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BMW TEAM PTG M3s TO START 1st, 2nd, 4th AND 13th IN COMPUSA 200 AT THE GLEN
Fri Aug 12 12:00:00 CEST 2005 Press Release
BMW Team PTG - Notes and Quotes from CompUSA 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen International Qualifying - Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005
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BMW Team PTG - Notes and Quotes from CompUSA 200 at The Glen Watkins Glen
International Qualifying - Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005
BMW Team PTG M3s Will Start 1st, 2nd, 4th and 13th in CompUSA 200 at The Glen;
Marks and Milner Score All-BMW M3 Front Row in GT Class
Justin Marks, driving the No. 16 BMW Team PTG F1 Air M3, scored his second
career Rolex Sports Car Series GT pole today as the BMW Team PTG M3s took three
of the top-five GT class starting spots for tomorrow's CompUSA 200 at The Glen.
His time of 1:15.637 minutes around the 2.45-mile, 11-turn Watkins Glen
International NASCAR "short" course was just .067 seconds faster than BMW Team
PTG teammate Tom Milner in the No. 21 BMW Team PTG M3 (1:15.704). Marks' pole
was the BMW Team PTG's fourth of the season and the third time the team has
qualified one-two. Marks and co-driver Joey Hand will be racing for their third
win in a row tomorrow.
Kelly Collins, driving the No. 17 BMW Team PTG F1 Air M3, qualified fourth
(1:15.978). Chris Gleason, driving the No. 22 BMW Team PTG M3 was 13th
(1:17.441).
This season, BMW Team PTG has scored five victories in the first eight races
and has four drivers in the top-10 in Driver Points. With four wins to-date
Hand stands tied in second. Marks is fourth, Tom Milner sixth and Bill Auberlen
seventh.
The CompUSA 200 at The Glen is scheduled to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET tomorrow and
will be televised on Speed Channel at 10 p.m.
Background:
2005 marks the tenth season of competition for BMW M3s of BMW Team PTG and 30th
anniversary of BMW of North America's motorsport programs. In nine seasons, BMW
Team PTG has won a total of 51 races in both sprint and endurance racing series
and 14 sports car racing championships. In 2004, BMW Team PTG swept the Rolex
Sports Car Series GT class Manufacturer, Driver and Team Points championships,
winning 10 of 12 races.
JUSTIN MARKS, DRIVER NO. 16 BMW TEAM PTG F1 AIR M3 (1st):
"We had to make a quick repair just before the session began. The crew fixed it
just in the nick of time and were also able to get a great qualifying set-up on
the No. 16 M3 as well. This short course seems to suit the M3 as well as the
long track we ran on at the six-hour race earlier this year. We lose the twisty
boot section that the M3 loves, but there is a rhythm to this course that the
car finds very comfortable. The M3 feels like it has another win in it."
TOM MILNER, DRIVER NO. 21 BMW TEAM PTG M3 (2nd):
"We made a tire pressure change before the qualifying session and it definitely
helped the tires come in faster. Bill (Auberlen) had been fast in practice
today so I had a great deal of confidence in the car. I could get right up to
speed and my second lap was my quick one. One - two is a great start for BMW."
KELLY COLLINS, DRIVER NO. 17 BMW TEAM PTG F1 AIR M3 (4th):
"I caught a slower competitor on my quick lap. It probably wasn't going to be
the pole, but I think we could have had three PTG M3s at the front."
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