 16 BMW cars will be lining up in Brescia for the start of the 2008 Mille Miglia.
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Munich/Brescia. It was 70 years ago that BMW first entered its 328 model in the
Mille Miglia. For this year's anniversary appearance, BMW will be following the
historic example by deploying four of these legendary roadsters in the event.
Joining them will be the BMW 328 Berlin-Rom racing variant from 1941 as well as
a BMW 327 Convertible and a 327/28 Coupé. With nine private teams entering, a
total of 16 BMW cars will be lining up in Brescia for the start of the 2008
Mille Miglia.
For the first time this year, BMW's heritage division will be debuting under
its new designation BMW Classic. "Taking part in such a tradition-rich event
with our new name is very special for us," said the Director of BMW Classic,
Karl Baumer. "And the fact that we will be on the road exactly 70 years after
the first BMW 328 lends extra appeal to the race," he added. But the
achievements of those historic forerunners are unlikely to be surpassed: 70
years ago the teams in their BMW 328s swept up the first four places in the
2000 cc class and majestically claimed the team trophy in the regularity race.
BMW Classic Teams
78 BMW 328 Berlin Rom 1940 Klaus Draeger / Michael Paul
80 BMW 327 Convertible 1937 Ian Robertson / Daniel Tasch
81 BMW 328 1937 Ludwig Willisch / Prinz Leopold von Bayern
82 BMW 328 1937 Ulrich Knieps / Hans Hamer
83 BMW 328 1937 Tom Purves / James Berrien
87 BMW 328 1938 Marco Saltalamacchia / Andrea Castronovo
88 BMW 327/28 1939 Paolo Kessisoglu / Luca Bizzarri
Private Teams
84 BMW 328 1938 Sandro Bertoli / Alessandra Bonomi
85 BMW 328 1938 Manuel Eliçabe / Julián Lepphaille
86 BMW 328 1938 Gianmaria Aghem / Rossella Conti
89 BMW 328 1939 Andrew Baker / Richard Kresch
300 BMW Isetta 300 1957 Pier Luigi Mercadanti / Gabriella Bastoni
351 BMW 507 1955 Daniel Peeters / Stéphane Sertang
352 BMW 507 1957 M. Guarnieri / G. Guarnieri
353 BMW 507 1957 Thomas Haffa / Christoph Walther
354 BMW 507 1957 Franco Forti / Jacopo Danielli